Had a close call, and I can say I'm lucky.

[NG VI]

230am hmmmm drinkin?

Not necessarily, I've been up till about four every day for the last week and haven't been drinking any of those times. Sometimes you just can't sleep.

 

[paul]

I hope you don't make it a habit of teaching new shooters to dry fier rimfire guns,as it will hurt em ; )
Y/D

Indeed, and
Nope, not a habit, just happened to be the closest one at the time...

p

 

[RimfireChris]

I'm up at 0230 all the time, it's a great time to clean the my guns, wife and cats are asleep, no distracting phone calls. 'Course it helps that I work graveyard too.

 

[LJ-MosinFreak-Buck]

First of all, I want to say thank you for all the concern, it's greatly appreciated.

Secondly, it was my screw up, I got distracted and didn't completely empty the gun. I dropped the mag, then had to use the restroom (I carry at home) so I put the mag back in. Then resumed by emptying the magazine but got distracted by a commercial on TV and forgot to rack the slide.

My action plan to help prevent another Negligent discharge?

Practice in my room. No distractions. Clear myself of bodily waste before hand. No sounds what-so-ever to distract me, and keep the gun pointed at the brick wall in front of me. Stringently checking the gun to make sure that is empty before any of this commences.

Sorry about my terminology, I've never had one until now and never truly understood what each meant until now.

I am still unsure what to tell my parents. I've already purchased the wall patch kit and paint. I am repairing my screw up.

Since I work a full-time job welding, I don't drink during the week. No matter what time it is. I just fell asleep really early and woke up at 1130 pm.

Fortunately, the 45 degree angle WAS the safest direction, even pointing it at the west wall the way I was was the safest direction for the room I was in. The 45 Degree angle was because of the limp-wrist i had suffered during the shot.

But the reason I posted this was to inform everyone how much a person can take for granted, and that everyone makes mistakes, and it doesn't matter how long you own a gun. It also shows that someone isn't invincible to this kind of thing because of going 6 years without a situation like this.

I posted this because I deserve to be harped on and called a dumbass, dip****, all the words in the book for stupidity. I let myself lapse on safety standards, and thank Almighty and Powerful GOD HIMSELF that he was watching over me and my family and didn't allow anyone to come to harm. I'm going to start going to church on Sundays.

 

[Dstoerm]

You survived, your family survived, and you learned.

Now get some snap caps. I practice dry fire drills alot and I have a magazine with red paint on it that is ONLY for snap caps and has never seen any live ammo. When I practice, I get the red magazine, then I take all the snap caps out and look at the red-painted follower. The I put the snap caps back in.

OF course I have already cleared the pistol and locked the slide back to allow light to shine all the way through, after sticking my pinkie in the barrel as well as looking IN the barrel.

I know, I'm nuts, but I still have all 10 fingers and no holes in the ceiling.

-D

 

[Aw4g63]

Even with all clearing procedures done, your finger shouldn't be on the trigger until ready to shoot. Doing unholstering drills don't require a finger to be on the trigger. Indexed along the frame would be proper for acquisition, then moving your finger to position when ready to engage.


Maybe invest in Magpuls Art of the Dynamic Handgun. Great video for handgun owners.

 

[LJ-MosinFreak-Buck]

I was doing unholstering/dry-fire/holstering drills, trying to improve my speed from draw to first fired round.

 

[Loosedhorse]

My "action plan" is to not load and fire a gun at a time when it is inappropriate.

That sounds like the same plan you had before, the same plan that allowed this ND to happen. Maybe you should think bigger?

Practice in my room. No distractions. Clear myself of bodily waste before hand. No sounds what-so-ever to distract me, and keep the gun pointed at the brick wall in front of me. Stringently checking the gun to make sure that is empty before any of this commences.

Now that sounds like an action plan! May it always be sufficient to keep you and yours out of harm's way.

It is a smart man who learns from other's mistakes, and a lucky one who survives to learn from his own. I've been lucky myself, but luck is not something I want to depend on.

 

[LJ-MosinFreak-Buck]

I didn't really have an action plan other than make sure the gun was empty.
but last night made me realize that I needed more than just that, so that's what I came up with.

 

[ColtPythonElite]

Barney Fife....LOL.

 

[GWARGHOUL]

Had a very similar situation with a Ruger MKII. But mine seemed to have one of those "mystery rounds".. as the clip was empty, and the chamber was never cocked.

Went through a speaker, and then the wall. Was stopped from traveling across 2 other occupied rooms by a bathroom sink that seemed to lead based, and coated in porcelain. Left a nice dent in that. Was scared of that gun for a while after that, but kinda inferred my own ideas that a roomate that knew I was going to boot out soon probably cocked it, and was hoping for something. Seriously.

Glad everyone is ok. Always double and triple check!

