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Airman arrested for death that prompted Air Force-wide safety review of Sig M18
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this post was submitted on 09 Aug 2025
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Forgotten Weapons has a great video about this whole issue. I found it odd that there's been no actual evidence of the guns misfiring, dropped or otherwise, and there's been no mechanical explanation given as to why they're "misfiring". It's all based cases like this where we're just taking peoples' word for it and it's to the point that the Air Force is burning money on a review.
This dude is gonna be made an example of if he's proven guilty...
So there is an example of misfiring, it just takes very special circumstances. See this YouTube video.
A slight pressure on the trigger and a little sideways manipulation of the slide and it goes bang.
Not saying that's what happened to the airman or that forgotten weapons was wrong, just more recent info.
Oh wow, someone finally found something. I love the comments there btw... "SIG IS DONE!" and whatnot lol
When this really looks like a minor tolerance stacking issue at best. Something is causing the slide not to rest properly and allowing movement, which frees up room for the hammer and/or safety. But with SIGs being modular you can easily swap the frame, slide or anything really. So it should be a simple fix they can rollout.