marksman13
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Well kind of any way. A buddy and I were shooting my new (to me) Browning Buckmark today. I knew the mag was loaded, but I didn't think I had a round chambered. So, while pointing the pistol in a safe direction of course, I pulled the slide back to chamber a round. What I got was a KABOOOOM!!! Apparently there was a round in the chamber already. The extractor failed to pull the round out of the chamber and when the next round was stripped from the mag it slammed forward with enough force to fire the round stuck in the chamber. The pistol blew apart in my hands leaving a bloody gash in my trigger finger. The barrel appears to be fine and so do most of the big parts, but the extractor, a spring and some other small parts ended up on the ground. The pistol is headed to my gunsmith in the morning. I hope he can fix it relatively cheaply. I am always super careful, and I can't believe this happened to me. Thank God for muzzle awareness! My finger is pretty badly swollen and my new pistol is out of commision for a while, but I still have all my parts and pieces. Be safe out there guys. Always check the chamber on a rimfire before racking the slide. A moment of carelessness can get you hurt or killed.