Ever Dropped a Loaded Revolver?

[Confederate]

Thanks to new safety features built into pistols nowadays, if you drop one you don't have to worry about it going off. And it's a well known fact that many folks used to carry their earlier guns with an empty chamber under the firing pin. My question is: How many people here have ever dropped a loaded firearm? And if you did, did it scare you?

(I've heard tell of accidental discharges with Glocks where the trigger was impacted on the way down, but never of a revolver.)

Ruger used to run an ad saying that cowboys would roll up folding money and stuff it into the unused chamber to cover burial costs in case they were killed.

 

[Biker]

Yes. Decades ago, I dropped a Ruger 3 screw Blackhawk in 45LC and it fired a 260gr handload which passed pretty close to my ear.
I was either lucky or unlucky - flip a coin.

Biker

 

[XavierBreath]

In one class I attended, a student dropped his Ruger DA revolver, I think it was a GP100, but I honestly cannot recall..... The revolver landed directly on the hammer, on carpeted concrete. It was fully loaded. It did not discharge. It did not function afterwards either, the hammer was stuck, or the action jammed in some way. It was taken to the resident gunsmith, and I never learned what became of it.

 

[rbmcmjr]

Biker,

The Ruger Three Screw is not protected from this problem. That is the reason why they were replaced with the transfer bar models.
For a while, Ruger would update the lockwork if you sent it in.

 

[Confederate]

Good or Bad

They still will, but you lose any collector's value because Ruger will not send it back with the 3-screw configuration. They'll make it safe, but they'll essentially upgrade it, which can be good if it's a shooter; bad if it's a collecter.

 

[capbuster]

I can remember dropping a Smith & Wesson md 28,.357 magnum out a Jordan holster while on duty many years ago. I wasnt worried about the handgun going off but was concerned that the drop might seriously alter its appearance.

 

[earplug]

Charter Bulldog

Bent over helping a lady pick up some dropped item, my Bulldog fell out of my bib overalls top pocket.
She was just fine about it.
Had a nice prewar 1911A1 Commercial Colt drop out of a hiding place in my car. Passenger tried to stomp it to death.
Friend and I were shooting his Python my Smith M27, we left both on the hood of my car and they both slid off when we sat on the fender.

 

[Confederate]

They fell off your fender...and what? Did you mar that beautiful finish on the Python? Was your friend upset?

Just think about all those idiots who shoot people and then say they dropped the gun and it went off! It doesn't take a Lt. Columbo to figure that one out on most newer guns. I also like the one about cleaning the gun and it just went off. Why does the media still buy that?

*Sigh!*

 

[.38 Special]

Dropped a 686 (heavily modified for competition) during a Bianchi style match. Fell out of the "holster" which relies on a large spring-loaded ball bearing to grip the trigger guard. If you don't get the gun all the way in before letting go of it...

Wasn't at all concerned about it "going off", but felt like a complete tool. Cleaned the mud out of the muzzle, made sure I wasn't disqualified, and got back to business.

 

[symr00]

I dropped my 1911 cocked and locked from the dresser, nothing happened. I had the Wolff heavy duty FP spring in it. I also dropped my SP101 from about 2 feet. It sits between the mattress and boxspring and slipped out while getting out of bed.

 

[JohnKSa]

I have dropped a loaded Glock onto carpet accidentally. There was no incident and no damage.

I have also had a loaded PPK fall out of my safe. It hit the metal lip of the safe and landed on the carpet outside the safe. Again, no discharge and no damage to the gun. It chipped the finish on the lip of the safe.

I've heard tell of accidental discharges with Glocks where the trigger was impacted on the way down...

I'd be interested to see links or other reference information to these occurrences. I have done some testing trying to snag a dropped Glock trigger (unloaded of course) but have never managed to snag it to the point of getting the firing pin to drop.

...you lose any collector's value because Ruger will not send it back with the 3-screw configuration.

It is my understanding that they also return all the original parts to you so that you don't lose any collector value.

 

[earplug]

About the Python

It and my M27 hit the dirt. Was sorta muddy that day and no damage.
Don't haul a soft cased Python and a bench vice in the same tank bag, that might break a hammer spur.

 

[jad0110]

I also like the one about cleaning the gun and it just went off. Why does the media still buy that?

Agreed. Guns don't just go off. I think a lot of people think they can. I know some of those poeople. They believe whatever the Clinton News Network and Commie Broadcasting System tells them to think. Like guns can jump up and start shooting at baby carriages all by themselves. How dangerous !!!

