Alec Baldwin what the fuck

[Jolly]

The gun has been refitted. The sear geometry is no longer the same. In a mechanical situation where a bit of sandpaper can change the trigger pull by several pounds, who can say whether a reconstruction did not take a firearm with an unsafe trigger , into a firearm with a light trigger pull?

[George K]

@Jolly said in Alec Baldwin what the fuck:

The gun has been refitted.

I was wondering about that.

Somewhere, I read (heard?) that the pull on the refitted pistol was two pounds. Is that typical? A lot? A little?

[Jolly]

@George-K said in Alec Baldwin what the fuck:

@Jolly said in Alec Baldwin what the fuck:

The gun has been refitted.

I was wondering about that.

Somewhere, I read (heard?) that the pull on the refitted pistol was two pounds. Is that typical? A lot? A little?

Pretty low for a single-action handgun, except competition stuff. I think the Colt Custom Shop will adjust them down to that, but the Colt factory guns shipped at 3.5 to almost 5 pounds. I have heard of some Italian imports with pretty light triggers in the 2-2.5 pound range.

To me, anything under three is getting too light for everyday work.

[George K]

Considering the gun was rebuilt, I imagine Baldwin's legal team is all over the fact that it was altered, and therefore inadmissible as evidence.

[George K]

[Mik]

I still don’t see how they pin this on an actor. There were professionals hired to manage the guns.

[Horace]

I would hope a jury of his peers will not convict.

[Jolly]

Grand Jury, meet ham sandwich.

[Rainman]

Jolly, what do you mean by ham sandwich?
Maybe I'm the only one that doesn't get the reference?

[Jolly]

@Rainman said in Alec Baldwin what the fuck:

Jolly, what do you mean by ham sandwich?
Maybe I'm the only one that doesn't get the reference?

"district attorneys now have so much influence on grand juries that 'by and large' they could get them to 'indict a ham sandwich.'" - Judge Sol Wachtler