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Mr. Luddite

On 1/23/2016 1:02 AM, wrote:
On Fri, 22 Jan 2016 19:38:14 -0800 (PST), True North
wrote:

Ditzy Dan spews...

"I would hate to be the guy with that job!"

Gee...don't y'all think they might have a mechanical machine to do it?

You don't need a live round to drop test a gun. A blank or just an
empty primed case will work just fine. (the latter being the easiest
and cheapest).
I also doubt this is a machine. I imagine there is a protocol they
follow (height, surface, angle etc). They just have some government
apparatchik sitting on a stool dropping guns all day.

Just a clarification ... virtually *all* handguns since the 1940's have
some sort of transfer block or other mechanism that prevents the hammer
from striking the firing pin unless the trigger is pulled. The drop
test required in Massachusetts is intended to ensure the mechanism works
as advertised.