Kirk Freeman
Grandmaster
What about the 870 at Shootrite?
Have I forgot to tell you guys about the accidental discharge with the 870 at Shootrite? Huh, I thought I had told you guys about it.
Langston, Alabama (Jenny), Shootrite, Triad (2 days pistol, 2 days rifle, 2 days shotgun) with Clint Smith of Thunder Ranch and Tiger McKee of Shootrite:
We we doing one handed drills behind cover. While doing left side, I load my Scattergun Technologies FBI Model 870 with one round of Remington #00. With the weapon on safe, I close the action with my left hand and my right hand is behind my back.
Upon closing the action the weapon discharges clipping a section of the cover. I handed the empty shell to Clint, he ran his finger over the primer and then threw it down. Clint then lectured about the nature of firearm platforms with inertia firing pins and how this can (obviously) happen.
Shook me up pretty good. I have used the 870 platform for decades and have never experienced such a discharge. However, it only takes once and thank goodness the only thing I hit was a mountain in Alabama (Jenny) and a chunk of Tiger's barricade.
Nothing was found to be wrong with the weapon, at Shootrite or when I had the gunsmith (Stu Grell of Attica) tear it apart when I returned to Indiana. I have used the weapon since without any reoccurence.