So how can you break the bar?? Not really anything to break?? It is more like a penny on the railroad track...nothing to break, it just needs to be smashed flat if the hammer is to reach the firing pin..

How do you know for sure the guy had his block engaged??

I am not trying to mess with you here...just want to learn as much from the facts as I can....so many BS statements on the net is is hard to wade through them all..

When I got my first 83, I tore it apart to see how it was made. After seeing how it was made, I never questioned its' safety. That was 23 years ago. Several 83's later I am still failing to see how the safety can be broken.

Please share what you know...did the end break off the bar?? (Thinking out loud here) but even if the bar broke in half the bar would still be there between the fame and hammer.