E522 Do You Know How Much a Firing Pin Weighs?

Aug 8, 2022

If you aren't familiar with how a gun operates...

 

There is a small pin inside of firearms that is used to strike the cartridge in order to cause it to fire. 

 

The mechanics of a gun are so neat!

 

While the firing pin is super small...and the weight of it is seemingly nothing...

 

It has the potential to weigh even more. 

 

In a recent post shared by one of our Facebook Group members, the following was posted: 

 

"A DI asked his recruits how much they think the firing pin in their weapon weighs.

 

Answers ranged from grams to ounces.

 

Then DI instructed a recruit to hold out the firing pin as long as he could. After a minute the weight of the pin started to become uncomfortable. After 5 minutes, he had an ache in his arm and started to wonder how long he can go on like this. After a half hour his arm was shaking and began to feel numb and paralyzed. As time went on, the weight didn’t change, yet it still became harder and harder to hold.

 

The drill instructor says to the class, “The stresses and worries in this life are like that firing pin. Think about them for a minute and nothing happens. Think about them a bit longer and they begin to hurt. And if you think about them all day long, you will feel paralyzed – incapable of doing anything. You start to wonder how much longer you can go on like this.”

 

(Time to deflect with humor). This Drill Instructor was definitely not a Marine Corps DI !! Must have been Air Force or Navy.

 

(Time to be serious again)Remember to put the firing pin down. Talk to your battle buddies when you need to and don’t hold everything inside. The weight of our jobs and life can and may become overwhelming. Please look out for your battle buddies, shift mates, response area partners, zone partners, bunk mates, etc."

 

Wow! 

 

Tune in as Coach Ashlie Walton and Detective Walton dive deeper into this...

 

And pull out ways that we can all apply the lessons here into our own lives. 

 

 

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