A few gun stories

[Slap Stick]

Not nit picking but you inserted the magazine.
Clips hold the cartridges and feed the ammo into the gun's internal magazine and is then removed.

 

[FrnkNsteen]

I am happy and proud to say that I also fall into this category.

I am happy to say I can say the same. I grew up on a farm in southern Minnesota. We always had guns around. We were taught from an early age to respect them and how to use them.

Closest I ever came to an oops was in firearm safety training when young. The instructors sent everyone to take a break, then randomly loaded blanks into some of the students firearms. Mine was one of them. First thing I did when coming back from break was to check the firearm. I found the blank and got the attention of the instructor, who shushed me to be quiet.

The instructors then told us to hold our firearms pointing towards the ceiling and pull the trigger. Nobody in our class had an issue because we had all checked them after coming back from break, but the instructors said that's not usually the case. They said they usually get at least one or two of the students and use it to emphasis the importance of always checking because you never know what someone else may have done when you weren't there.

 

[Ron H]

Being an old cowboy fan I had a Ruger single action 22 with a nice western holster and used to practice quick drawing. Gotta wonder how many guys shot themselves in the leg or foot or somewhere else in the area doing that back when. It's a talent for guys to do this well. In all the practice I did (figure I'd a been the 2500th hundred fastest gun) seemed more like a smooth-steady-sequential action without so much emphasis on rushing was the deal...and accuracy and nerve is in there somewhere lol.

 

[ESOXER]

At my bachelor party, my groomsman was shooting a old 40lb LP tank with his 40 FN, hes was trying to display justifiable homicide to an attacker(11'). He unloaded, all I heard was buzzing. He caught 3 ricochet projectiles near his uh, well he can still have kids. My 1911 .45, modified SKS had no problem with the tank. His .223 green tips worked fine though.

 

[Scott Engelhardt]

Christmas vacation 1972 I was 9. Hunting with older brother and his buddies 2 brothers. Actually ended up at one of his other buddies house smoking in his room. I was too young to smoke so John handed me the single shot 12 gauge. The whole time we are there I am pointing it at things in his room. Well I must have pulled the hammer back before I set it down. Well after the smokes were all gone we head out to really go shot some ****. As we are walking down the steps gun goes off and so does Johns big toe!!

 

[Frank Mopar]

Nope. The empty cylinder becomes the first to NOT fire.
Why carry it with an empty cylinder? With the transfer bar it cannot fire unless the trigger is pulled. That is the idea behind the transfer bar.

Before I got married I was sitting on the sofa at her house and her father walked up and put a .38 in my face telling me I better not hurt her.
I calmly asked to look at the gun. He gave it to me and I calmly told him if he ever did that again I would sick it up his bum and give him a lead enema.
He suddenly had an attitude shift and started apologizing. I told him to shut up, unloaded the gun and handed it back.
I have a Citadel 1911 and whenever I have carried it cocked and locked every time I remove it from the holster I find it is no longer locked. That's why I prefer the Ruger P89 9 mm. 17 res compared to 8 and I can carry it either decocked or ready to fire. The first pull is DA like a revolver.

If you cock a revolver the first thing it does is rotate the cylinder so the empty chamber has now moved. Same thing with a double action.

 

[SteveSS]

Yes, I have heard of bad guys grabbing the policeman's revolver by the cylinder so the cop couldn't pull the trigger. Pheasnat hunting we always emptied the chamber and put on the safety but didn't unload the whole shotgun. Heard of guy shooting out his front right tire through the floorboard

 

[Sahara]

At my bachelor party, my groomsman was shooting a old 40lb LP tank with his 40 FN, hes was trying to display justifiable homicide to an attacker(11'). He unloaded, all I heard was buzzing. He caught 3 ricochet projectiles near his uh, well he can still have kids. My 1911 .45, modified SKS had no problem with the tank. His .223 green tips worked fine though.

Jeez, I posted already but I gotta go again...
This reminds me of a thing that happened.
We are shooting a 1911 45ACP at an old steel wheel rim. Buddy is cranking off a few rounds rapid fire. He suddenly stops and exclaims “I’m hit!” and puts one hand on his chest. When he lowers his hand he is holding a 45 slug. Besides a bad bruise on his sternum he is otherwise unharmed. We examine the rim and see that it has a round edge formed into it, to hold the hubcap, I think. The bullet had perfectly caught the edge of that lip and followed it around 180 degrees. It wasn’t a ricochet or a bounce, the bullet actually followed the radius and was redirected straight back, missing the gun that fired it by a few inches. A hotter load and a thinner coat could have gone so terribly wrong.

 

[ESOXER]

I agree, my buddy had bruised thighs, good thing he wasn't shooting his home brews. Or maybe he would have been better off? I love reloading, and testing but sometimes I load hot, and I'm glad I have a 1911 and not a Tupperware pistol.

