Dumbest thing you have DONE with a gun.

[ThrottleJockey]

Dumbest thing? Hmmm, I bought some on 4473 and also made the mistake of admitting I even have any.

 

[ZX-14R]

Can I nominate these guys??

https://www.indianagunowners.com/forums/tactics_and_training/39880-welcome_to_tactical_response.html.

Hahahahaha! I KNEW this was coming! Comedy gold!

Woah, old thread!

 

[chezuki]

Wow, I can't figure out who's dumber, the photographer, or the irresponsible shooters who went along with it.


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[Bigtanker]

At a very young age, my dad taught me the four rules of firearms. But my friends had no idea. I was 11 and at a new kids house that just moved into the neighborhood. While I was in the bathroom taking a leak, my buddy and our new friend got his dads .38 out and decided to scare me. They opened the cylinder and shook. Counted 5 rounds, just like my buddys dads .38. BUT this one was a 6 shot. I opened the door and my "buddy" was pointing it at me from about 3 feet. He was quite a bit shorter than I was. BOOM. We all ran out screaming. When it was all over, the bullet went through the door frame, medicine cabinet and stuck in the window base. I was fine. The bullet had parted my flat top.
I had a 3 inch path right down the middle of my head. There were heat blisters on my scalp. I still have the pictures. It was the Grace of God that saved me from my "former" friends.

 

[BStarkey 46947]

Shot the primer of a 20 ga. shell that was shoved in pumpkin at less than 10 yards.
Not real intelligent, but anti-climactic.

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

Come to think of it I haven't done anything really stupid with a gun

Better be knocking on wood right now

Postulate: There are two kinds of motorcycle owners in the world. Those who have gone down and those who will

Firearms-related corollary: There are two kinds of firearms owners in the world. Those who have had an AD/ND and those who will.

Mental lapses happen to everyone. Thankfully, even if you break one of the "4 rules", the other three are such that no one should die. Break two...and all bets are off. On a personal note, I'm living proof that breaking keeping 3/4 of the rules still works.

At a very young age, my dad taught me the four rules of firearms. But my friends had no idea. I was 11 and at a new kids house that just moved into the neighborhood. While I was in the bathroom taking a leak, my buddy and our new friend got his dads .38 out and decided to scare me. They opened the cylinder and shook. Counted 5 rounds, just like my buddys dads .38. BUT this one was a 6 shot. I opened the door and my "buddy" was pointing it at me from about 3 feet. He was quite a bit shorter than I was. BOOM. We all ran out screaming. When it was all over, the bullet went through the door frame, medicine cabinet and stuck in the window base. I was fine. The bullet had parted my flat top.
I had a 3 inch path right down the middle of my head. There were heat blisters on my scalp. I still have the pictures. It was the Grace of God that saved me from my "former" friends.

Oh. My. God.

(Would it be selfish of me to want to see the pictures?)

 

[TempusFugit]

Dumbest thing?.....I sold it.

 

[Bigtanker]

(Would it be selfish of me to want to see the pictures?)[/QUOTE]


They are at my folks place. I'll ask my mom to dig them out for me. I'll post them when I get them.

 

[deerslayer--01]

Taped a .22 round to the end of my bb gun as a kid. Shot it in the back yard toward the corn field. Shot dad's yard barn 40 yards due right of me.

 

[chezuki]

Taped a .22 round to the end of my bb gun as a kid. Shot it in the back yard toward the corn field. Shot dad's yard barn 40 yards due right of me.

Explain the physics of this.

 

[deerslayer--01]

Explain the physics of this.

Not sure???

I have a .22 snub nose (1.5" barrel) that is only accurate within 3'. I shot at a target 20' away and missed the 18" paper.

Went to 10' and clipped the left side of the paper. Went to 5' and was still left of bullseye by 10".

I'm not a bad shot. I can plink soda cans at 75 yards all day with the Remmington .22 rifle.

I think that the .22 round just goes crazy if it doesn't have something substantial to stablize it.

 

[ThrottleJockey]

Any round fired outside of a chamber/barrel is going to go wild. It's sort of like trying to steer a train down a street as opposed to powering it down the railway.

 

[chezuki]

Any round fired outside of a chamber/barrel is going to go wild. It's sort of like trying to steer a train down a street as opposed to powering it down the railway.

Without something supporting the case, the bullet doesn't go anywhere. Case explodes and bullet can be found within a foot or 2. Without the chamber, breach and barrel working together there is nothing to focus the energy.

 

[deerslayer--01]

Wished I could have told the old man that 40 years ago. I'm just now able to sit down. I'm still fairly certain that it went through the barn. Perfect .22 hole about 6' high. No exit hole. The barn was brown and couldn't even tell it had a hole in it, till you went in it and could see daylight comming through.

 

[Excalibur]

I've seen a guy try to fire a 9mm in a gun that shoots .380

 

[Sgt.Striker]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjDu5zwa4rM[/ame]




first time i watched this i almost crapped myself. oh and btw dumbest thing i have ever done is take someones word for it that a gun was unloaded without checking. admire the pistol and hand it back to my friend, who promptly proceeds to come very close to blowing a hole in his foot.

 

[Roadie]

I've seen a guy try to fire a 9mm in a gun that shoots .380

Firing it might work.. ejecting it? Not so much..

 

[The Bubba Effect]

I've seen a guy try to fire a 9mm in a gun that shoots .380

I shot a .40 through my .45. Accidently. It keyholed the target and split the case.

 

[ThrottleJockey]

I've seen a guy try to fire a 9mm in a gun that shoots .380

I've seen the .40 in a .45 version....EXTREME form firing!

 

[churchmouse]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjDu5zwa4rM




first time i watched this i almost crapped myself. oh and btw dumbest thing i have ever done is take someones word for it that a gun was unloaded without checking. admire the pistol and hand it back to my friend, who promptly proceeds to come very close to blowing a hole in his foot.

Sounds like he was dumber than you by a large measure. He could have shot you.