In a decade of carry I've dropped two guns. My first year of carry I dropped a 1911 that I had just stuck in my waistband while getting out of the car burdened by groceries. It hit the sidewalk, dented the sidewalk, no harm, no foul. Years pass, I don't drop guns, I'm an "expert." I put Heinie Straight 8s on my Glock 17. Nicest sights I've paid for to date. Two weeks later I bump it off the range bag, to the concrete it heads. Lands front sight first of course. I finally broke down and ordered a new front blade tonight. The cost of having that pretty green up front again appears to be $60 shipped. So, the lesson is either leave crappy sights on your gun so as not to attract gravity or...?
Behold! The horrible price of dropping your gun.
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Thanks for the post, after ND dropping one’s gun comes next. This has never happened to me (thank goodness) and like ND I’ll take extra special care to make sure each firearm is secure before I take my hands off it.
Thanks again for a good heads up.
Thanks again for a good heads up.
I dropped a gun once several years ago. I had been on a trip and got out of the car and somehow dropped my Rossi .38. Thank goodness it was just a Rossi. It landed on the butt and just made a small dent in the bottom of the grips.
Five of Clubs
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One time I managed to close my truck door on my right thumb, and the door latched. I tried twice to pull it out, the first time softly and the second time hard. The pain finally overwhelmed me and I tossed my S&W 442 snubbie in a pocket holster that was in my left hand so I could grab the door handle. I didn't even realize what I had done for a couple minutes. I'm glad they drop test those at the factory!
Ridgerunner665
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I dropped mine (a rather expensive semi custom) last week...it landed on the magazine base pad. I've thrown mine on the ground many, many, many times...training to go for my BUG...but thats on the ground (dirt, grass...soft landing)...but that time it fell about 6 feet out of the cab of a Peterbilt. I had the gun wrapped up in a shirt (or so I thought) and was cleaning my stuff out of my truck because I quit driving and got a job here at home. When I started out of the truck with an armload of stuff...there it went...right out in the middle of the parking lot of the shipping yard of the company that I am working for now...good thing they are not anti gun around there....I bumped into my soon to be supervisor buying reloading supplies at the local toy store later that evening.
It bent the mag a little but it still works...and I had 3 Tripp CobraMags ordered so it was no big deal in the end.
Thats the only time I've dropped mine so far.
It bent the mag a little but it still works...and I had 3 Tripp CobraMags ordered so it was no big deal in the end.
Thats the only time I've dropped mine so far.
jhco
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had a g26 fall from a jacket pocket once when i was getting out of my car at my apartment complex. The gun was fine since it was in a pocket holster but some drunk neighbors saw me, one stared for a moment then went back to his beer when i got to the door he said to me was that a gun? I said yes, he just said cool, i thought so. I went inside and that was it. I learned to be always vigilant and always make sure my peice is secure.
LeonCarr
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A buddy of mine dropped a hard chromed STI Edge .40 on gravel during a match once. No scratches, no dents, no nothing. I was impressed.
Just my .02,
LeonCarr
Just my .02,
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MachIVshooter
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I dropped the little Taurus PT145 I had several times. Dropped my P3AT once whilst changing shirts in a parking lot (belt clip snagged). Lost my grip on my Kimber Stainless Target II 10mm and dinged the MSH.
The one that suffered the most damage was the result of a friend's not being familiar with single action revolvers. Appearently, he thought for some reason that removing the cylinder pin with the loading gate open while standing in a gravel driveway was a good idea. I told him otherwise after hearing the thud of a beautifully blued cylinder impacting an unfriendly surface.
The one that suffered the most damage was the result of a friend's not being familiar with single action revolvers. Appearently, he thought for some reason that removing the cylinder pin with the loading gate open while standing in a gravel driveway was a good idea. I told him otherwise after hearing the thud of a beautifully blued cylinder impacting an unfriendly surface.
I dropped my Baby Browning out of its holster (stud wasn't fastened properly). It landed on the back end on concrete and left quite an ugly ding in the slide, next to the rear sight.
Cosmoline
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I dropped my Mosin-Nagant once while hiking. A mountain broke its fall
TimboKhan
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Good one, cosmo!
On a seperate note, my Taurus PT1911 has the Heinie Straight-8's on it, and I wish every pistol I owned had them. They seem to be a love/hate sort of thing, but I like them.
