Ever have an accidental discharge ?
I did once. When I was 14 I loaded 2 shell's into a 12 gauge double barrel Boita when I closed up gun, bottom barrel fired and blowed a hole in the ceiling of the hallway of the house. Said gun was found to have worn sear and had to be fixed, after ceilling was repaired! Needless to say I never loaded a gun in the house again.
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Just one.
To borrow a phrase that somebody put up on one of the previous AD threads on this board: I had my booger hook on the bang switch when I shouldn't have. Fortunately the revolver was pointed downrange at the time. It's a pretty disconcerting experience.
Does a 10-22 going full-auto on you count as an AD? A buddy had done a trigger job on his 10-22. Usually he does good work but this time...I pulled the trigger and sent three downrange. "That's a mighty fast trigger finger you have," he said. I don't think he realized that his trigger job was the problem until he did the same thing with it a few moments later.0 -
Lever action Ithaca .22 mag. Round missed my ex by 2 feet. 0 -
Only once and I happened to shoot my leg. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by Zebra
Lever action Ithaca .22 mag. Round missed my ex by 2 feet.
My brother tried that once, too. [:0][:0]
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quote:Originally posted by lt496
You mean a "negligent discharge" don't you?
Nope, never have. I am meticulous in following safety practices without fail.
negligent- to neglect- disregard , to leave undone or unattended, omit, ignore, overlook, slight, forget.
Accidental-happening unexpectedly or by chance, happening without intent or through carelessness.
Nope I meant accidental discharge [^]0 -
Dropped some change into my pocket on top of one of those NAA .22's. Never thought about the gun being in there OR the cylinder being open at the rear! Round went down between my leg and jeans,came out at the knee and went back in at the shoe,small burn on the inside of my knee and ankle,hole in my tennys and porch floor. [:0]
Must a been a quarter! [:I]
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I had a couple freaking stupid but no accidental. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by luvberetta
quote:Originally posted by lt496
You mean a "negligent discharge" don't you?
Nope, never have. I am meticulous in following safety practices without fail.
negligent- to neglect- disregard , to leave undone or unattended, omit, ignore, overlook, slight, forget.
Accidental-happening unexpectedly or by chance, happening without intent or through carelessness.
Nope I meant accidental discharge [^]
Negligence:, according to Merriam-Webster
Function: adjective
1 a: marked by or given to neglect especially habitually or culpably
b: failing to exercise the care expected of a reasonably prudent
person in like circumstances
2: marked by a carelessly easy manner
neg?li?gent?ly adverb
synonyms negligent, neglectful, lax, slack, remiss mean culpably careless or indicative of such carelessness. negligent implies inattention to one's duty or business
Negligent fits in my book.[;)]0 -
I had a negligent discharge a few weeks ago...had loaded the magazine on a Springfield XD9, and put it away...a couple hours later, I dry fired it, pulled the slide back and dry fired again...except that dry fire put a hole in my floor, the ceiling of the room below mine and the wall of that room....thankfully I was the only one in the building at the time...scared the crap out of me, and I actually haven't been able to hold the XD steady since then! My rifle, no problem handling it...I get jittery every time I lay my hands on the pistol, though... 0 -
DURING THE LATE 70'S / EARLY 80'S , I WENT TO FRIENDS HOUSE WHOM HAD ANOTHER FRIEND WHO WAS A " STATE ROD " IN THE MIDWEST, HE HAD A BACKYARD FIRING RANGE WITH A GOOD SIZED PIECE OF PROPERTY FOR THIS PURPOSE.
AT THE TIME, I OWNED A 90% CONDITION P-38 WW 2 MAUSER BYF 43, NICE COLLECTIBLE.. HE WANTED TO SHOOT IT , SO I SAID GO AHEAD, POP A FEW CAPS WITH IT...
HE PROCEEDED TO LOAD A FULL COMPLEMENT OF 9MM ROUNDS INTO THE MAGAZINE AND THEN INSERTED IT INTO THE MAG WELL AND THEN PULLED THE SLIDE BACK WITH THE SAFETY IN THE " ON " POSITION.
WE WERE INSIDE THE BASEMENT OF HIS HOUSE AT THE TIME, AS ONE OF US NEEDED TO USE THE " HEAD " ... IT ENDED UP GOING FULL AUTO ABOUT A FOOT FROM WHERE I WAS STANDING AND SENT 1/2 OF THE 9MM ROUNDS INTO HIS DOSCOSIL HARD RIFLE CASE AND THE OTHER 1/2 INTO HIS STACK OF COLLECTOR VINTAGE PLAYBOY MAGAZINES FROM THE 60'S.
