Dumbest thing you have DONE with a gun.

[db1959]

When I first got my berettta 92FS I went to the range to check it out. After firing about a 100 rounds I grabbed the barrel end of the slide to rack the slde. Left a really nice shiney burn mark across my fingers.Lesson learned

 

[sharkey]

Left my Kimber in a foam-padded, closed case for a couple of months, in Indiana, in the summer.

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

Wow, necrothread!

No NDs, no ADs; I'm almost paranoid about safe handling. About the worst I can say I've done is the time I was looking at a Sig 230 at the shop, messed around and wound up disassembling it. Next thing out of the clerk's mouth was "cash check or charge?" I've never regretted buying it, though.

 

[85t5mcss]

Young and dumb. Old school double barrel 12 ga. simultaneously. Thought that I had broken my shoulder. The bruising was pretty bad, too.

 

[Audie Murphy's Girl]

While on the firing line I turned around to talk to Audie while I had the pistol in my hand. Let's just say he wasn't very happy

 

[squirrelhntr]

sold my first Colt AR-15

 

[Harry2110]

Decided that I would fire a 50bmg after only 15minutes gun experience in my life. My shoulder hurt the rest of the day

 

[Mr. Neal]

I got a good one.. I had just oiled my .357 revolver cause it was startin to get a little stiff.. I was cocking and decocking the hammer a few times to work the oil in good. Mind you I had the barrel point to the ground thank god, and I must have been a little too comfortable and carless cause in single action it has a hair trigger and as i pulled the trigger my thumb just missed the hammer and it went off shooting a tiny hole which i have yet to find threw the carpet. remarkably! you'd think there would be a burn hole.. anyways. My girlfriend just happened to be in the room. We both had ringing ears and I was quite embarrassed to say the least.

 

[Steve B]

Definitely have to say selling my Marlin Camp 9 w/folding stock.

 

[gunman41mag]

I wanted to see how fast I can empty a 9MM 15 round mag, So I aimed at dead tree & fired as fast as my finger could move, next thing I know my NUT sack is throbbing in pain, A 9MM round hit a bullet that was stuck in the dead wood & bounced back, it hit me in one of my testicle & it swelled too 2x it's size

 

[GBuck]

I wanted to see how fast I can empty a 9MM 15 round mag, So I aimed at dead tree & fired as fast as my finger could move, next thing I know my NUT sack is throbbing in pain, A 9MM round hit a bullet that was stuck in the dead wood & bounced back, it hit me in one of my testicle & it swelled too 2x it's size

Holy CRAP. That is terrible!~

 

[CalebToNowhere]

Way back in the day, when I was still young and dumb, me and two friends stole some dynamite. I set mine off, a stick at a time, with my .22 rifle.

We did something like this back in my senior year of high school. Think propane camping stove cylinder, road flare and .22lr

 

[gunman41mag]

Holy CRAP. That is terrible!~

I was with my girlfriend, then I made sure I was still functional & everything came out find

 

[JWAS]

I let my girlfriend shoot my USP45 tactical at the range last month, thinking she would shoot 1 bullet and be done with it since she mainly shoots my 9mm. 50 rounds later she gave it back!

 

[Cemetery-man]

Shot my brother.

 

[Mike H]

Several instances come to mind. All of thses happened when I was a kid.
1. Found a live round [don't know caliber] and thought it would be neat to "set it off".
Thats easy, insert cartridge in bench vice and snug down. Next tap primer with a nail and a hammer. BOOOOOOM! Nobody got hurt but there was a chunk taken out of the concrete basement wall.
2. I was on the levy with a buddy squirrel hunting. I was using a 16ga. single shot.
I thought if I laid down on the side of the levy my shoulder would be fully supported by the earth embankment when I shot. Lets say "I didn't do that again".
3. .22 cal hole through my parents front door. Everything worked out ok there to. A friend dared me to do it.

 

[Thumper]

Worst thing i did was pick one up.I have not been right since.

 

[firehawk1]

A few years back a friend and I went out in late summer to check my muzzleloader and his slug gun out before deer season. I wanted to clear any oil in the bore of mine with a cap. I pointed it away from him and at the ground as I always do and pulled the trigger. Uh the rifle went BANG, not pop. It scared the crap out of both of us, and blew a nice hole in the ground. I felt, and rightly so like a total fool.

Needless to say since then I double check my muzzleloader BEFORE popping a cap. To this day I could swear I had cleaned it before putting it away. Leason learned.

 

[BDBHoover]

I wanted to see how fast I can empty a 9MM 15 round mag, So I aimed at dead tree & fired as fast as my finger could move, next thing I know my NUT sack is throbbing in pain, A 9MM round hit a bullet that was stuck in the dead wood & bounced back, it hit me in one of my testicle & it swelled too 2x it's size

Just reading this it makes me shudder and laugh at the same time...... luckily it didn't have enough velocity to do some real damage

 

[Bunnykid68]

I sold one.