Did You Ever Do Something Stupid, like......

stupid? i'll fess up to playing "trust" in fallujah and al asad

thinking back...OMGWTF

NEVER happening again :banghead:

Fired an Encore 50 cal muzzleloading pistol in Bedroom!!

Shot and cleaned a deer, then could not remember if I had reloaded my TC Encore 50 caliber muzzleloading pistol or not.

I thought to tell if a muzzleloading pistol is empty, you'd tamp the ramrod into the barrel against the breech, which would make a metal-to-metal chinking sound. Trouble is, the ramrod tamping against a Hornady 50 caliber sabot over 120 grains of black powder also makes that exact same metal-to-metal chinking sound.

Thinking the pistol unloaded, the next step is to pop a cap to ensure that no oil is clogging the nipple, so I capped it and aimed at some weights on the floor. Holding the fully loaded and capped pistol at waist level, I pulled the trigger and naturally it went BOOM, hitting me right in the appendix with the hammer spur, leaving a nasty cut. The bullet hit the weights and riccocheted off the patio sliding doors, shattering one of the double panes of glass.

Luckily, no one else was home, so I didn't have to explain to everyone in the universe why "Dad shot the sliding door out of our house."

And to tell if a muzzleloader is empty, use the length of the ramrod, not the sound. Mark it at 'empty' and 'loaded' and you'll be able to tell. Be sure you're alone.

Fired an Encore 50 cal muzzleloading pistol in Bedroom!!

Shot and cleaned a deer, then could not remember if I had reloaded my TC Encore 50 caliber muzzleloading pistol or not.

I thought to tell if a muzzleloading pistol is empty, you'd tamp the ramrod into the barrel against the breech, which would make a metal-to-metal chinking sound. Trouble is, the ramrod tamping against a Hornady 50 caliber sabot over 120 grains of black powder also makes that exact same metal-to-metal chinking sound.

Thinking the pistol unloaded, the next step is to pop a cap to ensure that no oil is clogging the nipple, so I capped it and aimed at some weights on the floor. Holding the fully loaded and capped pistol at waist level, I pulled the trigger and naturally it went BOOM, hitting me right in the appendix with the hammer spur, leaving a nasty cut. The bullet hit the weights and riccocheted off the patio sliding doors, shattering one of the double panes of glass.

Luckily, no one else was home, so I didn't have to explain to everyone in the universe why "Dad shot the sliding door out of our house."

And to tell if a muzzleloader is empty, use the length of the ramrod, not the sound. Mark it at 'empty' and 'loaded' and you'll be able to tell. Be sure you're alone.

Stupid= took my MarkX build rifle that I have hunted with for 30 years that shoots 1" groups with 150 grain handloads and put a weaver scope on it to try. Shot 3 times at 50 yards, and only two where on the paper and one was key hole! So, first thing I check is stock, and scope mounts. Shoot three more and about the same result. Yep, you guessed it: I pickup up the 7MM-08 130 Grain reloads and they don't do well in .308 barrel, but they cycle just fine!

Me? Do something stupid?

You mean like.......spend an inordinate amount of money on a very nice, custom 1911, and then literally moments after walking through the front door with it and disassembling it for the first time, mistakenly push a little hard on the slide stop while re-assembling it and put a crescent shaped "custom made" gouge up the left side of the very nice, custom made slide?

...and owsi26 thought shooting a nail through his first two fingers was painful.

well one thing that came into my mind was when i had just put 500 rounds threw my newly purchased ruger mkIII well i had trouble sleeping that night and i thought why not clean the SOB. well i take out the gun and pull out the bolt and im trying to separate the upper form the frame. well it isnt budging and i carefully tap it on my gunsafe. (its about 2:30 am dun wanna wake dem neighbours that got familly over)well that peace of S**T aint budgin so i put a old sock between the gun and the safe and start hitting is harder n harder n harder. its about 02:50 now and im really pissed of. i take my hammer and i go all the way to the end of the house not to wake the family or my neighbours and i start bashing the living poo outta it well 03:15 i finally give up and then i notice i still got the magazine inside the gun... i jsut dropped everything and went to bed and yes i woke up the entire building...

