Fixed an ejection problem on a customer's shotgun

The gun kept failing to eject spent shells smoothly. I checked the extractor and ejector, both seemed fine. After testing, I found the chamber had a slight burr near the rim. Polishing that area with a fine stone cleared up the issue. It was one of those small details that's easy to miss.

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calebp507mo ago

Man, so much stuff fails from tiny flaws.

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tessa1777mo ago

The 737 MAX had a design philosophy that prioritized cost and familiar training over safety. That's a huge system-wide choice, not some tiny overlooked detail. Honestly most big failures come from deep cuts and bad calls way before the final product.

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finley_lopez987mo ago

Yeah but that "design philosophy" thing... it's still made up of a bunch of tiny details. Like the sensor failing, the software reading it wrong, the pilots not knowing about the system. Each one seems small on its own. They only add up to a big system failure because they all went wrong together. So I guess I see it the other way around... the big bad call lets all the little flaws slip through.

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