Negligent discharge: poll

[Sirshredalot]

Alright...havent seen a thread like this, but here is your chance to confess your guilt or innocence.

-Yes, It happened to me
-Nope, never done it
-I can neither confirm, nor deny

I'll be the first one...had a ND...just did the trigger job on my old hi-power, later that night I was comparing single action trigger pulls between two guns after I had dropped the mag and POW!...ears ringing, two cats shot out from under the bed into the dark, the dog vanished, and I just sat there thinking "did I really just do that?"...got a hole in the ceiling to remind me of my careless ways.

The best way to learn is from someone elses mistakes....we all make mistakes, and hopefully we learn from them.

God bless
-Shred

On a lighter note...a 9mm JHP will NOT penetrate a combination of knotted pine, OSB sheeting, tar paper, and shingles.

 

[88E30M50]

My goal is to die of old age still being able to say I've never had a negligent discharge.

 

[GI JOE]

I was about to shoot some clays with a buddy. Apparently he put it together wrong? I racked a round in and BOOM.

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

I'll go along with the... string of alphanumeric characters guy, but 4 rules plus 1, even if I do, hopefully it won't be a disaster.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

What about accidental discharges?

 

[IndyIN]

What about accidental discharges?

That's for a different poll where we will also ask about mermaids and unicorns.

 

[sepe]

Nope.

 

[scottka]

What about accidental discharges?

+1

No rules are broken, but the gun discharges on it's own.

 

[superjoe76]

Mine was in the Marines at MCT. We were on patrol after an "Ambush" and I wasn't sure if I ever chambered my rifle. Like an idiot I squeezed the trigger to see. Bang! Thank god they were blanks. Needless to say, I got tore a new one had to spend my 96 hour 4th of July liberty manning a phone. However, I was 18 and dumb. Nothing like that since then.

But for the Grace of God go I.

 

[the1kidd03]

Happy and proud to say that I've never had an occurance. Been around others who have at the time of the "incident," but not had one personally in my 20+ years around firearms.

 

[Rocket57]

Does a BB gun count? Accidentally shot out the back window of the neighbors brand new Chevy Blazer when I was a kid.

 

[HighStrung]

I haven't personally, but I've been witness (within 3 ft) of one. My cousin and I were shooting 15 or so years ago and he was relatively new to firearms. We had borrowed my dads High Standard .22 with a very light trigger pull (I haven't measured but I would assume around 1.5-2lbs). I loaded the gun for him, showed him how to rack the slide then handed him the gun with the safety on (while explaining that the trigger pull was very light). He took the safety off and began to bring the gun up to a firing position. While he still had the gun pointed down he slipped his finger onto the trigger and apparently put just enough pressure on it to send a round into the ground approx 3 inches from his foot (and only couple of feet away from my own). Needless to say, we again reviewed the safety rules, he cleaned out his pants, and we continued shooting without any major surprizes the rest of the day. It was enough to make me reinforce the safety rules with myself every time I go out. I still think about it every time I shoot.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

That's for a different poll where we will also ask about mermaids and unicorns.

You mean the mermaids and unicorns that I post about?

Mermaids and unicorns must live in Alabama because that's where the 870 at Shootrite transpired.

 

[rustygunner]

Nope, never had a ND and plan on never having one.

I was in the room when someone else ND'd... was a gun shop that I won't mention, and he still owes me some new underwear.

 

[IndyIN]

You mean the mermaids and unicorns that I post about?

Mermaids and unicorns must live in Alabama because that's where the 870 at Shootrite transpired.

No I mean the mermaids and unicorns that live in the mythical land of accidental discharge. Come on, invite us over and we will water board your booger hook until we get the truth!

 

[jbombelli]

Negligent, no. A few hangfires over the years, yes. The first time it didn't quite register with me exactly what had happened, and I started to move the 12 gauge away from my shoulder. And then it fired, bashing the hell out of my bicep.

 

[LegatoRedrivers]

All right, I'll share mine...

It was years ago. Just got finished cleaning a revolver, and was still fairly new to firearms in general, and this revolver in particular. I had disassembled the thing as much as I dared, because I'm the type of person who feels the need to take things apart to see exactly how they work.

Put everything back together, double and triple checked to make sure it was unloaded (Even though I'd just put the empty cylinder back on myself). Tested the trigger in double action, then pulled the hammer back to make sure it would lock for single action. Tested the trigger for single action, click.

I loaded the revolver and pulled the hammer back again to lock it in single action. Then I decided I didn't really need the hammer locked back on a double action revolver, so I put my thumb on the hammer and lightly pulled the trigger to slowly let the hammer down with my thumb... which apparently had enough gun lube or sweat on it that the hammer slipped right out from under me. And boom went the 38.

Because I'm an idiot.

No one was injured, and the firearm was pointed in a safe direction, so the bullet didn't make it out of the room I was in. I haven't locked that hammer back while it was loaded since unless I was at a range, with the revolver pointed at a target. It only takes one stupid mistake...

Wipe your hands, people! And don't screw with what doesn't need screwing with!

 

[calcot7]

Accidental Discharge

What about accidental discharges?

There is no such thing as an accidental discharge!

 

[JetGirl]

There is no such thing as an accidental discharge!

Malfunction of the machine = accidental
Malfunction of a booger hook on a bang switch = negligent

 

[Drakkule]

mine happened when i was 9 years old, with my first shot gun. The problem was the trigger pull was so light, that when i pushed it against my shoulder, it went bang. No i didn't have my finger on the trigger, my grandfather loaded a round, cocked the hammer, bumped the stock with his hand, and it went off. Once it was fixed, it was a great gun, but scary until it was fixed.