i messed up big (WARNING - GRAPHIC IMAGES)

[Jbrown]

Hope ur hand heals. Just had a buddy do nearly the exact same thing

 

[RA8]

I was showing my wife's dad and uncle my xd .40, had it empty and locked back when i showed it to him. when i put it in the case i slid the wrong mag in. Her uncle asked "does it come apart easy to clean" so i flipped up the slide release and racked it pulling the trigger to release the slide. Boom, I treated the gun as loaded even though i thought it was empty so the shot went into the ground, but i was tightly holding the slide over the ejector when it went off. lets just say my hand isn't a pretty sight.
I have been raised with guns, taken gun safety class, and respect guns. double and triple check your gun before cleaning!

On a side note my wife DIDN"T say we have to get rid of our guns.

Pictures? Of the original injury that is. Were they deleted?

 

[vwfred69]

they are in my albums

 

[Newg]

Ouch! Good thing you were following #2

RULE II: NEVER LET THE MUZZLE COVER ANYTHING YOU ARE NOT WILLING TO DESTROY

 

[karodger]

Glad to see you're recovering well! That is one nasty/unfortunate accident! Good reminder of safety ALL the time!

 

[vwfred69]

1 year today!

 

[cornfused]

OUCH!!! Bet that hurt!

It's never any ammo in the same room for me while cleaning a gun.

 

[esrice]

1 year today!

Wow! Thanks for the update!

 

[Shay]

It looks like you are healing well. Have there been any long term effects of your gun shot wound?

 

[44 MAGNUM SHOOTER]

A constant reminder to us all to be careful.. glad it's doing better

 

[shootinghoosier]

Just read through this thread for the first time...I've been around guns for 40+ years and this is a major wake-up call for me, and it should be for anyone else handling firearms.

Thanks for posting this. You did everyone a big favor by showing the realities of this kind of a mistake.

 

[The Bubba Effect]

I refer to your incident every time I hand a new shooter one of my autoloading handguns.

It sucks that it happened to you, but I thank you for sharing your experience so that others can benefit from your pain.

I am very glad o see that you have recovered. Your hand looks great!

 

[Aszerigan]

Really glad you're doing better. Looks pretty well healed up.

Thanks for being MAN enough to tell this story, I think we've all gotten a little more careful because of it.

 

[Colt556]

Looks like all turned out well for ya.....

 

[Que]

Great thread to remind everyone about safety. I'm glad you and your family were alright.

 

[E5RANGER375]

healed up real nice. Im glad you are ok. Thanks for having the balls to post your story and make the rest of us ALWAYS double check.

 

[vwfred69]

It looks like you are healing well. Have there been any long term effects of your gun shot wound?

It's just a little more sensitive and a little hard to the touch thats all.
I did skip going shooting today though...

 

[derrickgoins]

Looks like it's healing up nicely. Long recovery but at least it's going to be a full recovery.

 

[CandRFan]

I'm glad to see that your hand looks like it's healed very well and thanks for sharing your story with us.

 

[JohnP82]

healed up real nice. Im glad you are ok. Thanks for having the balls to post your story and make the rest of us ALWAYS double check.

Glad to hear it healed up ok and thanks for sharing.