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Years back I was given a Davis .380 pistol. I admit it was a less than to be desired pistol. My first mag through sent a hot shell almost in my eye. My brother in law wanted it for a pocket pistol to get the mail and such (being that he lived in a bad neighborhood) so I gave it to him. We had been shooting together many times and we were comfortable with that. It was a fine day and we had been shooting all afternoon at a buddy’s ranch. He was getting some good practice in with the .380 (amidst the occasional jam). The .380 failed to fire and my brother pointed it towards the ground, pulled the slide back, ejected the failed round, loaded a new round and proceeded (with his finger on the trigger) to shoot himself in the big toe. He looked down at his foot, then back at us “I think I shot myself" he said! Sure enough he had! He had a small bloody hole where the toenail meets flesh and a larger hole out the bottom. He never went to the doctor and his wound healed similar to how rings form on a tree. He lost his toe-nail and the ability to walk straight and wear shoes for sometime. We are glad it was not much worse!