What is the single stupidest thing you have done with a gun

[tex_n_cal]

I think animal is the winner so far...

Me I was cleaning my 10/22 after letting a friend shoot it - she had left a live round in the chamber with the safety off. I don't even remember touching the trigger when it when off, ruining a bookcase. The cat was not seen for two days. Should have checked it before closing the case leaving the range.

I failed to buy an HK91 for $450. I also failed to trade for an Uzi (semi auto) which would have cost me about $250. The profits would have funded a lot of other things.

 

[aguyindallas]

Bought it in California!

 

[Roadkill]

At the tender age of eighteen I decided to dismount my tank, leave the security of of a 90mm cannnon and five machine guns, and chase an "unarmed " VC through a rubber plantation in Cambodia. I had an Ithaca 12 ga pump. Well, he wasn't unarmed. I fired once, missed, and all his friends said hello with AKs. Then all my friends returned the greeting with their hardware. I literally crawled up into my helmet. Never left the tank again. Took showers on the deck in the rain, took a dump off the rear, slept on the deck or underneath it, ate in the gunner's seat, and peed in a coffe can. I traded the 12ga for a M16.

rk

 

[Barbara]

Today, I sat my gun on top of my open purse on the seat of my van and forgot about it, and went through the drive through at the Tasty-Freeze. Not illegal and not dangerous, but stupid. The woman at the window could not have avoided seeing it, but she didn't bat an eye. Guess she thought an armed robber woudn't order a tangerine glacier to go?

 

[joe sixpack]

She was just happy that you came forward with the cash when picking up
your order.

cheers, ab

 

[Amish_Bill]

... bought it...

.... then another.....

.... and another.....

... even though I really didn't think I really wanted it.... ok, them....

 

[RRTX]

Fired a couple hundred rounds from inside a bunker with an M249 while not wearing hearing protection. Needless to say my ears rang for several days afterwards

 

[Black Majik]

This guy takes the cake

Got a Light?

 

[GEM]

I went out into the Hill Country to a friend's place. He carried a Winchester 1300 Defender with a pistol grip. He shot it from the hip. I never liked the idea of not having a sight picture so I raised it to eye level to fire a round. I ate the gun. Not ready for that recoil. Big split lip, blood, etc.

I did not cry, nor fall down. I was cured by sitting in the shade with some Shiner Bock beer for an hour or two and then we went out hunting for Jack rabbits.

I am a firm believer in shotguns with full stocks.

 

[birddog]

In 1997 on a bear hunt, I killed a nice black bear in an extremely remote location in Maine. Unloaded my gun, climbed down from my stand, re-loaded and approached the bear. Bear was d-e-d, dead. My heart was still pounding, I was excited (this will come into play in a moment). After field dressing the bear, I hiked the 200 yards down to the river to get the boat so I could cross the river and notify the friend I was hunting with that I needed help getting the bear out. A thunderstorm was approaching, and I was apprehensive about the timing of getting him, and getting back across to get the bear out. I dropped the magazine from my rifle (Winchester 70, 30-06), swear that I ejected the round in the chamber and -- for some reason -- pointed the rifle in a safe direction & downward, and pulled the trigger to drop the hammer on the empty chamber.

BOOM. I almost dropped the rifle.

Worse than this, there was a raft full of whitewhater enthusiasts approaching from upriver.

Ashamed, I hid in the bushes.

Never did tell my friend about this. I was, however, thankful that I didn't shoot a hole in the boat, or I might still be there.

Never did anything like it before or since, but it's been 7 years and I still shudder to think about it.

 

[grislyatoms]

Knocked my SA Champion off the bar between the kitchen and living room one night... twice.

The butt was sticking off the edge just a hair, I was watching t.v. and ran into the kitchen real quick to check the dinner and bumped it. Onto the floor it went.

Checked it out, looks o.k. so I'm thinking, "Let me clean some of this crap off the bar", and put the pistol down on the bar. Picked up some papers, and dink, I knocked it off again. This time it landed on the rear sight and knocked it out of alignment.

Took it to the 'smith, he said "It's just fine."

BTW, it was C&L the whole time.

P.S. And no, I am not a klutz.