Ever Dropped a Loaded Revolver?

[TexasRifleman]

Ugh. My poor 386PD. I guess I must have dropped that thing a dozen times.

I don't know why either, I never drop any other firearms.

 

[Shifty]

IIRC the PRK only allows pistols that pass drop tests into the state now. has to pass a muzzle first and hammer first drop onto concrete or something to that effect.

 

[pharmer]

I have, no damage. Awhile back a guy on the coast had a .22mag mini-revolver in the door pocket of his dump truck. When he jumped down, it hit the pavement, fired, bullet hit him in the lower back, killing him. Guess he didn't have it in the "safety notch". Joe

 

[Raine]

I've dropped a Taurus model 66 before, landed on concrete. Didn't go off, and didn't cause any damage it.

I've also seen several instances of S&W model 65s being dropped onto concrete, and none of them have fired so far [I work for the Dept. of Corrections, it happens way too much].

 

[countertop]

I dropped a loaded S&W Model 66 once. Scariest split second of my life so far.

It didn't go off.

 

[RustyShackelford]

oops-Taurus model 82 .38spl

I had my used nickeled Taurus model 82 .38spl revolver slide out of my cheap old $5.00 nylon holster and hit a tile floor.

That incident was strong arguement for high quality gear/holsters .

I now use a Bianchi UM-84R for my carry-duty .38spl revolver.

Rusty

 

[gandog56]

Remember dropping a revolver once, but it was not even loaded.

 

[Moonclip]

I have a couple of times but both were modern S&W's so discharge didn't scare me but marring the blue on one and something snapping internally in ejector rod mechanism on other sucked.

an old S&W or old Rugers w/o a transfer bar would have scared me though. old beliefs die hard too. I was going to loan a friend a handgun for home defense once, he refused a Colt King Cobra as being unsafe if dropped and only could be loaded with 5 rounds he said! keep in mind this guy was only like 25 at time in 1999! he used a Cz52 for a few days instead, much safer home defense handgun

 

[vito]

I didn't drop my S&W 19; it jumped out of my holster and starting shooting at everyone in sight. Of course you understand that guns shoot people, and this one was tired of sitting around for years without being fired. I've asked Sarah Brady and Mayor Bloomberg for some advice on how to handle this dangerous species.

 

[P97]

I dropped a Ruger Blackhawk in .30 Carbine, on a Kitchen Tile floor and it fired and went in above the knee and came out in my hip and lodged in the credit cards in my billfold. Was a hollow point and left the copper jack in the muscle of my thigh and it worked to the outside about a year later. My wife was one step behind me when I dropped it. I was very fortunate because it could have hit me in the vitals, or hit her. I didn't carry on any more loaded rounds until the firing pin block came out.

 

[IV Troop]

When I was a uniformed cop I had a couple of incidents of struggling with suspects who had guns. One in particular, I recall the gun getting knocked out of his hands and doing a frisbee across the asphalt. No discharges.

Kinda funny though, I remember I was still struggling with the guy trying to cuff him and thinking "Holy crap I hope somebody friendly gets to that thing first if i don't."

I also recall giving someone an opportunity to drop the gun he was holding before things went bad for him. I startled the guy, as I came from a different angle and he was confronting other officers in the front of the trailer.

When I gave him his options (and let him know i was there) he acted as if the gun had just magically caught fire. He literally threw his hands up in front of him and let the gun go sailing into the hard packed dirt. No discharges, at least from the gun. He looked like he needed a new set of BVD's according to the guys in front who could see his face.

Nothing says fun and games like no contact orders, guns and alcohol.

 

[RexDart]

Ruger 3-screw collector value

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.

They do so in the back of their current catalog. Ruger lists the replacement/upgrade program, and states: "The value of the gun will not be impaired, and we will return your original parts for collector’s purposes."

Details are also on their web site: http://www.ruger.com/Firearms/PDF/SafetyAnnouncements/SafetyOfferAd.pdf

 

[tubeshooter]

I dropped a .38 snub (Taurus 85) about 3 feet once onto a hard surface (concrete/blacktop). No discharge, very slight damage to finish (of course any damage at all has to make you at least a little).

I know the reputation for older revolvers possibly going off if dropped. The one I dropped was probably not quite 10 years old at the time, and not old enough for me to worry. Cross my mind yes, but truly "worry" about a discharge, no. Maybe I should fear it more than I do.


Anyway, to me the real danger would be not surpressing the natural reflexive urge and trying to catch the daggone thing where time/positioning permits. Now that might cause a problem. Come to think of it, I have had this same gun fall out of my grip once or twice and was able to overcome that "catch it" urge and also have the presence of mind to try to soften the landing with my foot. But I had thought about making myself not catch it in the past. Your mind thinks pretty quick. I guess that ties in to why training is important and all, but that's a whole 'nother topic.