NICE SHOOTING THERE - TEX !!!
NEEDLESS TO SAY HE WAS " WHITE AS A SHEET " AND THE P-38 WAS LATER DETERMINED TO HAVE SOME GRIT / POWDER / GREASE WHICH HELD THE FIRING PIN IN THE EXTENDED POSITION.
I NEVER WENT BACK TO SHOOT THERE AGAIN. IT JUST DIDN'T FEEL RIGHT...
AND AS A RULE, I CONTINUE TO KEEP WELL CLEAR OF ANY GUN MUZZLE, REGARDLESS OF WHAT CONDITION THEY ARE IN... FULL, EMPTY, ETC...
CLOSE ENOUGH CALL TO KEEP ALWAYS 110 % ALERT OF MUZZLE POSITION AWARENESS...0 -
I've never had one, but one of the new trainees here where I work had one with his handgun as he was attempting to holster it and he was told not to come back. No one was hurt. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by v35
Yes five or six that I can remember over about 60 years.
The bottom line to this is to always be aware of where a muzzle is pointed whenever you handle a gun.
I believe if you handle guns and ammo long enough you will become complacent or distracted and sooner or later you're going to have an A.D..
I cringe at skeet and trap ranges where shooters rest their muzzles
on the tips of their shoes.
A lot of ADs happen with "empty" guns.
Great answer skeet and trap ranges scare me to death....
I was at a shoot in Durham NC once and a guy was leaving his slide closed on an 1100 as he moved between stations. With ZERO warning another guy that was squading with us turned to him and told him to get his stuff, load it in his car, and leave...in a very direct manner. When the offender hesitated, the guy tells him again, and this time suggests that he will assist him in leaving. 6" from this guys face he says, very calmly, "idiots and guns bother the rest of us.."
There have been some other times where people have berated people for not being safe on ranges....seems to work as a great reminder to me.0 -
Once, I have a healed up hole through my hand to prove it. 0 -
When I first built my AR-15, I forgot to put in the disconnector spring and, before I could rectify my error, I had lost the disconnector spring. So I fashioned my own out of a spring from a ball-point pen.
Big mistake.
While shooting with a .22 upper attached to this jury-rigged lower, the gun did a very alarming 2-round burst. I quickly put the gun down and ordered a real disconnector spring the next day.
Thats really the only AD story I have.0 -
Car back seats aren't as spacious as they used to be.
Bucket seats in the front also reduce the incidence of A.D.s.0 -
I pulled a all nighter the day before shooting practice and needless to say I was very tired. Sitting was always my most comfortabe position and I nodded off between shots, my 40X firing woke me back up. I had a clean target before that shot, that one was a 6[xx(] That was the last time I stayed out late before I shot, now I get as much rest as I can to help improve my shooting. 0 -
No never, but I have seen several holes blown in the ground. 0 -
There's a show on the Military Channel, I forget the name (Weaponology, maybe?) but they mostly do tanks, submarines, etc. A couple of months ago they did about 20 minutes on the manufacture, testing and use of the Beretta M9. One of the comments was that this was an extremely safe weapon, as supported by the fact that there has never been a reported accidental discharge of an M9.
Seems like a pretty bold statement to me. "Never" is a really big word. But then I guess "reported" and "accidental" could be subject to interpretation, too.0 -
I have always been told "It is not a matter of if but when."
Personally only twice.
Once at the range, shooting Encore MZ I had the gun pointed down range at the target. I took aim cocked the hammer but was not comfortable with the mount and I went to uncock the hammer as I lifted my head while pulling the trigger to allow the hammer fall my thumb slipped off the hammer BOOM!!! I missed [:I]
It scared the he11 out of me. It took a month to get the flinches out.
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Once about 2yrs ago while hunting rabits, it was a cold winter day so I had gloves on. Encore again. pulled up on a fleeing Jack only to loose him and was decocking the gun and again thumb in glove this time slipped BOOM!!!! the gun was pointed down into the dirt. again scared the he11 out of me no fliches to work out that time. just need to pay more attention is all.
Like I said, "it is not a matter of IF but WHEN!"0 -
Very good thread here. Even the best of us seem to have had "it" happen. In my case (as with most) it was not carelessness that caused it. In fact, if I had been being careless someone might have been hurt or killed. It was still a strong wake up call.
