ironworkerwill
Member
On very few but memorable occasions I have been witness to gun safety mishaps. So, in response to Sentryau2's post http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=784052 I would like to know if anyone else would like to share such experiences.
I'll go first:
I was particularly proud of a trigger job I'd done on a Savage 110 many years ago. The trigger broke at a creepless and clean 4lbs. I couldn't wait for my next hunt as the rifle performed well at the range.
On my very next hunt, the rife had a chambered round and the safety was engaged as soon as I sat on my stand. I noticed that while rustling around to get comfortable tang safety slipped down to the FIRE position!! I then re-engaged my safety pointed the rifle into a mud bank and squeezed the trigger-BOOM! My ignorance had led me to believe that as long as the safety was engaged the rifle would not fire.
More recently:
We were at a local rifle range and a group of people were test firing a shotgun. They where shooting at log the forest service cut. This was the groups target apparently someone forgot to bring a target. The first shooter shot the but cut end of the log and peppered 3 or 4 other shooters with bird shot, myself included. A little common sense would have went a long way!
I'll go first:
I was particularly proud of a trigger job I'd done on a Savage 110 many years ago. The trigger broke at a creepless and clean 4lbs. I couldn't wait for my next hunt as the rifle performed well at the range.
On my very next hunt, the rife had a chambered round and the safety was engaged as soon as I sat on my stand. I noticed that while rustling around to get comfortable tang safety slipped down to the FIRE position!! I then re-engaged my safety pointed the rifle into a mud bank and squeezed the trigger-BOOM! My ignorance had led me to believe that as long as the safety was engaged the rifle would not fire.
More recently:
We were at a local rifle range and a group of people were test firing a shotgun. They where shooting at log the forest service cut. This was the groups target apparently someone forgot to bring a target. The first shooter shot the but cut end of the log and peppered 3 or 4 other shooters with bird shot, myself included. A little common sense would have went a long way!