With the recent drop safe issue it has come to my attention that some people have dropped a gun and some claim to have never dropped a gun or even seen one dropped in over 50 years. Some also go on to say if you drop a gun you shouldn't even own a gun. Here's a poll where we could be honest and not be ridiculed personally because only the results are posted instead of your personal vote. If you care to explain your drop incident you can, if not then don't. I'm curious to see how many people have actually dropped a gun, I mean there is a reason the drop safety was incorporated in the first place right?
Dropping handgun poll
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gc70
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Yes. A guy walking behind me at a crowded indoor range hit my elbow; I had just removed the magazine and was holding the gun loosely, so it went flying.
Blkhrt13
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It happens. I've had my revolver fall out of my IWB holster while I was duecing it up.
Blkhrt13
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I think the statistical likelihood of a drop is based on the amount of time spent carry and handling said firearm.
Zerodefect
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Have you ever fallen down? Have you ever walked on an icy parking lot?
If you get dropped, does that count?
If you get dropped, does that count?
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I agree but it is not just how long you have been shooting it is also how often, how much you use them and handle them.
Blkhrt13
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I haven't dropped one in a while but I quit carrying daily. I used to pack either a 38 special(one of a handful) or my tomcat 32 daily. All day everyday.im sure they hit the dirt. Didn't matter what I was doing. Working, working on the car cutting grass. Never without.
My friend got knocked off his motorcycle and his colt looked pretty dinged up. It definitely took some impact during the flip, fall, and sliding of the accident
I dropped a Baby Browning once. It was in a holster but the thumb break was not properly secured. It happened when I removed the holster from my belt.
The gun fell from a distance of 1m or so, and landed on the rear sight/slide area. It landed on a rough concrete slab and caused three dings on the slide:
Note in the picture above the gun is cocked, with the firing pin indicator protruding from the rear. Fortunately for me I rarely carried the gun cocked. Never felt comfortable doing it. When I dropped it, it was not cocked.
My primary gun in those days was a Vektor CP1. I never heard of a CP1 discharging when dropped, but somebody must have done it because there was a recall of those pistols in SA back in 2000 or around that time. My gun went in for recall and came back with some changes to the slide and recoil spring.
I think it was a liability issue for Denel/LIW. Probably the cost of modifying the CP1s was less than what they could have lost in a legal proceeding if someone got hurt from a discharged dropped gun.
I never dropped that gun, it was carried IWB at 3 o'clock with no thumb break attached. I therefore carried it by the grip even if it was in the holster.
The gun fell from a distance of 1m or so, and landed on the rear sight/slide area. It landed on a rough concrete slab and caused three dings on the slide:
Note in the picture above the gun is cocked, with the firing pin indicator protruding from the rear. Fortunately for me I rarely carried the gun cocked. Never felt comfortable doing it. When I dropped it, it was not cocked.
My primary gun in those days was a Vektor CP1. I never heard of a CP1 discharging when dropped, but somebody must have done it because there was a recall of those pistols in SA back in 2000 or around that time. My gun went in for recall and came back with some changes to the slide and recoil spring.
I think it was a liability issue for Denel/LIW. Probably the cost of modifying the CP1s was less than what they could have lost in a legal proceeding if someone got hurt from a discharged dropped gun.
I never dropped that gun, it was carried IWB at 3 o'clock with no thumb break attached. I therefore carried it by the grip even if it was in the holster.
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Yes. An SP101 fell out of my pocket when getting out of the car. It was in a pocket holster, but not a well designed one. And I once fumbled a Glock at home which hit the kitchen floor.
I don't particularly care how anyone feels about that. Just being honest about it.
I don't particularly care how anyone feels about that. Just being honest about it.
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Armored farmer
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I was fascinated by quick draw/twirling/reholster in my younger days.(always unloaded) i even made some mods to my holster. I got pretty good at it. I still show off for the wife and kids sometimes. (Again....unloaded)
My poor old blackhawk hit the floor a few times. Fortunately, it is built like an anvil....and weighs about the same too.
My poor old blackhawk hit the floor a few times. Fortunately, it is built like an anvil....and weighs about the same too.
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In a decade of shooting guns I've never dropped one. I've nearly been knocked backwards on my arse when shooting a heavy recoiling rifle, and didn't expect that level of recoil from a pistol caliber carbine. (It was a 460 S&W mag rifle and I was on one knee.)
