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Dumbest thing you have DONE with a gun.
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Sgt.Striker
Plinker
yea churchmouse you are right about that one. i gave my buddy a pass because hes been my best friend since grade school and he was pretty shook up when it happened. i think when something like that goes down you just have to be thankful no one was hurt and make sure all parties involved know what happened and why and make sure it never happens again. my buddy learned and nowadays i trust him to come along shootin anytime without being worried about gettin shot in the back while im checkin the targets
FortWayneGunfighter
Sharpshooter
Back when after I got my first pistol, an XD9, got ready to clean it after a few range trips. Got my clearing sequence wrong... racked slide, dropped mag... OOOPS!
Well, to take down the XD, you gotta pull the trigger before removing the slide.
Thankfully the other 3 laws saved my hide. Pistol pointed in a safe direction with nothing beyond the unintended target.
Pulled the trigger to remove the slide as the pistol was pointed down to my right at our kitchen table. Surprised the **** out of me & the kids sitting watchin tv. The 124 gr Winchester Ranger T-Series +P bullet traveled through our sliding glass porch door & into our swimming pool as evidenced by the hole in the winter pool cover.
One thing that caught my attention after cleaning my drawers though is that the 'bang' didn't seem all that loud in the confines of our house. Thought it would have been more deafening.
Needless to say, I thanked the GOOD LORD above that I wasn't doing something stupid(er) before pulling the trigger and it reinforced the fact that the FOUR laws are life savers, even if an idiot like me has a brain fart and disobeys one of them while obeying the other three.
Well, to take down the XD, you gotta pull the trigger before removing the slide.
Thankfully the other 3 laws saved my hide. Pistol pointed in a safe direction with nothing beyond the unintended target.
Pulled the trigger to remove the slide as the pistol was pointed down to my right at our kitchen table. Surprised the **** out of me & the kids sitting watchin tv. The 124 gr Winchester Ranger T-Series +P bullet traveled through our sliding glass porch door & into our swimming pool as evidenced by the hole in the winter pool cover.
One thing that caught my attention after cleaning my drawers though is that the 'bang' didn't seem all that loud in the confines of our house. Thought it would have been more deafening.
Needless to say, I thanked the GOOD LORD above that I wasn't doing something stupid(er) before pulling the trigger and it reinforced the fact that the FOUR laws are life savers, even if an idiot like me has a brain fart and disobeys one of them while obeying the other three.
ThrottleJockey
Shooter
I did that with my XD45 the day I brought it home:0 Holed the floor and the basement ceiling pretty durn good!
I sat down to clean my wifes rugar security six revolver and after taking out of the case proceded to aim out the window and was going to dry fire it but for some reason didn't.After opening up the cylinder learned that it was loaded,sent chills thru my whole body. She had loaded it when I was out of town and put it away like that. Scared the hell out of me. I was 20 at the time and now many years later I always check first. Could have been real bad. Live ,learn and don't forget.
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Selling them when I shouldn't have.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^YUP^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I went to the gun range and forgot my wallet---with my LTC. So I quickly locked em up and put them in my trunk for my trip back home to get my wallet. Sad to say that happened recently. (Guess I was too excited about trying out my new gun.).
BTW. This is my 50th post!!!!
Many more to come.
BTW. This is my 50th post!!!!
Many more to come.Nothing scary or dangerous because i am very serious about firearm safety.
My dumb moment was the first day i picked up my first AR and im at the range trying to load the thing. Before this i had never even seen an AR so i was clueless. I was thinking the forward assist was like a action lever on a mp5 or something similar and im pulling on the darn FA and of course its not moving. It only got a little worse from there until the range owner came over to help the kid who buys a $1,100 AR and has no idea how to drop the mag along with every other function.
My dumb moment was the first day i picked up my first AR and im at the range trying to load the thing. Before this i had never even seen an AR so i was clueless. I was thinking the forward assist was like a action lever on a mp5 or something similar and im pulling on the darn FA and of course its not moving. It only got a little worse from there until the range owner came over to help the kid who buys a $1,100 AR and has no idea how to drop the mag along with every other function.
kid
i was 19 i was putting my ruger p90dc in its holster and i acidentally caught the triiger with my finger. i shot my truck. the round went into the dashboard and stopped on the firewall. lucky i was young n dumb stil have the ruger 16 years later.... the truck is long gone.
i was 19 i was putting my ruger p90dc in its holster and i acidentally caught the triiger with my finger. i shot my truck. the round went into the dashboard and stopped on the firewall. lucky i was young n dumb stil have the ruger 16 years later.... the truck is long gone.
When I was 18 I had a Mossberg 12 gauge pump. Well I get this idea to shoot a old rubber bowling ball with some #6 shot. I blast the thing and the shot comes back at me hitting the siding on the house and 1 pellet in my right shoulder. It went threw my coat and shirt but didn't break the skin. Lets just say from that day forward I have never shot any gun in a unsafe manner. I only shoot animals that we're going to eat or targets with a safe backstop.
stationhollow
Plinker
too many dumb things to count but i will tell ya that if you take a bullet and powder out of a 45 and place the brass and primer in a vice and you hit the primer with a nail and hammer, that son of a gun will scare the **** out of you and the primer will fly 30 feet and stick in the basement steps and your mom will scream at the top of her lungs. i know this for a fact, only did it once though.
Only real dumb thing I've done was not put away a rifle right after I cleaned it. My wife, who tolerates my lead slinging habit was not to pleased since it was in theory within reach of the kids. If they climbed over the crap she made me put in the garage instead of the house. And put something down they could stand on to reach it.
At least my couch was comfortable that night
At least my couch was comfortable that night
Discharged my glock while I was checking the chamber. Didn't have my finger off the trigger. Hand slipped and in the slide and boom there went the dynamite. Nice .40cal hole in my tile floor and throught a box of water, finally stopping in the drywall.
Trying to see if the safety features on an XD9 really worked as said. Pointed up and out. Pulled trigger. BOOM!!!!!!! Cats ran and hid. Wife came running in. Nice perfect hole in ceiling....luckily it seated in part of the framing.
Ohhhh to be young and dumb......
Ohhhh to be young and dumb......
jrogers
Why not pass the time with a game of solitaire?
When I was a kid a buddy and I went for a walk in on his family's land with a Single Six. We forgot ear protection, but "It's just a .22!"
A couple of rounds later I promised myself I'd never do that again. I've had ear plugs on hand or available at nearly all times ever since. It has come in handy more than once, and on balance my hearing might be better than it would be if I had never pulled that dumb stunt!
A couple of rounds later I promised myself I'd never do that again. I've had ear plugs on hand or available at nearly all times ever since. It has come in handy more than once, and on balance my hearing might be better than it would be if I had never pulled that dumb stunt!
