Whats you Worse AD/ND story

[RevolverMan567]

So i was just curious. Ill start:

I was cleaning my first glock and my second Hand gun and i racked the slide and made the mistake of doing so BEFORE i dropped the mag. I have been around and been using my and others firearms since i Was 6. But this time i was just being sloppy and will never forget it. After racking the slide and releasing it i dropped the mag and reached down to hold down the release pins. then I pulled the trigger to release the Slide. BOOM! and with that a .357 sig Hollow point went tearing through My hand and the mangled mess was more than I care to recall or recount. The flash and sound were more than i could have imagined and believe it or not there was no pain for about 30 minutes. I guess the Shock. I can tell you however that a 357 sig round can do alot of damage and the only thing that probably saved me alot of trouble was that the muzzle flash cauterized the vast majority of the wound.


So lesson learned...no matter how i feel about my ability and skill with firearms I know that mistakes happen and it was MY negligence and not the Guns fault.

 

[dawgtraxx]

Holy Cow!!.... just goes to prove that no matter how experienced..just get distracted or let your guard down once..that's all it takes..glad youre okay.. could have been worse

 

[.cheese.]

revolverman567 - you win

that story pretty much takes the cake and the ribbon

I'll wager more people here have had an AD than care to admit.

Mine I'm pretty sure is on record buried somewhere in the heap of threads here at THR. It was stupid, therefore I won't bother to explain (you can't explain stupid). Fortunately, there were no injuries and practically no damage to anything.

I mean, especially compared to yours. How long ago did that happen, and how is your hand?

Sorry to hear about it btw.

 

[RevolverMan567]

no too long ago

It happened about 3 days before Christmas. and my hand was split open pretty good but now i am happy to say it was a full recovery with no loss of movement or feel. Funny thing is i Broke the same hand about a year earlier and it plagued me for that whole year but afterward its funny because after the shot healed it hasn't bothered me since.

 

[geekWithA.45]

"How do we know that the supernova is not merely the remnants of an industrial accident?"

-Arthur C. Clarke

"And how do we distinguish an industrial accident from an accidental discharge?"

-geekWithA.45

 

[DontBurnMyFlag]

the closest...absolute closest I have ever come to an AD/ND was with my .38 S&W model 10. I know I know, a revolver...Its pretty easy to tell if they are loaded huh? Well, Its always unloaded, except I forgot to remember that I used it as a carry gun the night before and didnt unload it. I pulled the hammer back just checking the action and I was about to dry fire when I decided I rather just decock it. So I did, then inspected the chamber and had a heart attack.

Thats it. Thats the closest Ive ever come. Now I maticulously check every weapon I own before and after. This incident also occured when I was fairly new to firearms. But still. Im man enough to admit it. Never again.

 

[Tom Servo]

Nah. I haven't had an ND YET. I had a CZ-52 discharge when I dropped the slide on a live round. Turns out the firing pin had drifted forward. Gun was pointed downrange, nothing really to report.

There was a guy last year (senior member, IIRC) who shot himself in the hand with a .45ACP while cleaning. Same thing, just a split-second lapse, but it tore his hand up pretty badly.

He posted pictures, and it wasn't pretty.

 

[Dr. Peter Venkman]

Not a single one yet. Every time I handle one or before I give one to a person I check. After I hand it to someone I make them check too.

 

[Bob F.]

Dick Cheney's got nothing on me! Darned near killed my then-girlfriend's dog (yrs ago), and shot a hole in the SP office, i'm not an LEO!

Be careful!!
Bob

 

[mod700]

i dont actually have one but ill tell one on my dad that happened last deer season. it was muzzleloading season, and everyone knows that after you clean a muzzleloader to pop a primer through the barrel to clear out any excess oil and what not before loading. well my dad thought i had cleaned both our guns, when really i had only cleaned mine. not bothering to ask me, he picked it up, and put a primer in. after deciding not to pop it in his room because of the smoke and smell, he casually stuck it out the backyard door and pulled the trigger. BOOOOOOM he woke up most of our neighborhood that is right in the middle of the city limits.