 

[MarkDozier]

Use a bullet trap.when you clean the weapon. then you don't have a stupid discharge.
A 5 gallon bucket full of sand will work. And it will not go anywhere as it will be around 100 pounds. Put a lid on it and cut a small 4 or 5 inch hole in.

 

[LJ-MosinFreak-Buck]

Thanks for the advice guys, I'll definately be putting all of this infor into practice. However, I'm not going to let an incident deter me from anything, and it is still on my side loaded to capacity, round in the chamber and safety on. I definately have more respect for the pistol now.

 

[wvshooter]

Some people will say they are very safety conscious and will therefore never have an AD. I used to be one of those people before I had my own AD. I learned that I was being smug and unrealistic in thinking I was immune.

What I learned is that guns can be very dangerous at any time and especially when you least expect it. They require very careful handling at all times. Don't be like I was and be over confident. It can bite you real quick.

 

[LJ-MosinFreak-Buck]

I never assumed that I was immune to it, I just thought I was less prone. It just goes to show, no one is perfect, no matter how great you think you are.

 

[Manco]

I never assumed that I was immune to it, I just thought I was less prone. It just goes to show, no one is perfect, no matter how great you think you are.

That's right, and thanks for the reminder. Be sure to read every reminder that others post as well. I hope that I won't have to return the favor, but I will if something ever does happen and I live to tell about it.

 

[Ignition Override]

Glad nobody was hurt.

I tried the partially-engaged safety on my Enfield (.303) Jungle Carbine two days ago, but had it aimed about ten feet away onto the ground above the river.

Just wanted to try the trigger with the lever just a bit forward.
It only blasted sand all over two gun cases.

 

[gym]

Ok you put it out there so let me just add one thing to all the advice you already got. There is no reason to be playing with a gun at 2:30 AM. Your brain gets "burned out" as the day wears on, and usually if you are going to have an accident of any kind, it will happen late at night. Taking guns out of holsters and moving them around before retiring is a bad idea also. They should be loaded holstered and placed in their respective defensive positions earlier in the evening, or at least holstered so that they are not able to fall slip or hit the trigger, aside from someone picking up yous gun when your out of the room or your back is turned. Of course all this depends on your set up. But the worse thing you can do is to try to put your gun in its bedtime position with the lights low or off. Being married some of us can relate to this. The guns should be left alone when the body and mind are tired. All should be done earlier when you are alert. Glad you weren't hurt, don't forget that feeling when that sound went through your whole body, sometimes we take things for granted.

 

[LJ-MosinFreak-Buck]

Indeed, but I was wide away, as i had just woken up about 2 and a half hours earlier fully rested.

 

[hiker44]

Happy to hear there were no casualties! All it takes is one brain fart for stuff like that to happen. You will now remember to rack the slide -- two or three times -- and look into the chamber before you proceed. Thanks for sharing a story that could -- and can -- happen to anyone!

 

[-eaux-]

It was a negligent discharge, not accidental. Best to look at it that way as it was your fault, not the equipment's fault due to failure. I'm not criticizing, just stating the facts brother.

Not to beat a dead horse, but that was the defintion of a negligent discharge, NOT an accidental discharge. Very negligent, in no way accidental.
ok, down from the soapbox. If it's a lesson well-learned and no harm done, then thank Heaven and do not repeat. Sounds like you've taken a good lesson from it, good for you!

 

[dec41971]

When I was a new gun owner, I was scared of my gun. No kidding it took a lot to get over the fear of it going off by itself. In fact the first 2 weeks I owned my Beretta, I refrained from touching it at all! Apparently with good reason because as anal as I was with safety, (yes even more so than I am years later! - like overboard crazy about double and quadruple checks.) the damn gun did go off by itself!!! Yes it really did on one of my earlier trips to the range. Till this day I have not a clue what actually happened. In addition to my heart jumping into my mouth and back, all I remember was Bang, bang!!
No idea where the damn rounds went, and yes my hand was on the gun, but lucky me, I observed all safety rules and it was pointing in a safe direction. DA/SA Beretta fired itself twice in rapid succession without any deliberate action on my part. I have guesses as to what happened, but I still couldn't say. Years later, same gun has still not repeated said antics.

 

[ObsidianOne]

Thanks for being brave and sharing your story, glad to hear everyone is okay, and sorry about the mess you may have left in your pants
Maybe it's time to invest in some snap caps?

 

[Armored farmer]

nothing 'good' happens at 2:30 in the morning

That is one of my dad's sayings. I didn't like it when I was a teenager. I say it to my teenage boys all the time now.('cept I say midnite)

 

[LJ-MosinFreak-Buck]

This taughtme more about myself than i would think.I told my parents about it. They were'nt upset, because I did pay for and repair the damage, and that they were happy that I was taking my personal protection seriously enough... I work in a shadier part of town, so yeah.