warning had a safety malfuntion with a caracal C!

Interesting.

Any more information you can provide?
Series number, batch? yada yada..

 

It could have been a problem with X batch or series of serial numbers that is known to a member here, or is listed somewhere here on the forum.

That way as well if others have same batch as you they can either try and discharge the weapon by hitting it with a 2x4 or something like that to see if they have the same issue.

But whatever. =)

I Hope this gets resolved.
That is a truly scary scary thought.

 

wow, that is scary. kinda surprising too, since these gun models passed the federal German armed forces testing house WTD91, the nato d14 test, and the German ta police standard / federal armed forces technical purchasing standard. i haven't read those standards, but i assumed they would check for safeties working on a standard 3ft drop on a hard surface? never assume anything i guess.

safe to assume you have done no tinkering or gunsmithing on your pistol? i only ask to get a better picture when i look over my own "f" model for a design weakness which should basically function the same. i'm a polite fellow and don't want my curiosity to come across as accusatory. i hope it doesn't read this way?


when you get caracal uae or usa or whichever country you are in to answer, could you update for the rest of us? thank you in advance Sir, and thanks for posting the warning. glad no one got shot by the discharge, or was hurt.

 

Glad you are OK. Please keep us informed of the situation. If you get nowhere I can give you some contacts that will help.

-D

 

Glad that you are okay.

 

I said wow before, but now with those details.....I'm saying WOW. Very scary...glad you got came through okay. That would have shaken me to my core as I'm sure it did to you.

Good info, thank you Sir for the followup and details.

Think I'm gonna retire mine from carry until the details come from Jeff. Id rather be accused of over reacting and stay safe. Thanks again for the warning.....greatly appreciated.

 

A sample of (1) isn't exactly just cause to lose our minds unload all the Caracals of the world. I'm reserving judgment until we get some more official data about the state of the weapon and an idea of what went wrong - as other posters have mentioned, the Caracal design has been subject to some pretty extreme testing by some very professional and experienced organizations.

Please keep us posted!

 

I agree whole-heartedly. What I meant is, I'm interested to find out if any of the internal safeties somehow broke or suffered some bizarre premature wear. I really would like to see Jeff check this one out.

 

Glad you are getting a new gun. Guess well never get to know what failed. Hopefully its a one off and not the design that failed. Thank you for the update.

 

Don't assume that you're being blown off. I suspect that Caracal wants to test the weapon under known conditions, and it wouldn't surprise me if they called in Hr. Bubits to be a party to the discussions. If the weapons have passed the German Military qualification tests, then having a production weapon fail is a serious problem. It may have to do with faulty parts, assembly, ... The same thing would happen with any weapon not completely manufactured in the US.

I would also be concerned if it had happened to me and I got a replacement but didn't know if it was a one-off accident. You could always try to duplicate the conditions, but with a primer only in the case in the chamber, no powder. That does run the risk of dinging the weapon up though.

 

That is unfortunate. Please, keep after them for an answer about the broken gun.