I'm NOT going to mock you, **** happens , the main thing is to learn from it and that no one was injured or killed.

 

As long as you learned from it and no one was hurt accept it.

 

I was in my early 20s and had a western holster on with a ruger 22 mag revolver, and I had been practicing quick draw with the weapon unloaded for about a half an hour inside the house, decided I wanted to go outside and try shooting it from quick draw while loaded, so I loaded it up and decided just one more try before going outside, well low and behold that dang pesky front sight caught on the holster as I was drawing it and I pulled the trigger at the same time as it was clearing the holster, shot right through the holster and right into my hardwood floor in the living room, Thank Jesus no one was home especially my wife. I ended up with a tiny hole in the floor that I quickly filled with puddy before the misses got home and seen it. Talk about scaring the crap out of my self it did, I gave up on quick draws from old west holsters after that LOL So yeah it can happen to the best of us, you play with them long enough.

 

You probably know now that quick draw guys like Bob Munsen (rip) have holsters with metal deflection shields, in case of an AD, it won't shoot their leg (hopefully).

 

its happened to me.. AND I agree with your use of the term ND. It is negligence not accidental

 

after years as a gun owner , it finally happened. We had an ND . I thigggt I’d checked the gun, not realizing I had a round in the mag and when I checked and cleared it, loaded it . Should have removed the mag. Handed it to my wife told her to test the trigger to see if she liked it . And now we have a small hole above the fireplace.

btw if you’ve ever wondered what a 124 grain JHP will do to the mortar between the bricks on your fireplace , photo is below.

be honest , who’s had an ND? I’ve heard people in the past say , if you’re around guns long enough it will happen. I’ve always thought that was bull. But know I feel like yes it can happen to me.

the whole house is going to spend a few sessions reviewing gun safety basics. While i feel responsible , my wife didn’t check the gun either. We all need to be on our game.

Please post your ND stories below and feel free to mock me , I deserve it.

A learning moment.

Everybody, take a lesson.

 

I agree with the sentiment expressed earlier, nothing was damaged but a bit of pride and some mortar.
And this is a great reminder to the rest of us, nobody is exempt from safety.

 

Another thing I learned is that my neighbors will NOT call the cops if they hear a gun shot .

 

Mine was a early model Glock 17.. Before the mag would fall free. I hit the eject button and saw the mag release. It did not fall free of the feed ramp and when I racked the slide it cycled a fresh round in. It not locking back should have been a red flag but I was unfamiliar with the gun. I then proceeded to break yet another firearms safety rule and pulled the trigger. Luckily I was pointing the gun at a cinder block wall. A 9mm in a small enclosed pace going off unexpectedly is pretty damn loud.. So several points of failure in safety that amounted to a serious ND that could have been far worse..

 

**** happens. You can fix some brick. Be thankful no one was hurt and there are not legal complications. It's important to remember all the firearms rules all the time. It only takes once.

 

I’m a little rattled still and will be for a few days I think .

 

Was working on a project marlin 60 rifle. It was not feeding correctly. I tore it apart and cleaned it. Reassembled it and chambered around. Turns out the firing pin was stuck forward. A nice bullet hole in my ceiling with the projectile stuck in an oak joist of my shop. Ended up tearing the gun apart. Tossing the bolt and selling the rest for parts. Scared the crap out of me and made me no longer trust that gun. Only one I had in 12 plus years of owning a gun and 20 plus years of shooting.

 

Part of me wants to replace this gun. Like it’s bad or jinxed . I know it’s stilly the gun functioned as designed , we are the ones who malfunctioned, it was total human error. But it still makes me fill weird towards it

 

I was at a training recently which had a very difficult speed drill that required a reload.

Lots of experienced shooters and none of us could pull it off.

So I decided to quit pussyfooting around and make it happen.

Immediately after the reload I started to stage the trigger as I rapidly transitioned to the target—but I didn’t quite make it…

No one in the class noticed but me and the instructor—f’ing embarrassing… .

Good reminder to focus on smooth fundamentals instead of going as fast as possible.

 

does that pistol normally lock back on an empty mag?

 

We where not shooting it , we where in the living room it was dry fire. Well it was supposed to be dry

 

I had a kimber 22 conversion that did about 20+ ADs. ( After the third one I was able to identify the cause- the following ones were in very controlled circumstances.). While I normally shot at home, the AD was with my 15 yo shooting in a match. RSO said his finger wasn’t anywhere near the trigger. Then he got a second one 5 mags latter- they let him finish with my gun. Both the RSO, myself and a small handed petite female were able to duplicate the AD.

When the gun locked back on an empty mag , 20-30% of the time the back end of the firing pin slipped below a plate and was trapped in the forward position. When the slide was released on a fresh mag, you got a slam fire ( 1round). Never happened except when the slide locked back. Running it soaking wet with CLP reapplied every 5 magazines got it to 10-15%.

Kimber installed a longer firing pin, but would not discuss the repair.

 

Glad no one was hurt. I did it, decades ago, when I was 14 years old. Fortunately, no one was hurt in my case, either. I was in the woods, by myself, so I was the only witness.

I was so ashamed of myself, that this is only the second time I’ve talked about it. There are some things in life, that we just aren’t proud of. It’s definitely an eye opening experience.

I have a gun safety video that I watch every few months, to keep me on my toes.

 

Usually bad things happen when ALL the firearm safety rules are broken. Your wife pointed it in a direction of least consequences, hence no one was hurt.

Live an learn.

