Most embarassing firearm purchase, experience, etc.

[44Magnum]

Okay, here's mine. When I was a new shooter I had an older friend (the guy was in his 60's and I was 19) that showed me his single action revolver. He quickly flipped open the gate, went to half cock, and checked the cylinder for empty. He handed it back with the loading gate closed. I knew it was proper etiquette to check the weapon yourself, so I opened the gate and tried to turn the cylinder. Of course, it wouldn't move because I hadn't noticed that you had to go to half cock. I just stood there looking at it like a dummy. I couldn't ask for help. I was a teenager, and therefore knew how to do everything. After what seemed like a nervous eternity I handed it back. I looked up at his face and we both broke out laughing at the same time.

You know, come to think of it I always had more old friends as a kid than other kids my age. Strange.

 

[MikePGS]

A buddy and I were at the local shooting range. I was renting something (can't remember what) and he was trying to sight in his new savage .30-06. The only other rifle I had ever fired before was a .22 lr, though I fired my shotgun pretty frequently. Anyways, I put the gun up to my shoulder, looked carefully through the scope, and leaned in just to where my safety glasses were touching it. Needless to say I was in for a nasty surprised when it recoiled (not as bad as I thought it would be, but still dumb of me to have my glasses so close). Awkwardly, i made a dash out to the bathroom to get something to mop up the steady trickle of blood coming out of my forehead (still have a scar, just a little one though) and one of the employees of the store came in looking horrified and asking if I was ok. Of course, when I sheepishly explained what happened, I can only imagine that he had a great deal of difficulty keeping a straight face.

 

[craig]

i learned that beretta mags will NOT fit in a cz 75 no matter how hard you try, or how much you cuss those cheap mags you bought.

 

[devilc]

I am not ashamed of any of my guns.
I have some doosies too.
Taurus M17 in .17HMR
Walther G22
Cobray M11
And that's just the beginning.

 

[Aren't we all]

Once I was browsing at a gunshop and another customer is talking to the owner at the counter, he is looking at a Colt 1911A1 and he asks if he could dry fire it with snap caps. The owner of course appreciates the snap caps and says yes, so he chambers it and pulls the trigger. BOOM! the colt goes off blowing apart the glass counter and permanently destroyed a Walther P38. The owner was mad, to say the least. It was pretty embarassing when the cops showed up.
I, am glad to say I have done nothing that bad yet.

Marsh

 

[BADUNAME37]

Snap Caps my Britches!

LOL

That was good (bad)!

 

[hadmanysons]

Kel-Tec P-11 9mm, worked better as a paper weight

 

[hostilecrab]

Two experiences.

One. Went in to sporting goods shop to go buy some ammo. Picked up a couple of boxes and was ready to head over to checkout counter. One of the boxes slipped out of my hands and hit the ground. All of this happened right in front of a bunch of guys behind the gun counter. (Big Sigh) Whenever I buy any ammo now, I use a cart or find a box to put them in.

Two. When buying my AR, the shop owner was attempting to show me how to operate and basic field stripping. Chamber flag plastic thingy was still in the chamber. The owner tried to open the upper from lower, but couldn't, until I pointed out that maybe it might have something to do with the chamber flag. Both of us just laughed.

 

[jgorniak]

First time shooting in years, went to the range with some friends. I had just got a S&W 9mm Sigma and was really going to town. One friend offered to let me shoot his P3AT, less than half of the S&W's size. Using about the same grip, that Kel-Tec's slide bit me HARD on the knuckle of my thumb. Lots of blood, even more embarassment.

To make sure no one else suffered such a fate, I bought it from him.

Carry it daily.

 

[scythefwd]

Watched my old man shoot a 410 derringer. After he shot, he turned around, bent over, and picked the gun back up.

Had a friend I was shooting with (me, my wife, and about 4 of his friends as well) and he forgot to take the safety off of his 9mm before pulling the trigger. Gun must have been silenced because his hands jerked up about 3 inches but there wasn't any noise what so ever (and he turned just a bit red). I think I mentioned that he "might have a little bit of a flinch there".

 

[johncantiusgarand]

I was 18 and wanting a rifle. At the local gunshop was a M1 Garand. I asked to see it, he kicked the bolt open and handed it to me. I had never held one. The bolt wouldn't close so I poked around in the inside of it with my finger .... OOOWWWW !!!!

Funny, I did almost exactly the same thing when I examined my first Garand. Except it was I who locked the bolt to the rear. I was reflecting light off my pinkie fingernail at the breech while I looked down the muzzle to check the bore. Turned out the bolt wasn't actually locked to the rear--just resting against the angled rear edge of the follower. The bolt let go while my pinkie was still in the way. I lost all immediate interest in that Garand. OOOWWW!!! My finger was still throbbing about two hours later, so I decided that if I was going to hurt that much, I might as well have something good to show for it. I went back to the gun store and bought that Garand.