When a gun fires, it fires because someone told it to. Negligently, in some cases unfortunately (remember the 4 rules!).

It is my understanding that they also return all the original parts to you so that you don't lose any collector value.

Probably true, but I'd certainly check first and try to get it in writing.

 

[V-fib]

Dropped myTaurus 94 twice once on dirt and once on the basement floor. no damage or dishcharge either time.

 

[Ohen Cepel]

Dropped an NAA mini .22 Mag from waist height onto concrete. However, since it's designed for the hammer to rest between rounds nothing happened (besides me cringing!)

 

[SergeantC]

I dropped a loaded Glock 19 on carpeting once while taking it out of my holster. It didn't go off, but my hear did stop.

The odd thing is that the impact onto the carpet caused the action to cycle. I picked it up, checked it over, unloaded it, and realized I was 1 round short in the magazine. The missing round was lying on the carpeting a couple of feet away.

 

[revolverguy]

was working in the shop late one night wearing my taurus 85 in a don hume holster just clipped on my pants [no belt]:banghead: i bent over and the taurus fell on the wooden floor, didnt expect it to discharge and it didnt.

 

[BobMcG]

Probably twenty years ago I dropped a loaded Dan Wesson .357 out of a too slick pants holster onto a concrete sidewalk. I was p.....off but the magnum didn't go off!

 

[Cosmoline]

If you're afield with one very long, you *WILL* drop it. It's one reason I like Hogue combat style grips, because they allow for much better control when your hands are freezing, wet or just not positioned quite right.

 

[SouthpawShootr]

Once. Luckily it was a padded, carpeted floor. I just let it fall. Even with DA revolvers, there's still a chance that you could inadvertently pull the trigger during recovery. This is not a natural response but one which I believe is the safest all around. I'm not in the least bit worried that the gun will go off if I drop it. Anything I keep loaded, I'm carrying and all my carry guns have automatic firing pin safeties.

 

[jad0110]

I just let it fall. Even with DA revolvers, there's still a chance that you could inadvertently pull the trigger during recovery.

This is a very real fear. If it is loaded, DON'T reach out to grab it. Just let it go. I was a few feet away from a lady that shot herself in the foot with a .22 Ruger Mk II doing just that. The Ruger slipped, she grabbed at it, POP = .22" diameter hole in foot and lots of embarrasment.

I read a story on TFL about an LEO (not sure which organization) who went the restroom and sat his Sig on the back of the toilet. When he was done, he reached out to pick up the Sig and bumped it. It bouced off the wall and fell towards the toilet bowl. When he grabbed for it, BANG! One dead toilet.

 

[scott5]

Dropped loaded gun

Hello all,
Back when my brother and I still lived in the same room, we were both playing with my dad's Herters single action 357 magnum in our room.
This revolver was a German copy of the Ruger Black Hawk with a 5 1/2 inch barrel.

Well we had it loaded with six rounds and when we were done we left it on the bean bag chair in our room.
The next day my brother forgetting about the revolver grabs the bean bag chair to fluff it up and feels something drop, looks down just in time to see and feel a bullet wizz by his head into the cealing.

It shure scarred him, and it scared me when he told me about it
I had my Dan Wessons by then so we didn't use it much after that.

 

[rockstar.esq]

I dropped my taurus 445ch whilst decending my deck stairs. It fell out of my new hoffners holster which as they say "makes me a sad panda". The gun hit muzzle first onto sandstone pavers marring the front sight. I have to admit I was running a pucker factor of 9.5 watching it bounce on the hard stone but I did have the presence of mind NOT to grab for it as it was falling. End result no AD and the front sight was damaged superficially. In fact the sight picture wasn't changed at all. I also had a Taurus PT92 fall out of a IWB hoster while running in a prarie. That just made the gun dirty and made me sad.

 

[duckjihad]

Have dropped 3, sadly. Dropped a Browning Hi-power years ago. A sp101 a couple years back, and recently, my Kimber Compact stainless. the kimber and hi power were loaded. No problems. Marred the sight on the SP 101, and the hi power safety gouged the slide ever so little (Which still surprised me). Odd thing on the kimber. It fell out of my shoulder rig (Didn't have the snap fully engaged it turns out) when I stooped down. Only fell a foot and a 1/2. When I picked it up, I saw the slide stop had popped out about a 1/8 of an inch, as if I was field stripping it. Had to unload and reassemble the thing.

 

[Headless]

Dropped a 642 ~2 feet last night. Uneventful.