Tell Me About The Bloopers You Had While Carrying

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I carried a Kahr PM9 into a restaurant to eat. Had it in an Uncle Mike's holster kinda like thunderwear would hold a gun. I guess sitting down pushed the gun out of the holster enough that when I stood up to leave the gun fell out of the holster. I caught it under my shirt before it fell to the ground. I walked all the way out of the restaurant sort of half bent over holding the gun. I'm sure it looked like I had a problem of some sort.
 
was at a restaurant and after eating got up and left, my spare mag snagged the side of the booth and sort of tossed me to the side, it's happened before, not big deal.

So I get home and "unload" only to find myself short one magazine and carrier...

Call up the restaurant manager did you find a black leather mag carrier in a booth?

Can you describe it sir? Well, it's black, metal, and has lots of bullets in it...:rolleyes:

OH! THAT mag carrier...got ya...ya we got it. Went to pick it up the next day, different manager there.

I walk in an ask for the manager he comes up and I tell him I called last night and you are holding a carrier for me, should be a note on it with my name. He goes to the back and rummages around, comes out and carrier is wrapped up in a piece of paper with a rubber band around it. Say are you so and so? I say yup and as he pulls off the paper his eyes get real big. I says, "thanks" take it from him and away we go. He never spoke a word.
 
Nothing major but mildly embarrassing at the time - practising drawing from concealment (from a cheap clip-type IWB holster) and the whole holster came out with the draw, covering the pistol - to my friends' great enjoyment.

At least I learned at the range that those holsters suck, and not in the street. Never used one of those since ;)
 
I had to carry a silenced ruger around my girlfriend's apartment complex once and didn't have a bag or anything to put it in. The gun is like 14" long. I stuck it in my SOB waistband and had to walk to the car. I was walking like I had pooped in my pants, really awkward since the tip of the silencer was down on the back of my thigh. Bumped into like 5 people on the way to the car and they all stared at me.
 
I tend to keep my S&W airweight clipped in the center front of my pants with this spring steel clip that screws on under the grips. It keeps the butt of the gun behind my belt buckle. I"ll slide it out of the way while going to the restroom. this worked for years until the clip started to loosen a bit. I dropped the thing into the toilet a few times before I finally ought a new clip. The second time I was "in the middle" if you will. Hell of a way to treat a friend.
 
I've never dropped my gun into a toilet or other liquid vessel, but I've done that with my cell phone. I usually keep my phone in my car's center console cup holder. One day, a passenger put a cup of apple juice in the cup holder then forgot to take it with her when she left the vehicle. The next day, I got in the car and dropped my phone into its usual place out of habit. I heard a plop and looked over just in time to see my phone go completely submerged.
 
My XD has been dropped a couple of times.

Once we were at my inlaws and my wife went to retrieve my jacket.

I heard her grab hers then a muffled thump from the room followed by an oops.

I carry my gun in a fobus paddle holster and had slipped it off and folded it in my jacket.

She had dumped it on the floor.
 
How come nobody fesses up to dropping their gun in the toilet. We have one of these threads every other month and not one person has yet to fess up to dropping their piece in the crapper.

I KNOW someone here has done it.
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Never dropped my gun IN the toilet, but I happed dropped my gun whilst dropping the kids off at the proverbial pool.

This was about two weeks after I purchased my Sig P232. I was at work and nature beckoned. So, I went into a stall and thought it better to take my gun (in the holster) off of my belt and set it on top of the toliet paper dispenser, which had a flat top. I thought this would be better than someone in the next stall potentially seeing my gun, since carrying or mere possesion in a vehicle was against our company's policy.

Well, a funny thing happened. Have you ever had one of those moments on the toilet where you have to hold on to somethig because you swear you are about to go into death throes? This was one of those moments. I must have eaten a Hot Pocket or too much dairy or bratwurst. Anyway, I instinctively swung my arm out to grab onto the toilet paper holder thingy and knocked my gun and holster off. Keep in mind that this is a new gun that I am not 100% comfortable with just yet, but has a round chambered. It dropped right on the hammer. Thank goodness for the firing pin block.
 
Glock 26 in a cheap IWB under my windbreaker. Pulled the starter cord to start a generator with a few friends standing around. One good yank and the motor did not start but I heard a thud on the ground behind me. Glock in holster plopped right on the ground behind me. NO MORE CHEAPO IWBs.

Glock 26 in shoulder holster under a bulky sweater in shopping center parking lot. Can't remember what I did but the gun came out of the holster, slid down my chest under my shirt and then hit the ground with a clatter. NO MORE CHEAP SHOULDER HOLSTERS.

Kahr PM9 in synagogue in quality IWB w/o thumb break under knit vest under suit jacket. Pinky mag extension catches on vest. Thunk! - my PM9 is now sitting on the carpeted floor in front of me. I quickly reach down and stick it in my arm pit but not before the men sitting on either side of me see it and laugh. One says matter of factly, "wardrobe malfunction?" I must have turned red as a beet. NO MORE HOLSTERS WITHOUT THUMB BREAK OR OTHER MEANS TO SECURE THE GUN.
 
