Quote Originally Posted by eddiememphis View Post
Obviously, if his finger was on the trigger the gun could go off.

There are plenty of experts writing and making videos showing it is impossible for the gun to fire otherwise. Most of them are talking about new guns, not older ones with unknown history.

If we take him at his word, that he didn't touch the trigger, how could the gun have fired?

I am no Baldwin fan. He is a blowhard and a fool that knows nothing about actual firearms and their safe handling.

I am trying to figure out if his story is mechanically realistic.
Personally, I think he's digging his own grave. John Schneider did an excellent video talking about the protocols for handling a weapon on set and they involve checking it at every stage of handling.

Having said that, I remember reading Westerns decades ago that talked about modifying the gun to make it easier to fan so it's possible that this gun was modified. If so, that should have been noted and explained by the armorer. I have no basis to judge her competence in this regard other than the presence of live rounds on set and her general appearance (which really has nothing to do with her competence but is obviously pejorative in some circles). It should all come out in the wash as long as the investigation is independent and competent. I have no faith in it being so with AB being Hollyweird royalty but one can hope.