 

While attached to a shipboard Marine security detachment the SOP prior to returning a weapon to the armory was to clear it, verify on open chamber the weapon was clear and then "dry fire" into a clearing barrel. Despite extensive training and threat of Gunny's boot in your ass, I saw(or heard) Marines put rounds in that barrel more than a couple times. It can and does happen. That's why we never point it at anything we don't want to destroy (Bravo Zulu to the wife for observing that rule). Lesson for all of us. Thank you for sharing.
So glad everyone is ok.

 

Anyone ever have a ND with a wheel gun?

 

No but a hang fire with a .44 Mag. Talk about pucker factor waiting after the click...

 

Count yer chickens that the gun was pointed in a safe direction....sort of

I've had 3 different friends that have had ND's, 2 of them with me there!

1- shot himself through the leg ( I wasn't there)
1- shot himself up through his back, bullet went through his liver and stopped in his lungs ( I got him to the hospital, long back story)
1- shot into the floor between his feet ( I was there)

All 3 of these were with .22's, 2 of which were the old style SA revolvers (1/4 cock, 1/2 cock safeties)

I've not had one yet, so far so good! I'd like to think I've learned from the aforementioned mistakes

 

Yes, it happened to me also and like you said, I believe it’s more common than most will admit. Many years ago, I had a bench-rest rifle with a 2oz Canjar trigger. I was at the range and shooting when between shots the rifle seemed slightly out of position just before firing so I lifted it up and reset it in the rest WITH A LIVE ROUND in the chamber - not a good idea. Setting it down was enough movement to set it off. Thank gawd I was careful in keeping it level and pointed down range. Scared the crap out of me! I inspected the rifle, tweaked the trigger a bit and life went on. I do not think anyone noticed but like others said, complying with other safety rules prevented this from being a tragedy.
Also had a well know instructor admit in class, he had a NG in his home. He was watching a football game on TV and practicing during commercials, holster pull, aim and press trigger. He was aiming at a little hula girl that set on top of his TV. After the game was over he loaded his 1911 and went to the bathroom. When he came back he holstered his gun and thought - just one more practice pull. He nailed that hula girl. Thankfully other than minor house damage no one was hurt. He used that ND to emphasize how easily it can happen.

 

after years as a gun owner , it finally happened. We had an ND . I thigggt I’d checked the gun, not realizing I had a round in the mag and when I checked and cleared it, loaded it . Should have removed the mag. Handed it to my wife told her to test the trigger to see if she liked it . And now we have a small hole above the fireplace.

btw if you’ve ever wondered what a 124 grain JHP will do to the mortar between the bricks on your fireplace , photo is below.

be honest , who’s had an ND? I’ve heard people in the past say , if you’re around guns long enough it will happen. I’ve always thought that was bull. But know I feel like yes it can happen to me.

the whole house is going to spend a few sessions reviewing gun safety basics. While i feel responsible , my wife didn’t check the gun either. We all need to be on our game.

Please post your ND stories below and feel free to mock me , I deserve it.
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Since my mother passed away, my step dad has had four ND's. Three in the house and one outside while we were walking around the neighborhood after dark. There is a hole in one of the bedrooms, underneath the window unit Ac from a 308 . The rifle is a 1948 RFI model made in India. When the wind blows it will discharge. So I made him completely unload it. The second is through the floor in my bedroom. The same rifle the day my mother passed away. I told him to get all of his firearms out of his room and put them in mine until the paramedics left. That is when I told him to always keep it unloaded. Not even a magazine in it. The third one, he and I were walking because he was having an anxiety attack about a week after my mom passed. I was a little in front of him and he reached into his pocket for a flashlight. When he did, he hit the trigger on his Ruger 9mm. That one was scary, I kept thinking what if he accidentally shot me in the back. And the last time was last week. I built an upper for an AR 15 with parts he bought and asked me to put it together. Apparently there is something wrong with the BCG. It will fire two rounds and then it will load a third round but not fire it. I checked and double checked the head spacing and it is perfect. Anyway, he proceeded to pull the trigger inside of his bedroom without clearing the chamber. Regardless to say that a 5.56 mm will go through one side of a concrete cinder block and he now has another hole in the wall in his room. It was a standard 55gr bullet, manufactured by Wolf with a steel casing. He used to sleep with his Ruger 9mm under his pillow, but with all of the accidents he has had, I was afraid that he would accidentally shoot himself while trying to retrieve it from under his pillow. So I bought him a gun magnet and screwed it to the wood frame of his bed. He now keeps his pistol on the magnet where he can reach it while he is in bed if he needs it. If he has any more, the next step will be to lock them in the gun safe.

 

I'll not tempt fate by relaying any such stories.

Glad everyone is okay.

 

I put a 22 short in our mattress once years ago. No exit wound that I could find, so I guess it was still in there when they hauled it away and brought in our new mattress.

 

I did almost the exact same thing as OP.
Just got home from a pistol class and cleaned my Glock 30S at my gun bench in the basement. I was practicing trigger pulls with no mag inserted but it didn’t feel right because without the mag 2 fingers hang off the grip. Reached over, grabbed the mag, slapped it in and pulled the trigger. BOOM!!
Scared the crap out of me. I set the gun down and moved to the other side of the basement in 2 seconds flat.
Couple things I learned.
1. No loaded mags at my gun bench
2. Do not shoot aerosol cans. It blew up in my face. It was only 2’ from me.
3. Self defense 45 rounds do not penetrate concrete block. It did expand nicely but just a dent.

I framed that bullet and hung it over that dent.
Been extra extra careful ever since

 

I have trained extensively on Glock handguns. To a point where I could out-shoot many who had carried them every day for work and personal self defense.

I also know of more than one person whose life took a complete turn for the worse because of the Glock design.

I carry a revolver to this day.