How did your Unintentional Discharge happen?

[NMGonzo]

Never had one, but I don't shoot thousands of rounds a year.

 

[theotherwaldo]

Happened twice with a Norinco 213 that had a poorly installed interrupter spring. First time was a slam-fire which went into a 2x8 backed by concrete, second was a double-fire which went safely down-range.

 

[scott5]

Hello all,
I heard about some that I can talk about.
The first one, was the neghbor on the next block over had come home and left his 12 guage double in the back of his PU. he went to pull it out, barrell first and the trigger caught on something, and it was loaded.
When I got there a policeman was useing a garden hose to wash what was left down the block into the orchard.

Another time two guys were playing with a loaded Herders single action revolver in 357 mag. and left it on a bean bag chair. The next day one of the guys (forgetting about the revlolver) picked up the chair to refluff it and the revolver dropped from about waist high and landed on the hammer sending a round into the ceiling.

One of the ones that happened to me was I was shooting an M1 Garand at the range, and unbeknown to me, some internal parts were worn and it went full auto.
Another time I had a Para-Ordinance P14-45 and was changing parts and didn't get everthing back in the right place. I put the mag. in and dropped the slide and the hammer dropped without me touching the trigger. I glad I didn't put one or more in the mag. like I wanted to do.

 

[KevininPa]

I learned how smooth S&W triggers are on their revolvers. Let's leave it at that. No lives were lost and nobody was hurt. Lot's of embarrassment however. The wheelbarrow survived.

 

[randomRussianrifle]

I had a "went off" incident with a friend's old Star 1911 earlier this year. He had acquired the gun from another friend of his in well used but "fully functional" condition.

He had the gun for about 6 months when he decided he was finally interested enough to take it to the range so we went to a local indoor range to try it out. I looked the gun over and everything seemed to be working order so I handed it back to him and he proceeded to load it. For whatever reason, he then handed it back to me because he want to see me fire it first. Since I was unfamiliar with the firearm I then unloaded it and loaded 2 rounds into the mag. I turned down range, pulled the slide, released and immediately it jams without even fully chambering the round. I tried to release the mag and its jammed as well.

At this point I have a half chambered round and a stuck mag. I walked back to the tables (they have tables you can use as rests at this range) and tried to get the magazine out. At this point I realized the pressure from the slide was holding the magazine in place so I pulled the slide back, tilted the gun to the right and hit the mag release. I apparently didn't have a strong grip on the slide because the second I hit the mag release the first round ejected from the gun, the slide slipped and grabbed the second round, shoved it into the chamber and then fired. All of this with my fingers no where near the trigger.

After regaining my composure and checking to see if my friend was ok, I noticed a nice new hole in the table. As for the reason for the misfire, after further closer inspection I realized the firing pin was stuck in the "fire" position. I was very glad it only had 2 rounds in it as I don't think I was prepared to handle a gun going full auto on me at the time. My policy is now 1 round then 2 then a full mag in unfamiliar guns. As for the Star, it sits unrepaired in the corner of my friends basement.

 

[Extremely Pro Gun]

WOW lets just publish how unsafe we are. I hope no Antis see this!!!

I have never unintentionally fired a weapon. And dont ever plan on it.

 

[JohnKSa]

I think that it's critical that people (anti- or otherwise) to understand that nearly all unintentional discharges are easily preventable with proper education and proper gun handling.

I have never unintentionally fired a weapon. And dont ever plan on it.

Do you realize how humorously inane this assertion is?

First of all, clearly no one plans on unintentionally firing a weapon. So the fact that you don't ever plan on unintentionally firing a weapon makes you exactly like everyone else in the world.

Second, it's impossible. If one were actually crazy enough to plan on unintentionally firing a weapon it wouldn't be unintentional any more.

Finally, your whole post is an exercise in contradiction. By replying to the thread you bumped it back to the top of the subforum listing which will keep it active longer--an action that is antithetical to the main point of your post.

 

[Silvanus]

I was preparing my Browning HP to put it back into the safe. I took the magazine out, racked the slide to extract the chambered cartridge and tried to pull the trigger to decock. At that time the pistol still had the magazine safety (removed it after that incident, since I think it's a bad idea anyway) so I had to insert a magazine to pull the trigger. That is where I made a stupid mistake... I inserted the loaded magazine and out of habit racked the slide without even thinking about it. Of course when I pulled the trigger andI heard a bang (and nothing after that for a couple of minutes) instead of a click, I knew there was something wrong

I'd like to blame that stupid magazine safety for the discharge, but I know it was entirely my fault

This was the result: (I held the gun in safe direction, a wooden cupboard containing this axe )








On the sheath and on the blade itself you can see where the bullet hit the hatchet, but it broke in another place...

 

[RS14]

None yet, fortunately.

I read this tanker's account, and thought I would share it:

The last man on guard at night was supposed to make sure that all the ammunition was out of the guns. We were in Germany, I forget what part of Germany it was, but it was in the winter. Some of the houses only had a wall up, and the GIs put their bedrolls against the walls, to shield them from the cold.

In the morning I climbed up onto my tank, and my eye caught a glint of brass. I thought, "Who left the ammunition in the gun?"

I had gone into the tank to check on Little Joe. Little Joe is the motor that turns the turret. If you press your thumb on one side you start the machine gun, and if you hit the button on the other side, you fire the cannon.

I got in the tank and I saw that brass, so I removed the shell and I cleaned out the chamber, and then I threw the round back in.

Then I reached over to check on Little Joe, and when I did my hand came up, and I hit the button for the cannon.