 

[expvideo]

-Phoenix Raven .25 auto for $75
-Clear/Smoke Promag AK mags 4/$49.99

 

[22lr]

I bought a .410 single shot shotgun. Had no use for it, but got a killer deal on it. I traded it for a pistol and made a $100 out of the deal so it had a happy ending at least.

 

[BHP FAN]

Bought a original Colt .41 #1 pattern derringer,in shootable condition for fifty bucks.Got rid of it about a year later because I couldn't find any ammo.Got $200.00 for it.Thought I did real well.Gun's ACTUAL value,at the time? EIGHT to TWELVE HUNDERED DOLLARS! Sigh...

 

[ZeroCool]

Had just received my first pistol (Walther P99 - 9mm) and was still living at my parents house at the time. My mom was very anti-gun and it took me and my Dad forever to convince her that it was ok to have a pistol in the house.

Loving every second of holding that Walther, I played with it constantly. One time while on the "throne", I was practicing loading/unloading magazines. I accidentally dropped a single WWB 9mm round and of course it ended up in the drink. I heard the splash but couldnt see the round and I damn sure wasnt going to go fishing for it. I flushed the toilet and thought that was the end of it.

About 3 days later I woke up to my mom yelling at me at the foot of my bed. The 9mm round was in the bottom of the toilet ! I honestly dont know how it happened; that toilet must have been flushed at least 20 times between the time I dropped it and the time it resurfaced. Needless to say I was forced to fish it out.

The best part of the story is that I fired that round at my next range session. It was noticeably darker than the rest but fired/fed just fine after being submerged for 3 days.

 

[Huddog]

Dropped 2 .38 rounds down a sink and had to disassemble the trap to get them out. I also ask for and received an AR-7 for christmas one year.

 

[BBQJOE]

First time firing a 44 mag. My buddy loaded it, and handed it to me.
The first shot, KABOOM! I managed to keep a hold of the gun, but the recoil sent my arms into the air.
Second shot, KABOOM! Same thing.
Third shot, my arms again went up in the air, as the gun went click.

Yeah, funny guy. Only put in five rounds, then spun the barrel.

 

[NCSUPackman]

I also lost the recoil spring to a 1911. I was field stripping/cleaning my Kimber TLE and the wrench slipped and I watched that spring go over the back fence; never found it and I had to buy another one.

I was explaining why I had to buy a new recoil sping at my local shop and an old timer said that most people do that once. Then added "At least to didn't hit yourself in the eye!"

 

[WNTFW]

When I was a kid my dad fooled with Milsurp stuff. I always saw new guns packed in comso. One day I buy my first real NIB gun. When it comes in I get a call & I went to go pick it up. I ask the guy (who I knew) at the gun store if the gun was new. He looks at me like I'm a bit off. So I say why isn't it packed in cosmoline. Turns out he knew nothing about cosmoline.

Sounds like a 2 for 1 special. We both learned something. Both of our dads had a good laugh.

 

[redfireftr]

The first time I handled a pistol I suffered from slide bite. It was a S&W 9mm but I forget the model.

Another incident, I was at the range with my boss and had not shot pistols much at this time and after I shot 2 mags with his P226 .40 he pulled the target towards us and counted the holes and there were a few missing... It was embarassing at the time but since then I made it a priority to get out to the range more often.

 

[zammyman]

Was work on the action of a Yugo SKS, slammed it closed on my finger... didn't feel too good.

 

[Sinixstar]

Mine happened at a very young age.
I was around 12 or so, at boyscout camp. Went down to the rifle range with a couple fellow campers. Being one of the only ones with any shooting experience, and being only 12 - naturally I was bragging a bit on the way.
Get there - pretty basic set-up for that kinda situation. Simple Bolt Action .22's with peep sights. I detest peep sights.

Anyways - my group's turn to shoot, get to the line, go through the procedure, shoot our 5 rounds.
Walk down to get my target and gloat to my friends, and - what the hell? There's no holes ANYWHERE on my paper. It's 30 yards, how could I miss?!?!
Kid next to me? "why do i have 10 holes on my target!?!?!"

Needless to say, I didn't impress anyone.

 

[Mach2]

I was about 5 yrs old. My dad brought home a deactivated 50 cal bullet with holes in the casing so nobody could mistake it for live. Turns out the holes were the same size as a 22short I had found. I tried to hammer the 22s into the hole of the 50 cal casing and bam! The 22s bullet went through the skin of my left index finger. Bled like heck. I've been more careful around ammo ever since.

 

[rjewell]

One time was out at the range and i was firing my glock 27 at the time and i heard a little scream next to me, apperently my shell casing went down the girls shirt that was firing next to me.....

And every time i go to the gun store its kind of embarrasing because i guess of my "shakey" back ground, i always get put on a 5 day hold..

 

[Grizfire]

There's no holes ANYWHERE on my paper. It's 30 yards, how could I miss?!?!
Kid next to me? "why do i have 10 holes on my target!?!?!"

At least you hit what you were aiming at. My embarrassing moments are usually the other way around.