Stupid was when I was a kid with a 12 ga shotshell, a hacksaw, hammer and a nail. I cut the hull off at the top of the brass with the saw, emptied the powder, and then set the brass down on my dad's workbench, primer up. Then I grabbed the nail, set it square on the primer and hit it good with the hammer. After the explosion and one of the first cuss words that ever left my mouth, I realized that it was possible for two fingers and a thumb to feel numb and throb at the same time. It stopped hurting after a day or two and figured it was the stupidest possible way to find out how much power a primer has.

Went to shoot my mosin over long distances at the BLM ... and forgot all of the 440 rounds I had for it.

Last weekend at the range I had just finished up shooting. Range went cold and we all went to check/retreive targets. Came back behind the firing line and range went hot. I had my .22 rifle pointed down range. I closed the bolt on an "empty" chamber and pulled the trigger and the rifle fired. I didn't look at the magazine to make sure it was unloaded. I had followed all the safety rules except visually checking the magazine.

Working though college at a shoe store, my friend and I (on a slow night) were in the back room with an ice pick. We are throwing the ice pick into the wooden employee notice board trying to hit a home made target. He went and returned the ice pick for my turn and I dropped it when he gave it to me. Naturally the handle being heavy it fell point up. When it hit the floor my hand went right down on top of it. Picked my hand up and theres the ice pick swinging from the palm of my hand.

20 years ago I got married.

Does that count?

O.K. I'll Bite

14' skinny john boat.

6 hp Johnson on the back.

Pulling up to the bank after some fishing I thought I would be smart and ""walk" the boat up the bank by turning the little motor side to side at full throttle, worked just how I thought it would. Got the boat half way up the bank. With a big smile on my face I look back to see 8 in. of water in the back of the boat, which happened to be the exact location of my wife's brand new $300 camera, and the SP 101 I always have with me when fishing.

Now, That stainless snubie, no sweat just wipe it down and oil it. The camera, that hurt a little. The wife is mad and I have to spend the $300 to replace it, maybe more.

Whats really painfull is the only proof of the 9 pound 4ounce largemouth I caught and released (The biggest Bass I have ever caught) was on that camera. Nobody believes me, and the bass, well, he aint talkin.

Outdoor "portaJohn", middle of winter, took the gun and laid it on the bench. Got up and the gun slid right down the hole. Used a big magnet to fish it out. Does that count??????

Like incorrectly assemble the grip safety/sear spring /sear on a 1903 Colt pocket .380 and insert the clip and chamber a round ...

...firing four rounds into the floor before it jammed .

then doing it a second time just to make sure ?

~kop

i havent done anything stupid with a firearm, yet, but there was the time i was working at the grand canyon, and i pulled up to one of the properties i worked at. i was driving an F250 at the time, and i thought i got the trans i reverse, but i didnt. since i parked on a slight incline, and i didnt notice that the truck had started rolling backwards as i got out, i was rather surprised when i got knocked to the ground by the door. fortunately the truck did not roll over me, but chasing it down the hill must have looked rather funny.

something stupid? deffinently not something like drill and tapping a mosin nagant for a scope and not using the full lenght screws that came with the kit, substituting for really cool polished shorter screws only to have the whole scope with mount slap you right in the face when the first round was fired at the local REAL POPULAR range

Once was so excited to go on a fishing trip with my buds at a camp hundreds of miles away, that I forgot all of my poles neatly stacked in the garage. At least I didn't forget the beer.

Okay...I'll play.

A while back a few family members and I were having a few drinks lighting off a few fireworks on the fourth. We take apart a bundle of firecrackers and light them individually and just kinda toss them as we please. Apparently the fuses are very inconsistent on those POS's. You usually had a full second or so to throw it after lighting it...but one particular fella went off almost immediately after lighting it. I was holding it at shoulder level. I went deaf for about four seconds, while wincing I kind of panicked and realized I might not have my fingers or hand. Opened my eyes and still had them, but got one of the neatest oval shaped blood-blisters you've ever seen.

My buddy at work has a shoulder holster and he for got to snap it and his fell out on the office floor

Today... I was loading some rounds while studying...

