Incidently, the PF9 breaks pins pretty quick, watch yourself dry firing it. Buy a snap cap and save yourself a few bucks in the long run.
Prank caller: "Is your refrigerator running?"
Man#2 "No but it will next time!"
Glad you are OK. Thanks for having the guts to share. We all need reminders in life.
I used to have the habit of cycling the trigger (pulling the hammer back to single-action and then letting it back down) on a full loaded Ruger revolver, after cleaning it, to make sure everything was functioning correctly. One day, out at dad's house, I was sitting in my old bedroom (it's now sort of an 'all purpose' room) and did that very thing on a GP100...and my thumb slipped off of the hammer. Well...it went off alright...and blew a hole through the floor, through the ceiling of his bedroom, through his bed (and mom's brand new bedsheets), through the floor...and probably lodged in a 2"x12" floor jamb in the basement ceiling because it never came through the drywall ceiling down there. I spent the next hour cleaning up, patching holes in drywall, etc...I was never so shook up in my life as I was after than miss-fire! Needless to say, 1) I'm glad was not a night when dad would have been shot, and 2) I've never done that again with a loaded revolver...I do it after I clean it, but BEFORE I've loaded it...and NEVER while it's loaded! It was just a bad habit that I had gotten into and it caught me...but, fortunately, not too badly!!! No one else had to pay for my 'mistake.'
[Originally Posted by Amishman44
I used to have the habit of cycling the trigger (pulling the hammer back to single-action and then letting it back down) on a full loaded Ruger revolver, after cleaning it, to make sure everything was functioning correctly. One day, out at dad's house, I was sitting in my old bedroom (it's now sort of an 'all purpose' room) and did that very thing on a GP100...and my thumb slipped off of the hammer. Well...it went off alright...and blew a hole through the floor, through the ceiling of his bedroom, through his bed (and mom's brand new bedsheets), through the floor...and probably lodged in a 2"x12" floor jamb in the basement ceiling because it never came through the drywall ceiling down there. I spent the next hour cleaning up, patching holes in drywall, etc...I was never so shook up in my life as I was after than miss-fire! Needless to say, 1) I'm glad was not a night when dad would have been shot, and 2) I've never done that again with a loaded revolver...I do it after I clean it, but BEFORE I've loaded it...and NEVER while it's loaded! It was just a bad habit that I had gotten into and it caught me...but, fortunately, not too badly!!! No one else had to pay for my 'mistake.'
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I wouldn't call this an AD but a ND.
Now is where the stupid starts
( apparently in that order)
By the way I will be even more cautious in the future.
I seem to recall a conversation not too long ago right here on INGO where multiple people insisted that the gun under discussion was unloaded because three people had just watched the handler unload it. Your experience should be a sobering lesson for us all that even if you are 100% sure, you should still treat it like it's loaded. Thankfully, no one was injured, and thanks for sharing the story.
The fact that the fridge was shot shows the gun wasn't even being pointed in a safe direction.
You can tell the hubby that you ND'd the story...then he'll understand.He doesn't like me to tell the story, but it's a reminder that it happens.
I've heard the PF9 has snappy recoil. What did you think?