My first AD or why I feel like an idiot

[KBintheSLC]

I would not have called the cops to report it unless you believe it may have entered a neighbors home. Judging by the angle you described, that sounds unlikely. Second, 911 is for life-threatening emergencies only. Unless the bullet hit someone in your house, you really should just call the police dispatch number. 911 lines are clogged up enough as it is.

 

[Justin]

The real lesson: There are only 2 kinds of shooters; those who have had anAD, and those who WILL.

I submit that there is a third sort of shooter. The kind of shooter who follows the safety rules and therefore hasn't and won't have an ND.

 

[Radium]

I submit that there is a third sort of shooter. The kind of shooter who follows the safety rules and therefore hasn't and won't have an ND.

u maybe wont have a ND but u still might have a AD even if ur safe.

 

[Justin]

There's a difference between a failure that happens as a result of poor gun handling vs. one that results from a mechanical issue.

The responsibility is the same for the shooter in any case, which is why it's important to observe the safety rules. Even in the event of a mechanical failure, proper safety procedures will keep you from accidentally drilling your neighbor's kid.

 

[gym]

I have been loading and unloading hundreds of guns over 50 years, "i'm 62", and never once had a discharge in an auto handgun. "I hope I don't jinx myself", but it's a pretty simple thing to do, and in my head, you really have to be negligant to have it happen, "and I mean no disrespect". But when you are handeling a weapon, that should be the only thing you are doing, and the only thing on your mind. Your hand should be placed away from the trigger or controls, "unless it'd to decock or allow the slide to come down, "which I for one never let slam down in the house". I don't do that on any gun unless it's being shot at the proper place. When I do load or disengage or engage a safety,or slide, it's pointed down, I am in an exterior walled room, and there is nothing behind that wall I can accidentally shoot if it penetrates the concrete block, "other house was wood frame, same deal. The wost that can happen is it bounced off the floor and hit the wall. This really comes down to basic gun handeling. Most folks just never had the basics or this type of thing would not happen. I think this hobby just became very popular in a short time, "less than 10 years". Before that it was just more or less gun people who were engaged with the sport, other than hunters and bird shooters. There weren't a lot of pistol shooters, because they were so restricted. Now things have changed, women kids young and old, "which is great", but they never got the foundation that some of us old timers got. An accident can happen to anyone, but the less you mess with your handguns in the house, the better off you will be. I watch these shows, or videos on utube, where the girlfriend is shooting a 45, or a 12 gauge, as her first shooting experience, or some fat kid on utube is trying to turn his sigma into a machine pistol, using his thumb and belt loop, and it just verifies my thoughts on where society is headed. I think we should reinstitute the draft, lol

 

[lbmii]

Is it not possible that the firing pin moved forward and struck the primer when the slide slammed shut? Or an improperly seated primer?

I would look at the spent shell casing and see if the primer strike dimple looks normal.

 

[rainbowbob]

If you had an ND on a 1911 while chambering a round, the best odds are you inadvertently tripped the bang switch with your bugger hook.

With all due respect RC...I think you meant "booger" hook.

Otherwise, that sounds like a pretty definitive explanation to me.

 

[Redtail]

That's why it's very important to do a function check after cleaning firearms and not to load live rounds right after cleaning.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4wPgoBoycI