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- Feb 23, 2010
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Well let me start by saying in my entire life of being around guns, I have never had an accidental discharge until now. Here is the story;
I keep underneath my bed a baikal 153 for HD, not the greatest choice, but its what I have. I had the idea that instead of keeping it loaded to try and fabricate a sort of stripper clip tube to quickly feed the shells if the need arises (still in development stages) previously I had taken all five shells out for measuring yesterday and didn't put them back in. I brought one back up stairs just for comparisons sake and to get a good look at how they feed in and out of the shell magazine tube. upon realizing that my initial design for my speed loader tube was flawed, I attempted to take the shell out. The bakail is a recent acquisition so I am not yet well versed in its operation. I was having difficulty getting the shell out (feebly trying to figure out how to get it out Ironically without pulling the trigger at all). I gave up and pulled trigger so it could cycle and heard a click. I cycled the action again and looked in the tube, and I tell you I could have sworn I saw that shell in the tube still. So I pulled the trigger to hopefully release it this time, obviously believing the chamber was empty, and BOOM!
I know please don't flame. I know the rules, and clearly got careless and and made assumptions I shouldn't have made. And now I have a big hole in my mattress, A blown off bathroom cabinet door, ruined pluming and a hole in my drywall. Thank the good Lord no one got hurt. I should have checked the chamber, not the tube. A really dumb mistake. I guess I am posting this as a warning to the rest of you, just because something has never happened to you doesn't mean it won't. Don't get careless with your fire arms like I did. It is easy when you have been handling Fire arms a lot to, well, do what I did. All it takes is a moment of not thinking before something bad can happen. This was a serious wake up call to me, and hopefully to you to. Don't lose that healthy respect for your fire arms. And more importantly, don't be an idiot like me.
(hope this post made sense, its late and I am tired)
I keep underneath my bed a baikal 153 for HD, not the greatest choice, but its what I have. I had the idea that instead of keeping it loaded to try and fabricate a sort of stripper clip tube to quickly feed the shells if the need arises (still in development stages) previously I had taken all five shells out for measuring yesterday and didn't put them back in. I brought one back up stairs just for comparisons sake and to get a good look at how they feed in and out of the shell magazine tube. upon realizing that my initial design for my speed loader tube was flawed, I attempted to take the shell out. The bakail is a recent acquisition so I am not yet well versed in its operation. I was having difficulty getting the shell out (feebly trying to figure out how to get it out Ironically without pulling the trigger at all). I gave up and pulled trigger so it could cycle and heard a click. I cycled the action again and looked in the tube, and I tell you I could have sworn I saw that shell in the tube still. So I pulled the trigger to hopefully release it this time, obviously believing the chamber was empty, and BOOM!
I know please don't flame. I know the rules, and clearly got careless and and made assumptions I shouldn't have made. And now I have a big hole in my mattress, A blown off bathroom cabinet door, ruined pluming and a hole in my drywall. Thank the good Lord no one got hurt. I should have checked the chamber, not the tube. A really dumb mistake. I guess I am posting this as a warning to the rest of you, just because something has never happened to you doesn't mean it won't. Don't get careless with your fire arms like I did. It is easy when you have been handling Fire arms a lot to, well, do what I did. All it takes is a moment of not thinking before something bad can happen. This was a serious wake up call to me, and hopefully to you to. Don't lose that healthy respect for your fire arms. And more importantly, don't be an idiot like me.
(hope this post made sense, its late and I am tired)