How did your Unintentional Discharge happen?

[wannabeagunsmith]

I thought the 10/22 was jamed but turns out I was rapid firing so fast, I pulled the trigger before it fed another round to the chamber. I dropped the mag, and without thinking pulled the trigger, 'just to see' and sent one round skyward. Stupid me.

 

[orionengnr]

Rule 2 is VERY important. More than 80% of negligent discharges could be eliminated if people would keep their fingers off the trigger when not shooting.

I am guessing you meant Rule #3...


The part I am really blown away by (apart from the serial thread necrophelia 2004...2007..20008...2010..2011...2012) is the chronic misunderstanding of the difference between an AD and an ND.

 

[JohnKSa]

Yeah, I was REALLY trying to avoid that useless merry-go-round by calling them all unintentional discharges. Unfortunately when it gets down to condensing the results, it's important to point out the difference because the way you avoid discharges is different depending on whether you're trying to prevent ADs or NDs.

Nope, I meant Rule 2. (We're probably talking about a different rule set.)

http://www.nrahq.org/education/guide.asp

The fundamental NRA rules for safe gun handling are:

1. ALWAYS keep the gun pointed in a safe direction.
This is the primary rule of gun safety. A safe direction means that the gun is pointed so that even if it were to go off it would not cause injury or damage. The key to this rule is to control where the muzzle or front end of the barrel is pointed at all times. Common sense dictates the safest direction, depending on different circumstances.

2. ALWAYS keep your finger off the trigger until ready to shoot.
When holding a gun, rest your finger on the trigger guard or along the side of the gun. Until you are actually ready to fire, do not touch the trigger.


3. ALWAYS keep the gun unloaded until ready to use.
Whenever you pick up a gun, immediately engage the safety device if possible, and, if the gun has a magazine, remove it before opening the action and looking into the chamber(s) which should be clear of ammunition. If you do not know how to open the action or inspect the chamber(s), leave the gun alone and get help from someone who does.​

 

[tyeo098]

I voted for a buddy of mine (doesn't frequent this forum for some reason).

Anyway, we were living together during college, and I come home one day and see a huge crack in the big bay window above the stairs, he was at school so I waited for him to come home and asked him if that crack had always been there, he said he had an 'incident' with his CZ-75B Omega about dropping the hammer too fast to decock it.

Went through THREE interior walls before bouncing off the stairwell and out the front window.

CZ-75B Omega loaded with a Winchester Ranger Bonded 9mm.

 

[DeepSouth]

I had an AK slamfire on me, but I claim full responsibility as I had never cleaned the gun, ever. It had several thousand rounds of dirty, cheap, ammo through it and it was 3-4 years old. I believe that resulted in the firing pin not being as free as it should be. Then when I snatched the cocking lever back and just released it......Bang. Fortunately the gun was pointed at the ground about 5 feet in front of me, bullet went in the ground and no big deal other than the crap in my pants and everyone looking at me like I was an idiot.

Like I said, my fault due to improper maintenance. It turns out you DO have to clean an AK.

 

[Pacsd]

During my 12 years as a 1st Sgt I've intentionaly initiated discharges for several "no loads", "duds", "slow leaks" and squibs.

 

[alex4922]

Some ADs and NDs are funny or simply provoke thoughtful reflection. The one that will stick in my mind forever was when I worked as an ER tech years ago.

The local private ambulance service was manned by a good ol group of guys. They had a pinball machine in their quarters, loved to joke around and all in all were a lot of fun. We served a largely urban area with some rather tough dudes who were not adverse to doing a number on anyone..EMT, LEO or just Joe Blow. Some of the EMTs carried for self protection. Well, one slow night two of the ambulance crew decided to play quick draw with their unloaded guns. Bang!.. I got you. No you didn't, I was first. Get the picture.

The EMT was obviously beyond hope. The .44 hole next to his left eye was really sad. The xray of his head looked like a clear night sky with millions of stars. I hope his soul flew softly into that good night.

Be Safe, A

 

[wiringlunatic]

I was going to get the rabbit that kept eating our garden (despite the fact that we lived in town when I was late teens/early 20's so I loaded up dad's old Benjamin 312 .22 pellet gun and went after it. Don't remember exactly what happened, but as I stepped off the back porch with the gun pointed in the air, it went off. I learned to respect that very light trigger. I launched a lead pellet over some houses and hopefully it traveled far enough to get out of town -- never heard about anyone getting hurt. Also had an "almost" when I was hunting with a Rickard 12 ga side-by-side that was my grandfather's and went to reload it. I was cocking the hammer and my thumb slipped off. I nearly had a heart attack, but I realized that a "half cock safety" really is a safety (I previously had seen little use for it) Fortunately it worked on that gun despite being probably 75+ years old. I was holding it in my lap, so the recoil would have done a bit of damage to my hand as the hammers caught me had it gone off.

Btw, to the guy who asked if we drop our babies too -- yes, as a matter of fact I have. I tripped over a box fan and dropped my son into a hamper full of clothes on his first birthday. Accidents do happen, we just need to be as careful as possible to prevent them and/or minimize the damages.

 

[Serenity]

Well I'm glad this got bumped forward. I've read every post and I'm going to have the Boy read them tomorrow. There have been several due to oily digits slipping; that's alarming.

We only shoot at a range so at home the guns and ammo are never out at the same time. I think I'm going to get some of the dummy rounds to practice drawing with after reading this (for steel matches).

Thank you all for "fessing up" so that the rest of us can learn!

 

[Bobson]

Sorry to say mine was one of the "(thought gun was unloaded)" NDs, about 12 years ago. Negligence, plain and simple.

Shotgun. Blowing smoke from the barrel "Wild-West style." I was about 1.5 inches from blowing my head off in front of my little brother.

Happy to be alive to say that's a mistake I'll never make again. Every gun really is loaded.

 

[wiringlunatic]

ok Bobson, that had to be LOUD

 

[Bobson]

Honestly don't remember being fazed by the sound. Truth is I nearly soiled myself. I was still shaking an hour later.

 

[Fanky]

I was shooting my SAA clone in .44 Magnum for the first time at the range. I was getting used to the rolling action of cocking it for the next shot, when my trigger finger made its way in before I was anticipating it. Someone must have re-worked the trigger on it at one point, because it's a really slick and light pull. The gun went bang before I was anticipating it. Luckily for me, it was pointed at the target at the time. Still the only dead-center bullseye I've managed to get with that gun so far... Since then, I've made it a habit to put my trigger finger outside the guard before I go to re-cock it.

 

[devans0]

I won't count this in the poll, but had a new-to-me rifle, aimed, started to pull the trigger and was surprised at how light a superb quality double stage trigger could be set.