My cat was sleeping on my bedside revolver once and manage to knock it to the ground. So I guess he has poor gun handling skills.
But I've never dropped one. With only a decade under my belt though, that's not that surprising. Plenty more years ahead of my shooting hobby to make that mistake.
Never say never. Crap happens.
My cat was sleeping on my bedside revolver once and manage to knock it to the ground. So I guess he has poor gun handling skills.
But I've never dropped one. With only a decade under my belt though, that's not that surprising. Plenty more years ahead of my shooting hobby to make that mistake.
Never say never. Crap happens.
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NIGHTLORD40K
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Happened twice under similar circumstances- was handing it off to another person and let go before they had it. Thankfully neither was loaded or sustained significant damage.
Ironicaintit
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I dropped my BHP while moving from the car to the house with too many things in my hands. The car I was driving keeps me from having it on me (high bolstered buckets) Landed right on the hammer on concrete. It's fine. It won't happen again!
Schwing
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This is a great comparison. Any time I read in threads here or in other places about people who think that they absolutely will NEVER drop a gun because they are so competent and trained, my eyes do an involuntary roll. Sure you might not drop one at the range or during training but...
I have shared this story a couple of times but I was hiking a few years ago with my 92fs at my side. I tripped and landed pretty violently. My gun flew out of my holster and bounced end over end for several yards down the side of a hill. It was actually a bit of a project to recover it. I guess that firmly puts me into the group of incompetent gun droppers.
As we can see there are many scenarios of how a gun can hit the ground unintentionally. I'm willing to bet there are plenty of other ways guns have fallen yet still. I was getting out of my friends truck once and somehow the seatbelt hooked my gun just right and when I jumped out it yanked it right out the holster and fell on the grass. More attention to the seatbelt could have prevented this one, but it happen non the less. I probably could do that same maneuver 100 times and it not happen again. This thread kind of reminds me of jobs with the statement I'm sure most of you have seen, "All accidents are preventable", but some reason they always tend to still happen.
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It's kind of like pilots, those that have landed a plane gear up and those that will land a plane gear up. (My avoidance to the problem was I only flew planes whose gear was down and welded.
).I'll confess...
I know I have dropped my self defense gun while in the pouch I carry it in. All the normal reasons of it getting away from me in various scenarios and it ending up on the ground.
Also, I know that I have dropped, or lost control of an unloaded gun while handling around the gun room or going to the range.
Since I do not carry a gun holstered on my belt, shoulder, ankle, or pocket, the chance of me dropping a loaded gun by itself is low but I won't ever say it won't happen should I change my mode of carry. Never say never.
I know I have dropped my self defense gun while in the pouch I carry it in. All the normal reasons of it getting away from me in various scenarios and it ending up on the ground.
Also, I know that I have dropped, or lost control of an unloaded gun while handling around the gun room or going to the range.
Since I do not carry a gun holstered on my belt, shoulder, ankle, or pocket, the chance of me dropping a loaded gun by itself is low but I won't ever say it won't happen should I change my mode of carry. Never say never.
JohnhenrySTL
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I've had this happen too, one time.
MedWheeler
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One while loaded, a S&W 659, from a door pocket of a pickup truck that held it more loosely then I had thought. I was an off-duty LEO, pulling up to a bank; the gun fell out when I opened the truck door. No one saw it, I guess. This was around 1991 or so.
Once while unloaded. I accidentally knocked one gun off the kitchen table while cleaning another. I had three or four there after a range session. I cannot remember which gun I dropped. I think it was a Bersa Thunder in .380 caliber. This was in around 2010 or so.
These are the only two incidents I can remember, but I won't swear there weren't any others.
As for long guns, I haven't "dropped" any I can recall, but I've had a couple of "fall-overs" over the thirty-some-odd years I have of gun ownership.
Once while unloaded. I accidentally knocked one gun off the kitchen table while cleaning another. I had three or four there after a range session. I cannot remember which gun I dropped. I think it was a Bersa Thunder in .380 caliber. This was in around 2010 or so.
These are the only two incidents I can remember, but I won't swear there weren't any others.
As for long guns, I haven't "dropped" any I can recall, but I've had a couple of "fall-overs" over the thirty-some-odd years I have of gun ownership.
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