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Officer Wilson's duty firearm, a Sig Sauer P229 .40 caliber, would not fire.
Posted on 11/25/14 at 11:19 am
Posted on 11/25/14 at 11:19 am
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'I heard stuff, but I couldn’t tell you what it was. Like I said, I was just so focused on getting the gun out of me. When I did get it up to this point, he is still holding on to it and I pulled the trigger and nothing happens, it just clicked. I pull it again, it just clicked again.
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‘At this point I’m like: why isn’t this working, this guy is trying to kill me if he gets ahold of his gun. I pulled a third time, it goes off. When it went off, it shot through my door and my window was down and glass flew out of my door panel. I think that kind of startled him and me at the same time. When I see the glass come up, it comes, a chunk about that big comes across my right hand and then I notice I have blood on the back on my hand.
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‘He comes back towards me again with his hands up. At this point I just went like this, I tried to pull the trigger again, click, nothing happened.’
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A: ’So I pulled the trigger, it just clicks that time. Without even looking, I just grab the top of my gun, the slide and I racked it, and I put my, still not looking, just holding my hand up, I pulled the trigger again, it goes off. When it look back after that-
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Posted on 11/25/14 at 11:25 am to SabiDojo
Shoulda had a Glock.
Posted on 11/25/14 at 11:28 am to SabiDojo
The muscle memory that conditioned him to rack slide on FTF may have saved his life.
Posted on 11/25/14 at 11:29 am to Bleeding purple
Yep.
Posted on 11/25/14 at 11:31 am to SabiDojo
This situation would have never happened to Deputy Barney Fife
Posted on 11/25/14 at 11:32 am to SabiDojo
Just read that too. Not a good showing for Sig.
This post was edited on 11/25/14 at 11:33 am
Posted on 11/25/14 at 11:32 am to SabiDojo
.40cal trash
Posted on 11/25/14 at 11:34 am to SabiDojo
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Officer Wilson's duty firearm, a Sig Sauer P229 .40 caliber, would not fire.
michael brown disagrees
Posted on 11/25/14 at 11:36 am to boom roasted
quote:I agree but they were fighting for the weapon. Who the hell knows what actually happened. I mean, we know about the misfires but no idea what caused them. Another thing of interest, Wilson was 6'4" and 210. How fricking huge was the kid?
Just read that too. Not a good showing for Sig.
Posted on 11/25/14 at 11:39 am to Vlad
No doubt. Just saying, it doesn't look good when the officer is saying "I kept pulling the trigger but all I heard was click."
Posted on 11/25/14 at 11:42 am to boom roasted
sounds like an ammo issue huh...
Posted on 11/25/14 at 11:47 am to boom roasted
quote:This is the term that has me scratching. In the event of a misfire, maybe one click. I just cant wrap my mind around it. Also, I am sure that in the moment everything is a blur so exact memory may be an issue as well. Pulling the trigger without a shot is one thing but CLICK is BAD.
click
Posted on 11/25/14 at 11:54 am to SabiDojo
Could have been adrenaline, and he just never heard the shot. We've all experienced it hunting, I know I have. I don't think I've ever heard a shot I've fired at a deer. I would think in a fight with a person like that his adrenaline was through the roof, his mind may have thought the gun never fired because he didn't hear it. That's just my two cents.
Posted on 11/25/14 at 11:56 am to SabiDojo
My P229 9mm never fails.
Posted on 11/25/14 at 12:04 pm to Trout Bandit
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My P229 9mm never fails
mine has just once after putting 700+ rounds through it
Posted on 11/25/14 at 12:17 pm to SabiDojo
Sig didn't wanna be racist
Posted on 11/25/14 at 12:28 pm to boom roasted
If I'm in marketing for a gun manufacturer, I'm smelling opportunity. 
Seriously, though, just plain scary.
Seriously, though, just plain scary.
Posted on 11/25/14 at 12:35 pm to SabiDojo
I'd like to think the slide was slightly back when they struggled in the car. I guess one downside of a hammer-fired gun is that the recoil spring is, in fact, weaker, since it works in conjunction with the hammer. But then again, if the slide is slightly retracted on a striker-fired pistol it wouldn't discharge either.
But the restrike capability of the Sig and his quick failure clear saved his bacon.
But the restrike capability of the Sig and his quick failure clear saved his bacon.
Posted on 11/25/14 at 12:42 pm to SabiDojo
Despite the misfires...........I'd say the Sig did its job in the long run.
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