 

[ESOXER]

Oh yeah, rims and LP tanks are both dumb targets. Old toilets with tanerite is the way to go over 100 yards of course

 

[khryslerkid]

I did a lot of firearms competition years back, my favorite was pistol competition. You have to watch the other guy like when driving in a snowstorm!

I've seen some scary stuff. Like the last clip in this video where a guy shooting a revolver suddenly jams. How does a revolver jam? Well the cylinder split at the fired cartridge. Seen it before and it even bent the frame just above the cylinder. Shrapnel flew back through the other members standing next to and behind him. No one was hurt. Always wear eye protection. I was taught that a gun is a mechanical device and can fail at anytime, safetys included.

 

[khryslerkid]

Scary stuff, like the first clip!

 

[beanhead]

Tannerite jars shoved into the cavities of salon heads...one just wouldn't detonate and my buddy kept moving closer as he hit it...well long story short it finally blew and he's got a nice souvenir scar on his shin. Watching him jump around and cuss was funny as heck too bad we didn't have smart phones yet..

 

[MoparLeo]

I hope that someone looks at all of these posts from the beginning, with an eye towards common sense. Common sense isn't very common. Heard that some where..... Never trust your life to anything but God and you can't go wrong.

 

[mmissile]

Idiots and tannerite....match made in heaven.

 

[mmissile]

Tell that to the guy in the link below. Granted, he should have replaced that holster long ago, but the point is that if you are relying on that little trigger safety to keep you safe, you might want to think again! Nothing is 100%. That's just the opinion of an "Old Fudd" though,.... so take it how you want.

https://www.itstactical.com/warcom/...her-holsters-can-cause-accidental-discharges/

Keep your booger-hook off of the bang-switch...and that doesn't happen.

 

[FrnkNsteen]

Keep your booger-hook off of the bang-switch...and that doesn't happen.

Had nothing to do with his "Booger hook". If you read the story, his leather holster was worn and folded in enough to trip the trigger safety and depress the trigger. It went off as he sat down into the car. Granted, he should have replaced that worn holster long before it got to that condition, but in his case he merely sat down in the car and the worn holster folded in and set it off.

Just saying that's why I don't care to rely on trigger safeties...

 

[biomedtechguy]

My dad had a Marksmanship Award from his career as a police officer. For years he had a M-16, fully automatic (selectable). 2 uppers, one long, one shorter, both modded for a faster rate of fire and durability and reliability. He had the required federal tax stamp to legally possess it. We have been to the range together since I was 10.
Unfortunately he sold it to someone (I sure would have liked to have bought it) and it was lost in Katrina's flood waters.
I have a suppressed 300 Blackout upper on the way, and once my federal tax stamp paperwork is processed I will be using it with subsonic rounds. Very quiet and a big projectile in 300 Blackout, for me, it's an ideal rifle.
10.5" barrel w/pistol length gas system, but the suppressor is pinned, that brings the total length to 16.5" making it legal.
In the meantime I am using a 5.56 16" upper on the lower. That 5.56 upper also lets me share ammo with my wife in case the Zombie Apocalypse is at hand and I run out of 300 BLK.

 

[mmissile]

Had nothing to do with his "Booger hook". If you read the story, his leather holster was worn and folded in enough to trip the trigger safety and depress the trigger. It went off as he sat down into the car. Granted, he should have replaced that worn holster long before it got to that condition, but in his case he merely sat down in the car and the worn holster folded in and set it off.

Just saying that's why I don't care to relay on trigger safeties...

All my pistols are SA/DA. Won't ever happen. About 25 years-ago, a cop north of where I live, shot himself with his Colt. He had it cocked and locked, and the safety got moved during the daily routine. Un-holstered it and shot his foot. Too casual=ND. I carry my pistol with one in the pipe, de-cocked, and have trained to pull the hammer back while drawing it out of the holster[it can always be shot 1st round/DA]. I shoot 1-2 times a week, and shoot for effect/Mozambique, not target-shooting.

This pistol has been a perfect carry for me. HK USPc-40. I added the "Big-Dot"/tritium from sight, milled a rear sight to my preference, factory HK- "Match" trigger-kit installed[light SA/DA and hammer], and Magna-Ported.

 

[FrnkNsteen]

All my pistols are SA/DA. Won't ever happen. About 25 years-ago, a cop north of where I live, shot himself with his Colt. He had it cocked and locked, and the safety got moved during the daily routine. Un-holstered it and shot his foot. Too casual=ND. I carry my pistol with one in the pipe, de-cocked, and have trained to pull the hammer back while drawing it out of the holster[it can always be shot 1st round/DA]. I shoot 1-2 times a week, and shoot for effect/Mozambique, not target-shooting.

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This pistol has been a perfect carry for me. HK USPc-40. I added the "Big-Dot"/tritium from sight, milled a rear sight to my preference, factory HK- "Match" trigger-kit installed[light SA/DA and hammer], and Magna-Ported.

I agree, only my chosen option is a Sig Sauer P239 DA/SA in .40 S&W. I still have the original sights in it, but I do have the XS Sights "Big Dot" sights in other things and really like them.