Glad to know I'm not the only one.0 -
My only one was an inadvertent bump fire with an AK, but reading this thread is a great reminder to all of us why gun control is so important. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by Odawgp
I have always been told "It is not a matter of if but when."
Personally only twice.
Once at the range, shooting Encore MZ I had the gun pointed down range at the target. I took aim cocked the hammer but was not comfortable with the mount and I went to uncock the hammer as I lifted my head while pulling the trigger to allow the hammer fall my thumb slipped off the hammer BOOM!!! I missed [:I]
It scared the he11 out of me. It took a month to get the flinches out.
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Once about 2yrs ago while hunting rabits, it was a cold winter day so I had gloves on. Encore again. pulled up on a fleeing Jack only to loose him and was decocking the gun and again thumb in glove this time slipped BOOM!!!! the gun was pointed down into the dirt. again scared the he11 out of me no fliches to work out that time. just need to pay more attention is all.
Like I said, "it is not a matter of IF but WHEN!"
Mine was a similar experience. My first hunting trip using a shotgun my father had just bought me, NEF 28 guage single shot. We were quail hunting, but I wasn't allowed to cock the gun until we saw birds, and by then they flew away. This gave me good practice time with lowering the hammer. After four or five times I got kind of cocky, and decided not to take as much time lowering the hammer, and the gun went off. Thankfully I still had the gun pointed at a cactus and no one else was around, but I learned to take your time when lowering the hammer on a gun. I also learned that shooting catcus is kind of fun...0 -
quote:Originally posted by lt496
You mean a "negligent discharge" don't you?
Nope, never have. I am meticulous in following safety practices without fail.
I commend you on your efforts, never say never.0 -
Most impressive AD I have ever seen was a new gunner on the 90mm Recoiless Rifle- loaded with a flechette round. Gun was sitting on the support legs. Gunner reached down to lift weapon, and pulled on the cable that runs from trigger group to breechblock- same effect as pulling the trigger. Happily, no one was in front of, or behind the tube! 0 -
We were kids about three or four 15 year olds seated having a discussion in a friends house. A loaded 380 auto was being handled loaded, unloaded and set down between several of us. All of a sudden a blast pulverized a porcelain vase about three ft from my head. My friend, the shooter, was was deep in conversation ,not paying attention to what he was doing.
I met this friend accidentally 25 years later in a Maine hotel dining room. The first words out of his mouth were to his wife. He said "I almost killed this man.I was aiming at his heart etc, then moved away aimed at the vase and pulled the trigger."
The bullet disintegrated on destroying the vase and didnt hit the wall.
That pistol ,a Remington M51, went to Korea with me and saved my azz several times.0 -
I had rebarreled a BAR and thought I'd test it's feeding in the shop, a temp metal building that we assembled since the shop truck was too small to do Division small arms repair.
In order that it would feed and not fire, I removed the hammer.
The BAR fires from an open bolt. Pulling the trigger releases the bolt, chambers and fires the round. I used a blank to be doubly sure it wouldn't fire, right? Wrong, the thing went off with a kaboom that shook the building and rattled both my C.O. and myself.
There was enough energy in the firing pin to slam fire the gun with the hammer removed.
The explanation satisfied my C.O..0 -
I PPKed my kitchen wall by not using the lever to de-cock. A little bit of pee might have came out, nobody was hurt. I use the lever now. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by Odawgp
quote:Originally posted by lt496
You mean a "negligent discharge" don't you?
Nope, never have. I am meticulous in following safety practices without fail.
I commend you on your efforts, never say never.
Didn't say it could never happen, only that it never has and for a very specific reason.[;)]0 -
I started hunting when I was about eight. I started hunting by myself(with my dad in sight) at about ten. Around twelve I hunted by myself and my dad alway put me in the stand. I loaded my gun and he left. I had a whistle to blow if I shot a deer or needed help. Dad was always close by. He always walked me to my stand untill I was about thirteen. I was shooting his old 30-30 with a side mount scope(scope was on the left side) and I'm left-handed. The hulls came out the top of the gun, that's the reason for the side mount. When I put a bullet in the chamber it cocked the hammer and I always had to release the hammer. One day my thumb got stuck between the gun and the scope and slipped off the hammer. BOOM!!! A big hole in the tree in front of me where my dad would have been standing. I wouldn't have pointed that way if he was there, but it scared me so bad that I never hunted with that gun again. I could have killed my dad. Never had a another accidental discharge again though.
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