 

[highfive]

Not one YET but been close, switch guns for carry and when cleaning the autoloader, it still had the mag inside, dropped the mag and before i clear it I decide to pull the slide back, bullet goes out flying and my jaw drops to the floor. never again
Glad you're ok though. Always careful everybody.
There is only a few of the good ones left (us) and we are not recommended.
Have fun be careful

 

[Blackfork]

Highpower nearly got me..

I have a worn Buenos Aires Highpower police contract pistol that locks the slide back on the NEXT to last round. Nearly fired one off when the slide locked back. I thought it was empty and dropped the slide, was going to dry fire the hammer down but something stopped me....

New magazine now.

When I was a kid in the 60s we lived in a house my dad had built that had the gun rack built in at the top of the stairs. At the bottom of the stairs there was a gouge in the hardwood where my uncle had shot a .22 slug into the floor from an unloaded gun before I was born. My dad always pointed it out as an object lesson.

I've seen several NDs on the line while helping with CCL firing qualifications. All downrange, usually while one person was "helping" another.

 

[Mantua]

I was cleaning my first glock... then I pulled the trigger to release the Slide. BOOM!

Cleaning Glocks makes me nervous for this very reason. It's the reason I bought a Walther instead.
I still haven't had an ND, thank god.

RevolverMan, glad to hear your hand is alright.

 

[geojap]

I had an discharge due to a broken firearm once. I had an old Remington Model 11 shotgun from the 1920s slamfire on me as I released the bolt to load a round when I was shooting skeet one day. I was on the line and the shotgun was pointed down range, as it was supposed to be, so everyone was fine. It turns out the firing pin was broken in half so it slammed into the shell when I released the bolt.

I always habitually clear the chamber and keep my finger off the trigger when I think am dealing with an unloaded firearm. I keep checking the chamber about every 60 seconds, or else just keep the action locked open. If I am carrying, I just act like its loaded (finger off the trigger, don't drop it, point it in the right direction) and all is well.

I haven't had anything close to a ND yet.

 

[a43mranger]

me too

i did almost the same thing that started the post. i was reloading 40 s&w with lead. Well i had just got a brand new xd40 well, just realling getting in to pistol reloading, i went to check the headspace of the ammo with a live loaded round, i did not want to waste a bullet with making a dummy road to test. well i used my left hand near the end of the slide, the barrel end. with 5 in the mag racked the first one in. And touched the trigger off. a loud pop and i looked down and my left pinky was mising a nail and some skin. After 3 steps to the sink in the garage and starting to rinse the finger off i realized that i felt no pain and that there was some bone mising cause my finger tipe flowed with the water. fast forward. xrays at the er. missing half the bone in the end of the finger. ff. surgery 2 days latter. wurst pain of my life. ff now misshaped finger, weird nail, and about 1/4 inch of finger gone. umm live and learn. 180 gn. 40s&w great for removing finger bone.

muzzle blast will carterize a wound. i didnt bleed that much just a little in the bandache at night till i went to the hand doc. for surgery

 

[.cheese.]

I just would like to take a moment to remind people that you should always check the chamber by racking the slide back twice. Especially on Glocks.

I do it 3 times.

 

[pdowg881]

I check the chamber each time I pick up the gun, and look down the mag well. Even if I just did and made a sandwich, when I sit back down I check the chamber again. If you always make it a habit to do this before you ever put your finger anywhere near the trigger ND's can be prevented. I'm not a fan of the whole "everyone has or will have an ND" thing. To me it says that everybody who handles a gun will eventually accidently discharge it. I'm downright obsessive about checking the gun each time it's picked up or switched hands.

 

[SalTx]

Accidents happen. My friend, an RN, decided to do some remodeling..skillsaw took off his right index finger (only halfway). Went through some depression over it, but fully recovered and returned to work. I do some shopwork and I still take redundant, preparatory steps to ensure that I or others don't get hurt. Like they say, good to have some fear.