There’s a lot of people who wouldn’t be man enough to admit to a bunch of strangers that they did something so unintentionally careless. A lesson you’ll never forget. Murphy showed up. The good Lord intervened. Very thankful that everyone is ok.
Never had that problem. Safety First. It is a gun and it can kill.
Glad no one got hurt. Wasted a perfectly good glass door and a pair of shorts. I don't put live ammo in a gun at home except for my HD shotgun. When I got my first SKS I cleaned it but didn't know about the sticky FP issue. Loaded 5 rounds and let the bolt go to chamber a round and all 5 shots ripped off. Gun was pointed downrange but it sure wanted to climb.
Yep. I then load two in case it doubles.I've told the story before, but I had a new (to me) M1903 Colt. I was at the indoor range (in the extreme left lane) and had just been looking at the floor and wall and ceiling at the pock marks from bullets, thinking "what kind of idiot does that?"
I racked the slide and had a slam-fire of 7 rounds like a machine pistol (firing pin was stuck forward JUST enough to let the shells feed). I put my own pock marks in the floor and wall about 48" downrange - glad I was paying attention to that. I've never shot another semi-auto the first time without loading ONE round in the magazine the first time I shoot it.
Thanks for those who were understanding.
I consider it a PSA so thanks for bringing it up.
Sure, you didn't realize there was a round still in there but because you did treat it as if it was loaded, nothing was harmed except for that pesky window.
The hammer slipped off your thumb. Personally, I would say this is more of a AD than a ND.
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Older Winchesters, Marlins,Savages where you have to run all the ctgs. threw the chamber to unload, are prolly the most dangerous rifles of all !!! hdbiker
the Henry,...putting the hammer back down,....with a scope in the way,....isn't a good mix.