The only thing that happen to me is..... I was at a busy computer store with my 4 year old daughter and out of nowhere she lifts up my shirt and asks very loudly, "Dad, are you carrying your gun". It was kinda funny after we left :)


Bri
 
Well, I've had a .38 snub come out of its ankle holster a couple of times, or the entire holster come off...once had a S&W M 39 bounce out of its unstrapped holster while I chased a drunk(forgot to snap back in after taking it out when a redneck threateded to shoot me and my partner). Once forgot I had put a snubbie in my waistband, and it slid thru my pants leg all the way out and onto the floor of the restaurant where I was en route to the men's room. I picked it up without missing a stride, and neither I nor anyone else said anything.
 
Once while shopping a VERY pretty lady managed to spill the entire contents of her purse. I immediately bent over to help her, my H&K USPc came clattering out....:uhoh: She politely picked it up and handed it to me. I strapped it back into place quickly and finished helping her. She then, without missing a beat, asked me if I would like to get some coffee. What an awsome woman! I then found out she was a wolf in sheeps clothing also! I never noticed her purse was a carry purse!
All's well that ends well.
-bix
 
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from USAToday...

Monday, January 21

Fargo, ND - Police reports say a Cass County deputy who accidentally fired his handgun in a courthouse restroom had hung the weapon by its trigger guard on a coat hook inside a stall. The reports say the gun caught on the hook and discharged into the ceiling when Sheriff's Detective Dean Wawers went to retrieve it. No one was hurt, and Wawers was not charged.

:rolleyes:


The real question is: Why wasn't he charged with negligence ?:confused:
 
I was on the job one day helping out a contractor finish up for the weekend. I was in the same room with him putting up my tools.
He say "hey Hunter what is with the pistol?". I looked down and saw my shirt had rode up and then at him and said "it is for when I don't get paid."
We both had a laugh.
 
There's actually a few other threads on the topic, but I'm too lazy to search for them.

Anyway, I had just started carrying my CZ 75 in a leather OWB open top. Went to pick up some ice cream off a lower shelf in the grocery store, thing slipped right out and skidded across the floor.

Fortunately nobody was in the aisle at the time, but sure did make a racket.

More recently I fired a round out of my Sig 220, holstered it...and three hours later discovered I hadn't decocked the sucker.

The real question is: Why wasn't he charged with negligence
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Police are above the law.
 
My S&W Ti Airweight fell out of it's holster (strapped to my ankle) at a credit union once. I discreetly put my foot over the gun, told my accomplice what happened and when the time was right picked it up and slipped it into my pocket.

I must have put it in the pouch incorrectly or something, it remained in the holster for a 10 mile drive and the walk into the credit union then popped right out.

As far as I know I am not being looked for.:)
 
As long as all are 'fessing up.
My wife and I were checking into a hotel in downdown town Indy and I bent over to pick up the key/card, which I had dropped, my .38 S&W came out of my inside coat pocket which was folded up in my arms (I thought) and at the feet of a lady with two kids.
I think she was so shocked, she couldn't speak and I was so embare-assed I couldn't!
 
How come nobody fesses up to dropping their gun in the toilet. We have one of these threads every other month and not one person has yet to fess up to dropping their piece in the crapper.

I KNOW someone here has done it.
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I recall reading a story, possibly on THR, about an LEO who set his piece on the toilet tank. When he finished his business he grasped at it but it slipped on the slick porcelan surface and headed for the drink. He instinctively grabbed at it, and was successful in catching the gun before it went splash. But he also grabbed the trigger and blew that pottie to pieces!

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As for me, no bloopers yet. When I carry my 642 IWB, I use a cheap Uncle Mikes holster. You know, the ones with the plastic clip. Anyway, I'd read enough of other people's bloopers where the clip becomes brittle and snaps, so I now secure the holster with a safety pin to my pants. If the clip snaps, the gun and holster should stay in place.
 
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Why no "toilet" stories? BECAUSE I JUST NOW FINISHED READING THE WHOLE THREAD!!!:neener:

I was using an El cheapo IWB. As I finished my business, my snub flopped out and into the bowl.:uhoh: Fortunately, I had already flushed.:rolleyes:
 
Many Year ago...before concealed carry

Back then, it was only a slap on the wrist if you got caught carrying...

Was in a waiting area of a business waiting to meet with someone and sat down and crossed my legs. I was carrying a .25 in an ankle holster...Yup, it decided to slide out and clanked on the floor. Fortunately I snatched it up before anyone noticed...:uhoh:
 
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When I carry my 642 IWB, I use a cheap Uncle Mikes holster. You know, the ones with the plastic clip. Anyway, I'd read enough of other people's bloopers where the clip becomes brittle and snaps, so I now secure the holster with a safety pin to my pants. If the clip snaps, the gun and holster should stay in place.
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Ironically enough, guess what happened yesterday? Yup, I snagged the holster clip on an armrest and snapped it.

FYI, the safety pin did it's job!
 
My worst was at the mall...had my 1911 in a IWB. I had a shirt that normally covered it fine. The girl I was shoping with/for asked for an item that was hung pretty high and with my height was easily accessable (I'm just under 6'5) I reached for it and my shirt rode up exposing my gun to the clerk (whom I didn't even know was watching) well we continued to shop...about 10 minutes later a plain clothes cop came up behind me and said "Nice gun, young man" I spun around with my hand going to the draw position on instinct (didn't actually get my hand on the gun before I saw his badge on his belt) but I scared him half to death as he didn't even get his hands moved before I had already relaxed. He asked for my CCW and gave me a bit of hassle and such then moved on.
 
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