The periscope was in front of me, and I saw the whole road blow up in front of the tank. I blew the whole goddamn road up. And I thought, "Oh my God, did I kill somebody?" That’s the first thing I thought about. So I reached up and I looked out. I didn’t see anybody walking around with no head on, and I felt good. I didn’t care what they did to me, I hadn’t killed anybody. And all of a sudden the company commander, the first sergeant, all the guys are walking up to that big hole that I made in the road, and I figured I’d better go face the music. So I walked up there, and I was just about to say, "Well, that’s the way the cookie crumbles," when the first sergeant says, "Jesus! I drove over this road three times this morning and that goddamn mine didn’t blow up!"

 

[RandomPerson]

A few years ago I was a DEA agent giving a lecture on gun safety in a school classroom. I had just finished saying "I'm the only one in this room professional enough that I know of to carry a glock 40" ...

Now I'm on youtube :banghead:


Joking aside, is there ever a reason aside from a malfunctioning gun that an accidental discharge occurs other than user stupidity? I'm still somewhat new and want to make safety the #1 personal goal in this hobby.

 

[JohnKSa]

The NRA has a complete list of safety rules. If you follow them it is extremely unlikely that you will ever have an unintentional discharge and just about impossible for you to ever injure anyone even if you do.

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

 

[JEB]

had one but the barrel was in a safe direction so i was covered. just scard the crap out of me!

 

[wishin]

Never......

 

[SSN Vet]

Wow!

Way to many ADs happening out there.

386 poll results already.

 

[Yarddog]

Never> I miss read,well did not read question just assumed how I thought ND happen ;
Y/D Sorry J-S You can scratch one of each : (

 

[Lakeshore]

If you're extremely lucky you'll get your unintentional discharge, a completely hamless one, out of the way early in your shooting career. I guarantee it will be a teachable moment that will greatly minimize the chance that it'll ever happen again.

Mine was at in indoor range shooting a .22 revolver years ago. Zoned out for a split second while I was bringing the gun on target and ricocheted one off the ceiling. Luckily no harm done. The experience was worth a million bucks because I think of it every time I hold a loaded weapon in my hands.

 

[2ndAmFan]

Murdered a perfectly good tool box when I pulled the trigger on an "unloaded" pistol after cleaning it. It was the first pistol I ever owned (Had owned a few revolvers but never a pistol) and I was just back from my first shooting session with it. I was careless, or really stupid is a better word for it. I had an empty mag and a full mag sitting next to each other and picked up the wrong one, put it in the gun, racked the slide and...Never made that mistake again. That was a good tool box too!

 

[double bogey]

1911 after trigger mod. Extremly light trigger, would double tap unintentional. Don't know if it was my inexperience with triggers, but I got the smith to make it harder. Years later I got a trigger gauge, new trigger was 3.75 lbs. I bet the 1st one was 2 or less. I have 2 rifles with 2lb triggers, and I won't let anyone else shoot them.

 

[Chas.]

Does BB gun count?

 

[CoRoMo]

Have a .22lr semi-auto rifle that will double on occasion because it is just so old and worn, there are a number of things wrong in that action.

I often like to try my Beretta 391 against three hand-tossed clays. I once got my finger in the trigger guard and pulled the trigger by accident, before I had the gun shouldered for the first clay. It went off in a safe direction though.

 

[NinjaFeint]

Never really had one. The closest I have come is not realizing how light the single action trigger on my GP100 was when I first got it. I had it on target and had just put my finger on the trigger to pull but it went off as soon as I put my finger up to it. No harm since I was on target and trying to shoot but it scared the crap out of me anyway as I was not expecting a bang yet.

 

[Clix]

The first time I used a set trigger it happened. The only time I've had a gun go bang not when I wanted.

It was pointed downrange, of course, but I did miss my target.

 

[nitetrane98]

When I saw the title I thought to myself, "This will be short and sweet, 'I pulled the trigger'".

I've actually had two in my life.

One was about 40 years ago with a Ruger Blackhawk .357 and the other about 1 year ago with a Browning HP.

Both came about while "playing" with the gun. I had just bought the Blackhawk and was loading, unloading, dry firing, loading, unloading, dry firing, loading, firing.... oops.

The BHP was basically the same deal. I had been working on it and finally got done with it and was checking the feeding by racking the slide with a mag full of FMJs. I did some reload drills and dry fire and then loaded up the mag and put it in the gun. Went to the bathroom, came back and proceded to put a round through the wall. Muzzle discipline saved the day in both instances.

That ought to about do it for me. If I can make it 40 years till the next one I'll be around 100. For now, though, no more dry fire with ammo around. Might think about making some dummies too.

 

[Madcap_Magician]

Kel-Tec P32. I racked the slide, ejected the round, and pulled the trigger. Neglected to drop the mag first.

It ended up buried in a wall I shared with a neighboring apartment. I told them two days later when they got back that I had an accident and put a hole in my wall, and could I look to make sure I didn't damage theirs?

Fortunately it didn't go through the wall.

I spackled over the hole and painted and my former landlord never noticed.

I learned:

1. Drop the damn magazine first.
2. You can fire a single shot inside a populated building in a city and nobody will notice.
3. Even a dinky little .32 is LOUD when fired in an enclosed space.
4. A .32 that won't go through a hollow wood door and two layers of drywall is probably not something I want to carry for self-defense.

 

[uspJ]

i've had one years ago with an ar. i dropped the mag and racked the bolt twice and pulled the trigger. the only thing i can think of is that i should have hit the forward assist to make sure the bolt locked up in the chamber. i know i should have double/triple checked the chamber before pulling the trigger. i ended up wounding the drawer of my nightstand. i've been a million times more cautious since the incident.