I put the dipperful (.5mL ) of WST into the .45acp casing... and then... for no.. good.... rea...so...n ... ... .... .. .. . ... ......

I then decided it wasn't enough, dipped a little more powder, and was about to dump it into the casing, when, luckily, the quality control center in my brain said, "HOLD THE HECK UP, WHAT ON EARTH WAS THAT?"
I looked down at my hand with a .5mL dipper about 1/3 full, which nearly went into the casing without so much as a second thought, and I seriously would've slapped myself if I would've been able to.

Definitely woke me up, and made me realize how SRS BUSINESS reloading is.

I like to leave my 1911 pistol in condition two - chambered round, hammer down.

Once while switching ammo, hammer slipped off my thumb on the way down. Boom - in the house, pointed safely though. Round went through hollow door, through one baseboard, one sheetrock, another sheetrock, another baseboard and wound up in my hallway. Obviously scared the hell out of me and caused a lot second guesses from my girlfriend and the dog too. Everytime my dog sees that gun, he gives me this slow look, like "oh not again", and slinks off.

I have a completly different method for deckocking that is fool-proof but a little painful. Involves the web of my left hand.

If you handle enough weapons enough times, a mistake will likely happen in your lifetime. I know responsible people with holes in their garage ceilings.

I like to leave my 1911 pistol in condition two - chambered round, hammer down.

Once while switching ammo, hammer slipped off my thumb on the way down. Boom - in the house, pointed safely though. Round went through hollow door, through one baseboard, one sheetrock, another sheetrock, another baseboard and wound up in my hallway. Obviously scared the hell out of me and caused a lot second guesses from my girlfriend and the dog too. Everytime my dog sees that gun, he gives me this slow look, like "oh not again", and slinks off.

I have a completly different method for deckocking that is fool-proof but a little painful. Involves the web of my left hand.

If you handle enough weapons enough times, a mistake will likely happen in your lifetime. I know responsible people with holes in their garage ceilings.

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I was gonna test that method at the range, but I think I'll skip it now.

Thanks

ArtP, that's exactly why condition 2 isn't recommended for 1911 style guns.

I can say that because I've never done something stupid with a gun. I certainly never went coyote hunting with my first rifle only a day after I had put scope on it. I certainly didn't assume that the scope would need to be sighted in before being useful. It's a good thing that we didn't stumble upon a coyote standing in a field not 75 yards away after 5 hours of fruitless calling. If we had, I know I would never do something really stupid like dial the magnification WAAAY up on the scope so the coyote would look nice and big and easier to hit. I wouldn't do that because I knew that once I missed, my buddies and I would all open up with everything we have in an effort to hit this one damned coyote. Fortunately, we didn't have to go home with nothing but a pile of 23 pieces of empty brass in 3 calibers, ringing in our ears and the vision of a coyote laughing it's head off at us because I would never do that. Ever.

Here's to being older and slightly less dumb.

Jon_Snow said:

ArtP, that's exactly why condition 2 isn't recommended for 1911 style guns.

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I hear you on that one. There's something that just doesn't feel right about condition three. We have to re-trian our minds.

No one would leave a DA revolver with a cocked hammer above a live cylinder, relying solely on the safety (if it had one). Or would they?

One fundamental rule is to never *rely* on the safety. An age old question asks, would you ever point a gun at something you didn't want to shoot and pull the trigger with the safety on? The answer, of course, is a resounding "no". A similar question, with a completely different "correct" answer would be, "do you trust the decocker on your DA auto pistol?" Why the difference?

Even though I know you're right about condition two, I prefer to sacrafice the web of my left hand when easing the hammer down and continuing to use condition two. I also happen to prefer a SA revolver over a DA and the same decocking issue arrises.

Like I have any credibility left to pipe up about any of this after sharing my story....

Yes, I had a spring from one of my pistols vanish during a thorough cleaning, and for the life of me couldn't find it....that is, until I took a sip of iced tea )g;ass was on the same table) and immediately spit it out since it tasted like Hoppes smells....lo and behold, a spring in my iced tea.

If it was just a glass of water, would that have made it.....spring water?