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Yes be careful Everytime you handle a firearm. I have a friend who shot himself in an accident. He was unloading his .45 and shot himself in the hand below his thumb. NRA Life Endowment member Tri-State Gun collectors Life Member | |||
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| Stop Talking, Start Doing |
Those Underwood Xtreme Defender rounds are nasty. I carry them in my EDCS. Great reminder. _______________ Mind. Over. Matter. | |||
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Quit staring at my wife's Butt |
I worry about this when I'm up in the mountains target shooting by myself and out of cell service. just one screw up and things can get ugly fast. | |||
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Ah, if only he had had this: https://sigforum.com/eve/forums...0601935/m/5530034844 ~Alan Acta Non Verba NRA Life Member (Patron) God, Family, Guns, Country Men will fight and die to protect women... because women protect everything else. ~Andrew Klavan | |||
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Medical gear is manditory in my range bag. 2 TQs, quickclot, israeli bandage, plus some other things. | |||
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I was the Top Shot in my LEO academy. An award I still cherish to this day. I was also the only student to suffer a negligent discharge. Very fortunately all the other safety rules were followed except my finger was on the trigger. What I know: It was late in the day and late in the two weeks of shooting. Anyone here that has shot in a similar skeleton can vouch. 10 hours of shooting a day for 10 days straight is exhausting. I'm sure I was quite tired. We were shooting single off hand, left for me. I was on the line with half my half the class. Eleven students. We had just finished a volley and we're going to low ready while decocking the P228. Here's where my concentration lapsed. Either my index finger slipped trying to decock then pressed the trigger. Or I never took my finger off the trigger and slowly pulled it. To this day I did not know what happened. Undeniably the P228 discharged a 9mm FMJ bullet into the gravel about 15 feet in front of me. It scared the shit out of me and the whole line. I recovered from the shock quickly, decocked and went to low ready. The instructor came over and verified that I was ok. Then he sarcastically said that was the fender of a Mercedes I get just shot. It got the point through. Something I'll never forget. Nick "I cannot imagine any condition which would cause a ship to founder. I cannot conceive of any vital disaster happening to this vessel. Modern shipbuilding has gone beyond that." -Capt. Edward Smith | |||
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It's amazing at how much energy is in one of those wax loads from just the primer. I shot one at plywood once and I was amazed at the damage it did. . | |||
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5? | |||
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Yeah, that's disgraceful. | |||
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I had an ND when I was 16. FN with a blank round chambered. Scared me straight. Now I expect a bang every time the trigger is pressed. If dry firing it is done in a safe direction and I ensure magazines are empty and gun is checked at least twice. I have personally witnessed 5 NDs over the years and every time the shooter pressed the trigger without expecting a bang. Clearance drills were incorrect and correct procedures ignored.This message has been edited. Last edited by: TSE, Calgary Shooting Centre | |||
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Rhino... I agree with your assessment. My last goof was 25 years ago. I made a vow to never violate safe handling procedures again and have not since then. The main thing that occurred when these took place was the fortunate fact that I was alone and in no one else was endangered. At one point, I was handling guns so often and in so many situations that I was complacent. Very similar to riding a motorcycle. As soon as you become complacent or over confident on your bike, down you go. When the striker fired Glock became popular, I vowed to never own one. I just did not trust myself. When the kydex trigger guard covers became readily available, I bought one before I bought a Glock. When the P320 came out, I was even more leery. To the point that my most often carried EDC P320 is a manual safety model. And I store or handle it now with trigger guard cover in place. No more handling errors for me! End of Earth: 2 Miles Upper Peninsula: 4 Miles | |||
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If you are that uneasy around handguns, please stop handling them. | |||
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Not uneasy....Just more aware. End of Earth: 2 Miles Upper Peninsula: 4 Miles | |||
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In the police academy they gave us this bullshit "laser" rule spiel about how you needed to treat the gun like it had a laser coming out of it that would destroy everything it touched. I appreciate the sentiment, but I always thought it best to treat like a firearm that could kill anything it was pointed at. | |||
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