- Aug 6, 2012
- 183
Hello all,
So I joined last month, but this is my first post. Yesterday at the range I did something stupid, I put 3 inch 410 shell in my governor handgun and could not get them out. I was humbled to say the least. I had never loaded 410 shells in it before and did not notice that they were too big. The staff was polite, but certainly annoyed as I asked for help while in the process came out of the shooting area with the gun "loaded" so to speak (completely breaking range ettiquete. For that I apologized, stating that there were unchambered rounds and that the gun could not fire, nor could the cylinder rotate. Long story short, they were unable to help, but when I got the gun home, I cleared it within a minute. So I was humbled, but could take comfort that only my pride was injured and not anyone else or my gun. I am relatively new to guns (about a year), but have been an enthusiastic learner, now with several options in my armory. Overconfidence and ignorance were both contributing to the situation. So just a reminder about the range, leave any loaded firearm inside and come out without the gun and ask for help.
So I joined last month, but this is my first post. Yesterday at the range I did something stupid, I put 3 inch 410 shell in my governor handgun and could not get them out. I was humbled to say the least. I had never loaded 410 shells in it before and did not notice that they were too big. The staff was polite, but certainly annoyed as I asked for help while in the process came out of the shooting area with the gun "loaded" so to speak (completely breaking range ettiquete. For that I apologized, stating that there were unchambered rounds and that the gun could not fire, nor could the cylinder rotate. Long story short, they were unable to help, but when I got the gun home, I cleared it within a minute. So I was humbled, but could take comfort that only my pride was injured and not anyone else or my gun. I am relatively new to guns (about a year), but have been an enthusiastic learner, now with several options in my armory. Overconfidence and ignorance were both contributing to the situation. So just a reminder about the range, leave any loaded firearm inside and come out without the gun and ask for help.
