re: Lets talk about firearm mishaps.

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I believe Bapple has a story like that..

Checking the CO2 on a pellet gun by placing the gun up against his palm.... and pulling the trigger Needless to say, there was CO2 left and there were bullets left

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Well that's the jist of it but there's a bit more to it.

I was in high school and was shooting my Gamo handgun in my friend's backyard at a water jug. He said he didn't want his neighbors to complain because it's kind of loud so I put it back in my car without unloading it.

Later that day we went to his land to shoot 22s and such and I took out the Gamo. I shot a couple times and wondered if there was enough air left in the CO2 and I usually would pop my hand to see how much air it's sending out (genius, right?). So it sounded quiet and I completely forgot I didn't unload it earlier when we stopped shooting. I went to my dad's veterinary clinic a couple days later to see if the BB exited, but it did not. Here is the result:



Not only was the BB still in my hand, if you look at one of my pinky bones, you can see a perfect BB indention in it. I shot it in my hand diagonally so it hit that bone, bounced off, and landed right where it sits in the picture.

While I would never check to see how much "air" comes out of a real cartridge, I learned my lesson.

I have shot a hole through my friends brand new hardwood floors. His wife was flipping the frick out. He told her it was a blank like they use at a track meet.

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Shot 40 cal through floor of office

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Is this when your boss started disliking you?

I've never had a mishap but was a few feet away from someone that was shot and killed by an AD.

That was a terrible day.

I've never had a AD personally. However, my grandpa has. His dog was goin bananas late one night, he thought someone was breaking in his home. He grabbed his walther p22. After he looked out of his windows, he went to sit on his ottoman to call me to come ride over and check things out. (I live 3 blocks away) When he sat on his ottoman, it started to tip over and he went to catch himself and shot himself right through his femur.

He's lucky it was only a 22, he said he was very close to grabbing his 44.

He is a retired marine, and an avid gun collector, so he knows his way around a firearm. Things just happen sometimes. Which is why we always have to make sure we're safe as possible.

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Is this when your boss started disliking you?

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Was a different boss. Was a real busy day and I had my head up my arse. New recoil spring assembly came in for my Glock and I had a few people talking to me at once and dropped the mag, and went to dry fire it so I could disassemble it and had forgot to clear the chamber. Boom! Luckily I was in the habit of no matter what always point a gun in a safe direction. Bosses never knew and everyone else hauled arse

My Dad took a buddy and me shooting one time. We were maybe 8 or 9 at the time. We were all 3 shooting out the back of my Dad's truck. In the middle of a field and each of us were shooting in opposing directions. I had stopped for a reload and turned to face inward in the bed, reloaded my Nylon 66 and as I stood to turn back and face outward my Dad suddenly grabbed the gun out my hand and started yelling at me. Not paying attention, as I started to turn to face outward I was also in the process of shouldering the gun and had my finger on the trigger. Had my Dad not stopped me, the path of the muzzle would have crossed 6 or so inches from the back of my friend's head. I just wasn't paying attention and being a kid, I just wanted to get back to shooting fast. I had not intended on shooting until I turned around and found a target to aim at but had something knocked me or I lost my balance while spinning around, I could have easily pulled the trigger and shot my friend in the head.

Scared the hell out of me at first as to why my Dad grabbed the gun and started yelling at me. Then it really shook me up as to how close to danger I got.

I've been almost stupid-cautious ever since that day but when it comes to guns, you can never be safe enough!

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Ever had an accidental discharge?

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I hear NascarFan has these almost every night, in his sleep...

Only time I've had a careless situation around me was a friend in middle school carelessly pulled the trigger while we were sitting down in the duck blind. My dad was there too and we shut down the hunt to have a little talk

Never really had a mishap, hope I never do!
My dad shot a hole in my bedroom wall on accident one morning before going out deer hunting.