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How Did This Border Patrol Agent’s Gun Snap in Half?

August 14th 2012   ·   15 Comments

There is a case to be made for traditional metal weapons over newer, polymer technology.

Example A is provided by The Loadout Room, a subset of SOFREP.com (the special operations forces report). It reports the following photos come from a border patrol agent who fell off his ATV while training. The short visit to the hospital by the agent wasn’t the only collateral damage of the fall, though. His P2000 handgun snapped at the handle.

The Loadout Room Shows Pictures of Snapped P200 Handgun from Border Patrol Agent

(Photo via The Loadout Room)

 

The Loadout Room Shows Pictures of Snapped P200 Handgun from Border Patrol Agent

(Photo via The Loadout Room)

 

The Loadout Room Shows Pictures of Snapped P200 Handgun from Border Patrol Agent

(Photo via The Loadout Room)

 

“It is believed that his CBS, given the location behind the gun, may have created the torque necessary for this result,” an anonymous field training officer said according to The Loadout Room report.

The most important lesson here, according to the Loadout Room, is that “there’s a value in all metal guns that take a licking and keep on ticking.”

“There’s a reason the AK-47 is so prevalent in every crappy corner of the planet, it just keeps on working under the harshest of environments,” Brandon Webb writes in the post.

 

A version of this column originally appeared in www.theblaze.com.

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Readers Comments (15)

  1. John Hagaman says:
    August 14, 2012 at 1:06 pm

    cheapest bid ?

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  2. John Hagaman says:
    August 14, 2012 at 1:06 pm

    cheapest bid ?

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  3. Gary Hamill says:
    August 14, 2012 at 1:08 pm

    our guys get the crap and the drug runners get the good guns from the goverment

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  4. Gary Hamill says:
    August 14, 2012 at 1:08 pm

    our guys get the crap and the drug runners get the good guns from the goverment

    Reply »
  5. Joe Longo says:
    August 14, 2012 at 1:12 pm

    Made in China……..

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  6. Joe Longo says:
    August 14, 2012 at 1:12 pm

    Made in China……..

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  7. Chuck Miller says:
    August 14, 2012 at 1:25 pm

    Made with “Low-Grade” Plastic, in China ?————–

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  8. Chuck Miller says:
    August 14, 2012 at 1:25 pm

    Made with “Low-Grade” Plastic, in China ?————–

    Reply »
  9. Thomas Storin says:
    August 14, 2012 at 1:26 pm

    Joe was going to ask the same question……….

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  10. Thomas Storin says:
    August 14, 2012 at 1:26 pm

    Joe was going to ask the same question……….

    Reply »
  11. Liam Milligan says:
    August 14, 2012 at 1:30 pm

    Wow…..I thought H&K made better stuff than that….plastic junk

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  12. Liam Milligan says:
    August 14, 2012 at 1:30 pm

    Wow…..I thought H&K made better stuff than that….plastic junk

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  13. Jeffrey Conner says:
    August 14, 2012 at 3:53 pm

    Not a reliable weapon if it breaks that easy!

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  14. Kathy Pratt says:
    August 14, 2012 at 7:05 pm

    Ask Eric!!

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  15. Jim Pratchen says:
    August 15, 2012 at 7:53 am

    Wouldn’t happen to a revolver….

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