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Gene L
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Negligent discharge
Gene L
Posts: 12,816 Senior Member
No excuses. At least the gun was pointed in a safe direction. PPK...hit the metal door at an angle, low down about 6" from the floor, ricocheted off, hit the side of the fireplace and ricocheted off again and is now in my wall, point out. FMJ.
I won't do that again. Severely damaging to my self-confidence.
I won't do that again. Severely damaging to my self-confidence.
Concealed carry is for protection, open carry is for attention.
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Paul
"Slow is smooth, smooth is fast, and speed is the economy of motion" - Scott Jedlinski
I decided to rack a couple shells through it as a check, and when I closed the bolt on the first one, BAM!
3 things I learned that morning.....
#1) A .410 at 8 feet will blow a hole through practically any wall in your house. It leaves a thumb-sized hole in sheetrock, but a fist sized exit hole in exterior wood siding.
#2) A .410 going off in your bedroom will leave you deaf long enough that you start to wonder if it's permanent.
#3) It's amazing how much smoke a single dose of "smokeless" powder gives off when fired indoors.
Stuff happens.
Mike
N454casull
How easy it is to make people believe a lie, and [how] hard it is to undo that work again! -- Mark Twain
Seems like once you have a ND like that you might learn the lesson and not have another one ever.
I had 2 in fact, but I think the 1st. one wasn't actually a ND. Was shooting a 92F at the range and with the last round in the chamber while pointing downrange I tried to lower the hammer by easing it down while pulling the trigger, apparently not the proper feat for small-handed in these pistols since the hammer slip from my thumb and off it went the round against my shooting lane floor, embedding in it like 15 feet ahead of me. Lesson learned and never tried that stunt again.
The actual ND I had was with a 10/22. It had a loaded mag and while sitting on the bed with the rifle pointed upwards I failed to unload it in the proper order: Racked the bolt, dropped the mag and then pulled the trigger. The blast left my ears ringing despite only being a .22; HVHP round desintegrated against the concrete ceiling leaving a ½" crater. A dab of cement and some paint and no traces of it.
1. As somebody who is handling guns, teaching guns, and working on guns on a pretty much daily basis, I try to maintain the mindset that I am probably the most likely kid on the block to have an N.D., simply due to the law of averages. You only have to get complacent ONCE.
2. Safety Rule #2 - Never point it at anything you are unwilling to destroy; and Safety Rule #4 - Be sure of where a bullet will end up - need to be inviolable. There have been a number of N.D.'s in my circle in which nobody got hurt because THESE rules at least were followed.
3.In cases where you NEED to pull a trigger, such as disassembly of a Glock, for example, my mantra is this:
*Check it
*Check it again
*Have your friend check it.
*Have your friend's dog check it
*Check it one more time.
4. If you're doing dry fire practice, leave all the ammo in a completely different room. Tell yourself firmly "I'm dry firing", and then later tell yourself EVEN MORE FIRMLY "I'm done dry firing"
It's not a bad practice to sign and date the impact marks your N.D. made. It's those subtle reminders that keep you honest in the future.
"Nothing is safe from stupid." - Zee
NEVER press ANY trigger unless you actually intend to SHOOT the gun in your hand. No trigger press, no ND.