walking arsenal
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Ok, so here it goes. First off let me start by saying "I am a human being, and human beings make mistakes'. This particular mistake ended with me blowing up two porcelain dinner plates in my sink, and sending myself into a cartiac event. heres the story, i will point out the mistakes as i go. One day i decided i needed a new carry peice so i went down to the local gun shop and bought (actually dad bought it cause i wasnt 21 at the time, state law said you could carry at 18 but not buy the gun or ammo, go figure) a S&W 9ve, a fobus holster, and some pmc ball ammo. MISTAKE NUMBER ONE: 125 GRN BALL AMMO. MISTAKE TWO: i then loaded it in the shop, dropped it into the holster and left without proving to myself that the weapon wasnt a dud or getting proficient with it. i then went back to my one room apt and while sitting at my kitchen table unholstered the gun to have a look at it. I drop the mag unload it (and the gun) and put the spare mag (still loaded) on the table next to the empty. i then proceed to strip the pistol down, the process is similar in the take down method of a glock. drop mag, rack slide, squeeze trigger, pull back slide slightly, flip lever, remove slide (repeat until you can do it in your sleep) IMPORTANT!! up until then i had been carrying a taurus .38 special revolver. anyhoo, after 5 repititions of this i decide if had enough but decide to do it once more, as near as i figure here is what happened, throughout the whole thing i had been going through the strip procedure entirly INCLUDING dropping and reinserting the mag. heres where i go into a little more detail to magnify my momentary bout of idiocy.
1. i pick up the loaded mag and put it in the gun.
2. i grasp the gun with my right and and place my left on the slide and rack the slide by pushing it back with my left hand.
3. i release the slide, loading a round.
4. with both hands still on the gun (right on grip, left on slide) i squeeze the trigger.
5. gun goes BLAAAAMMMMM!!!!!!! bullet exits muzzle, flys under my left elbow, travels five feet to my sink, vaporizes one plate (think death star and alderan) and shatters a second, jacket seperates from bullet and flys past my face along with peices of dishwear and strikes the window curtain 6 feet behind me, the bullet lead with all its energy spent on the plates bounces off my leg and lands on the floor a couple feet away (i dont notice this) my ears ring.
7. i do this
and assume i just blasted my neighbor who just came over here from bohemia. failing to look for a hole in the wall first i run to his apartment and hammer his door with fists and feet. he's fine and wondering why im pounding on his door, he didnt hear the shot.
8. i explain, he nods, calms me down and sends me back to my apartment with a cup of herbal tea. to be continued
1. i pick up the loaded mag and put it in the gun.
2. i grasp the gun with my right and and place my left on the slide and rack the slide by pushing it back with my left hand.
3. i release the slide, loading a round.
4. with both hands still on the gun (right on grip, left on slide) i squeeze the trigger.
5. gun goes BLAAAAMMMMM!!!!!!! bullet exits muzzle, flys under my left elbow, travels five feet to my sink, vaporizes one plate (think death star and alderan) and shatters a second, jacket seperates from bullet and flys past my face along with peices of dishwear and strikes the window curtain 6 feet behind me, the bullet lead with all its energy spent on the plates bounces off my leg and lands on the floor a couple feet away (i dont notice this) my ears ring.
7. i do this
and assume i just blasted my neighbor who just came over here from bohemia. failing to look for a hole in the wall first i run to his apartment and hammer his door with fists and feet. he's fine and wondering why im pounding on his door, he didnt hear the shot. 8. i explain, he nods, calms me down and sends me back to my apartment with a cup of herbal tea.
to be continued
On a serious note glad your all right
I learned many lessons.