- Jan 30, 2013
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Loss of "focus" caused it? Not sure I understand.
Seriously? We're all destined to have one?There are two types of firearm owners: those who have had a negligent discharge, and those who haven't had one yet.
Glad to hear that no was hurt. Learn from it and move forward.
Don't forget to unload your fidget spinner before you play with it.
Good on you for manning up & sharing your mistake. A lesser man would've hidden everything.
I consider myself to be about as safety conscious as a person can be BUT today I lost my focus. Was playing with my little snub nose 38 (yes playing/fooling around, broke a rule right there). Was cocking gun then pulling trigger with thumb still on hammer and releasing slowly back into position. Third time I did it thumb comes off hammer and BANG. Why was I doing this with a loaded gun ? Sheer stupidity and lack of focus. To compound the stupidity my left hand was next to the cylinder. Why ? I haven't a clue, other than, again, lack of focus and stupidity.
Fortunately I train regularly and out of habit ALWAYS follow rule #1, IE: Always keep a gun pointed in a safe direction unless you plan on destroying something. In this case it meant the loss of a vhs tape rewinder, a vhs tape, and a metal beer tray, but that's because the muzzle was pointed toward the floor like it should be, and not at my leg or a wall or a ceiling.
At any rate I got a very poignant reminder of how important safety is and thought I would share my experience as a reminder to everyone else too. I'm going to drill a hole in that casing and put it on my key ring so I never forget.
Alan, you destroyed a VHS tape, a VHS rewinder and a metal beer tray...
So, this happened in the mid 1980s and we are only now hearing about it? Didn't burn your parachute pants I hope because you're legit, too legit to quit, yo.
Glad you survived your close singe with fate.
Thanks for sharing. I shy away from live rounds in the chamber while in my house. But its certainly different with a revolver. How are your ear drums? Was anyone else in the house?
To all those commenting on my initial post, I guess it does sound pretty strange in 2017 for someone to be talking about their vcr.
I buy and sell just about anything I think I can make a buck on and am working towards being able to make a living at it. If you came to my house you'd think you walked into a flea market and it would be difficult to fire a gun inside without hitting some vintage item.
When I saw the remark about the balloon pants I really did lol and went straight to one of my closets to take a pic, but alas, it turns out that was one of the items that got purged awhile back as they had no real value (condition) and I couldn't imagine ever wearing them again.
They're fine and nobody else was here. Not that this was how I wanted to do it but I've been wanting to fire off a couple rounds inside just so I'd know what it was like. Kind of like people getting pepper sprayed so you're not in complete shock if it ever happens.