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Post by dougader on Oct 26, 2021 12:52:30 GMT -5
I’ve never had an unloaded gun go off, but I have forgotten that I had just loaded one and practiced a “dryfire” only to discover it wasn’t a “dryfire”...........luckily adherence to not pointing at something you do not intend to destroy has prevented any great loss. Trapr This is the same thing I did, and the cause of Luke Skywalker's demise....
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Post by drycreek on Nov 17, 2021 10:36:07 GMT -5
My Remington 700 fired when I moved the safety lever to the “fire” position. Not sure I would call that negligence, either time. (Twice in the same day). I was more prepared for it the second time. Muzzle control prevented injury. Dan A Remington Model 7 did the same thing with my wife. She, our son, and I were sitting in a deer blind when a buck I wanted her to take came out of the brush. As she put the rifle to her shoulder she pushed off the safety (I happened to be looking right at her) and the rifle discharged immediately. We never had that happen again, but a couple years later I learned that the trigger in question was the subject of a lawsuit and I put a Rifle Basix trigger in that rifle. Never another problem. I wouldcall that an accidental discharge with negligence on the part of Remington Arms. Oh, the buck hauled it to parts unknown but she killed him the next day clear across the lease with my Ruger 77.
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Post by ericp on Nov 17, 2021 20:54:45 GMT -5
I've had one AD and one ND. The accidental was with a Chinese copy of an Ithaca 37. First round I chambered went off as I racked it shut. The firing pin was captured forward by metal shavings and congealed oil/grease in the bolt.
The negligent was with a New Model Super Blackhawk. I did a trigger job on it and as such had spent the morning taking the gun apart, stoning, reassembling, then dry firing at a knot on the apple tree outside my shop. Finally got it where I liked, loaded it, walked outside and promptly shot my apple tree.
Eric
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Post by matt56 on Nov 17, 2021 22:04:53 GMT -5
I can think of at least 3 times I sent a round down range unintentionally. 2 were with a S&W revolver with the hammer cocked, one with a contender with the hammer cocked. I’ve since learned to keep my finger away from the trigger until my sights are on target.
One other time my rem 700 17 fireball with a jewel trigger dropped the firing pin when I closed the bolt on an empty chamber (safety was off) I’ll never load that gun unless it’s pointed in a safe direction.
Knock on wood nothing else has ever happened
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Post by jgt on Nov 18, 2021 8:50:22 GMT -5
I had a Remington model 700 in 270 fire when I closed the bolt. No finger on the trigger. I was in a National Forest and had the muzzle pointed in a safe direction. I unloaded the rifle and used my handgun until I could return home and fix the problem. I also had a Smith & Wesson model 15 fire while holstered with the strap across the hammer. Only explanation I could find is the sharp cross hatch on the hammer spur caught on the seat belt as it was being moved and pulled the hammer back until the holster strap stopped its travel. Then the hammer pulled free of the seat belt and fell. The firing pin had enough spring tension to set off the primer in the loaded chamber. I'm not sure, only guessing. When I got it home and took it apart it did still have the hammer block installed. Again, saved by the muzzle pointed in a safe direction.
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Post by ermont0825 on Nov 18, 2021 9:56:26 GMT -5
Thirty years ago a friend lent his then new Glock 17 to try out. I was into revolvers (and still am) so i was not too familiar with semi-autos. I shot the gun for a while and when I was ready to leave I dropped the magazine, pointed it into the ground and pulled the trigger. The gun fired. Scared the living shit out of me. Luckily it was pointed in a safe direction but that is no excuse.
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Post by fn1889m on Nov 18, 2021 12:34:41 GMT -5
Prompted by the recent unfortunate event by Alec Baldwin I wonder what anyones' thoughts are on the the subject…. So what say you? A friend/acquaintance was playing with his loaded Blackhawk while driving. He shot the tip of his penis off. Caused a stir at the ER. Whoever brought live ammunition onto the set and loaded it into a prop gun is probably the most culpable person in the sequence of events. But I doubt anyone will admit to it. I suspect someone wanted to get “plinking time” in, did not tell the armorer or asst director, and forgot to fully unload the firearm. It’s the simple explanation.
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Post by cmillard on Nov 19, 2021 7:30:30 GMT -5
Accidental would be a mechanical failure, negligence would be stupidity.
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Post by fn1889m on Nov 19, 2021 20:56:18 GMT -5
Accidental would be a mechanical failure, negligence would be stupidity. Sometimes you can do both at the same time. Just posting for a friend.
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Post by x101airborne on Nov 21, 2021 6:59:21 GMT -5
I came home one day with a Remington semi-auto 30-06 rifle (forget the model). My Father turned white as a ghost and demanded it out of his house. I moved like my life depended on it. After putting it in the truck, he explained (after taking a Valium) that the neighbor had one and they had gone hunting during a colder than North Dakota winter morning. When they quit and came in for coffee they both laid their firearms on the neighbors bed. Right about the time the percolator got done, that Remington racked off all 5 rounds destroying the waterbed, frame, a lamp and a window with no one even being in the same room. Apparently the neighbor had done his own trigger job and while hunting had taken the weapon off safe, didn't get to shoot and re-engaged the safety. When the weapon thawed out, the fireworks started.
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Post by junebug on Nov 21, 2021 14:06:06 GMT -5
That would make you spit your coffee all over the kitchen table, maybe even soil the kitchen chair!
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