On a seperate note, my Taurus PT1911 has the Heinie Straight-8's on it, and I wish every pistol I owned had them. They seem to be a love/hate sort of thing, but I like them.
While I've never dropped a gun one fell over, a Saiga .223, and hit my toe breaking my toe. The gun was fine. There I was hopping around on one foot in excruciating pain looking over the rifle making sure it was okay. Priorities.
What really makes me cringe is all of the guns clattering onto the pavement in movies. I'm so relieved when they set their guns down rather than drop them.
What really makes me cringe is all of the guns clattering onto the pavement in movies. I'm so relieved when they set their guns down rather than drop them.
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Yes, there is something to be said about not dropping your gun
Circa 1977. Clinton, (I'll let you guess the state). Scene, local grocery store. What, possible burglary in process. Who, several local cops.
There was a wet area just inside the door. In running comes one of our officers with a shotgun. He slips. The next couple seconds seemed like an eternity as with trigger finger in the trigger guard, he slips and slides, balancing on one foot, the gun arm out and pointed right at a row of soda bottles, the other leg outstreched and the other arm straight up as he tries to get his balance back. Would that shotgun go off? I am cringing at the thought, watching this ballet act in front of me.
Well, he did not drop it and it did not go off. Yes, anti-climatic, I know, but funny now these many years later.
Flash forward a few years. Small town Wisconsin cop, pulls around a gas station to sit and run radar. Gas station looks okay as he passed by. The cop is a reader of Bill Jordan, and wears his gun in a Jordan holster, unstrapped, like Jordan.
Suddenly, from behind him, a burglar darts out of the gas station. The young copper takes off in foot pursuit. He yells the classic "Stop, or I"ll shoot!" at the burglar. The burglar had a head start and got into a corn field behind the gas station and was gone forever.
Young cop could not have shot the guy anyway.
His gun was in the car where the radar cord had wrapped around the butt and pulled it out of his holster.
Young cop stopped trying to emulate Bill Jordan after that.
Yes, there is something to be said about not dropping your gun.
The Doc is out now.
Circa 1977. Clinton, (I'll let you guess the state). Scene, local grocery store. What, possible burglary in process. Who, several local cops.
There was a wet area just inside the door. In running comes one of our officers with a shotgun. He slips. The next couple seconds seemed like an eternity as with trigger finger in the trigger guard, he slips and slides, balancing on one foot, the gun arm out and pointed right at a row of soda bottles, the other leg outstreched and the other arm straight up as he tries to get his balance back. Would that shotgun go off? I am cringing at the thought, watching this ballet act in front of me.
Well, he did not drop it and it did not go off. Yes, anti-climatic, I know, but funny now these many years later.
Flash forward a few years. Small town Wisconsin cop, pulls around a gas station to sit and run radar. Gas station looks okay as he passed by. The cop is a reader of Bill Jordan, and wears his gun in a Jordan holster, unstrapped, like Jordan.
Suddenly, from behind him, a burglar darts out of the gas station. The young copper takes off in foot pursuit. He yells the classic "Stop, or I"ll shoot!" at the burglar. The burglar had a head start and got into a corn field behind the gas station and was gone forever.
Young cop could not have shot the guy anyway.
His gun was in the car where the radar cord had wrapped around the butt and pulled it out of his holster.
Young cop stopped trying to emulate Bill Jordan after that.
Yes, there is something to be said about not dropping your gun.
The Doc is out now.
DrLaw, that reminds me of a story that I was told by a friend of mine who was a beat cop for a million years, went SWAT, DEA, and all sorts of stuff after (and is now an old, retired. 68year old fat guy who could probably still kick my ass with his eyes closed).
One time as a detective, he had to chase a perp. He had a S&W model 19 in a shoulder holster. As they came around the corner of a house he slipped on a wet patch of grass and went down hard. the butt of the gun actually broke a rib.
One time as a detective, he had to chase a perp. He had a S&W model 19 in a shoulder holster. As they came around the corner of a house he slipped on a wet patch of grass and went down hard. the butt of the gun actually broke a rib.
Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow
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Boy, talk about a softball question. The alternative is "Or, don't buy guns which have crappy sights installed at the factory. Then you won't need any aftermarkets." We all know which gun has the crappy sights. Get a halfway decent pistol instead - at least step up to a Bersa - great sights!
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Now THAT is comedy.
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Yeah..... "Stop or I'll Shoot!! ..... my finger at you."
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