My ND was also with a SKS that I bought in college. For $100 I got the rifle and for another $40 came all the cool accessories like the folding stock and 30 round removable magazine. That magazine was the problem. After blasting away with the cheap russian ammo, my brother took the magazine out to reload and I decided to sight it in with some US made softpoint rounds. He had just handed the rifle to me with the bolt locked back and magazine removed when I dropped a single in the chamber. When I pulled the bolt back and released, a smoking crater suddenly appeared 2 feet from my toes and about 6 inches from his heal. I guess the increased bolt velocity allowed the firing pin to set off the softer commercial primer. After checking out pants for residual matter, we tried to recreate the incident and about one in five Federal 123 soft points would fire but the steel cased russian stuff was fine. Lesson learned: be careful with guns from nations that have lots of expendable soldiers!
pistolchamp wrote:Glock match, San Antonio, Texas 1999, first stage, first competitor, me, at low ready position, before the timer went off, my Model 24 did... scared the bejeebers out of me...
"Low ready" doesn't include finger on trigger. I'm glad you learned that lesson in a safe environment.
I was about 13 or 14 and sitting in the duck blind with my Dad. We were waiting on legal shooting time, and had been sitting quiet for a little while as there were ducks in the decoys. I don'y know why, but I pulled the trigger on the shotgun (thinking the safety was on), and it went off. I was expecting all heck to break loose, but my Dad just had a serious talk about weapons safety--one that really sunk in! 18 yrs later, and carrying weapons for work and recreation--my finger never goes into the trigger guard unless I'm going to shoot----PERIOD. I think about this from time to time and often wonder what would have happened if I was as negligent with muzzle awareness as I was with trigger safety?????????
I found the Lord again--although he never lost me!
DSARGE wrote:. I think about this from time to time and often wonder what would have happened if I was as negligent with muzzle awareness as I was with trigger safety?????????
On a lighter note you could be Vice President of the United States
DSARGE wrote:. . . I was expecting all heck to break loose, but my Dad just had a serious talk about weapons safety--one that really sunk in! 18 yrs later, and carrying weapons for work and recreation--my finger never goes into the trigger guard unless I'm going to shoot----PERIOD.
A wise father indeed. The natural response would have been both fear and anger, but to respond that way would have wasted a great teaching opportunity. I know, I wasted too many in my younger years. It’s a shame our first son wasn’t born with instructions printed on his rump to help a 24 year old father/kid.
I have a Hi-Point 9mm carbine I keep in the closet in its case, with a loaded magazine and an empty chamber. One day I took it out to get ready to take it to the range. I broke the number one rule for firearm safety. I removed the magazine and laid the gun on the bed. For some dumb reason I reached down and pulled the trigger. Needless to say the empty gun shot a hole through my wifes 95 year old dresser. It was a clean shot right in between the top of the drawer and the marble top, so I didn't ruin it. The gun was pointed towards my sons room and he was in there. I intantly froze. A few seconds later he came out of his room with a shocked look on his face, but thank God the bullet stopped in the studs of the linen closet between our bedroom and his. I had never been so frightened in all my life. I feel somewhat embarrased to tell this story, but if it will keep someone else from doing this, it was worth it.
The moral of the story is to check the firearm every time you touch it and most importanly...KEEP YOUR BOOGER HOOK OFF THE BANG SWITCH.
Luckily, I've read many stories like this and haven't experienced a ND. I did almost have my foot shot one day while a friend was loading a firearm. He had it pointed at the ground and was loading it up. He was going to attempt to bump fire it and had a mechanism inside the trigger guard. When he inserted it, it git the trigger and put a 9mm round into the ground at our feet. It could have gotten ugly real fast, but luckily it all worked out. Needless to say I keep my distance now.
Mine was years ago. I had gathered up all my cleaning supplies and dropped the magazine from my Gold Cup 1911 and laid the pistol on a towel. I started to unload the rounds from the magazine when the phone rang, calling me away on an errand.
Forty-five minutes later I returned, saw the magazine and several rounds lying on the towel, finished unloading the mag, picked the pistol up, and you guessed it, "dry-fired" it before commencing disassembly. Thank God for 16" thick adobe walls. Nothing seriously harmed but my pride, and a valuable lesson learned.
Back in my 20's I had a Ruger 44magnum Blackhawk with a western
fast draw tie down holster.My friend and I were out in the country with a
few empty beer cans trying a little target shooting seeing who could draw the quickest at the cans,well the Ruger has that awful high front sight
and cought on the top edge of the holster,as it came free the gun fired an put a hole about a half inch from the top edge of the holster then hit the steel backing and went out the bottom just touching enough of my jeans
to see a line down the leg and a hole next to my foot.
since that time I havent had a ND or I should say SD (stupid discharge)
since than.
hopefully never again, lesson learned.
The M16A1 and A2 would sometimes fire a round if the butt was hit hard enough and a round was in battery - a hard fall or jumping out of a vehicle and dropping the weapon would do it. Safety on or off it did not matter. The firing pin did not have a trigger block.
And then there was the "No Discharge" where it would double feed. I never once ran a live fire assault where this did not occur to me, or to one of my guys.
longtooth wrote:Yes sir. I bet her ears would still be ringing if it were a heavey cal.
I shot my G36 .45ACP without hearing protection once in a covered range and let me tell you that thing isnt quite, so thats one for me. Also when I was a teenager I didn't realize I had pumped up my brand new air rifle and I put a hole in the backyard steel door
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i had a ND with a paintball marker, was checking to see if the air had been turned on and pulled the trigger, effectively painting the refrigerator and wall, egg yolk yellow.
puma85 wrote:i had a ND with a paintball marker, was checking to see if the air had been turned on and pulled the trigger, effectively painting the refrigerator and wall, egg yolk yellow.
Welcome to the forum puma85. Give an intro in the introduce yourself section of the General Gun.
Now. Go to home depot and match the color paint. Tell your other half that it was time to redecorate.
we tried to recreate the incident and about one in five Federal 123 soft points would fire but the steel cased russian stuff was fine. Lesson learned: be careful with guns from nations that have lots of expendable soldiers!
