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wogpotter · March 14, 2011, 10:56 AM

My memory of the FN-49 is a little hazy, but doesn't the bottom curve of the bolt carrier & the tunnel for the firing pin in the bolt carrier prevent a following hammer from contacting the firing pin till it is 99% in battery?
In the FAL, which is a development from the 49, the hammer may follow through, but can't contact the firing pin rear till the bolt has dropped into the locking recess & the carrier moved forward exposing the firing pin.
If I had to guess I'd say high, or defective primer, or jammed pin in the forward position.

March 14, 2011, 10:56 AM	#10
wogpotter Senior Member Join Date: September 27, 2004 Posts: 4,811	My memory of the FN-49 is a little hazy, but doesn't the bottom curve of the bolt carrier & the tunnel for the firing pin in the bolt carrier prevent a following hammer from contacting the firing pin till it is 99% in battery? In the FAL, which is a development from the 49, the hammer may follow through, but can't contact the firing pin rear till the bolt has dropped into the locking recess & the carrier moved forward exposing the firing pin. If I had to guess I'd say high, or defective primer, or jammed pin in the forward position. __________________ Allan Quatermain: “Automatic rifles. Who in God's name has automatic rifles”? Elderly Hunter: “That's dashed unsporting. Probably Belgium.”