A family member was putting his Rem 700 22-250 away for long term storage and opened the bolt to make sure it was unloaded. Nothing in the chamber so he pointed the muzzle at the floor and pulled the trigger to release mainspring tension. The muzzle blast took a strange direction off of the tile floor and came over and chewed up the top of his foot. They later had to amputate his lower leg.
WHOA. That totally sucks, man.
Was a HKp2000sk and 9mm. I found the projectile but not the casing. Ears rang when it happened but is fine now. I think I did everything except look into the chamber. It was late and I shouldnt have been doing it that late to begin with.
I live in an apartment complex and this scenario is my worst nightmare... In a house I could drop the hammer with the muzzle towards the floor, but everywhere except the ceiling could have someone occupying it at any given time where I am. I make sure I check the chamber many times with my finger and usually with a flashlight too before I start thinking about dry firing something.
Wish I could say the same has never happened to me, but.... Pretty well decided finger on the trigger in the house is a bad idea. Outside and a deliberate choice is much better. I think there are those who have done it and then those that haven't done it YET!
I always strive for safety, and even if I have to fire I point in a safe direction. The hallow point went through two plastic rifle cases, and into a plastic tub with clothes. I can see the rifling on the projectile, and black plastic in the hallow point. What is weird is that the hallow point never expanded or mushroomed.
If it had been a 45 caliber black talon the clothes would have been vaporized!
were those really that Good?!!
Good thing it didn't have the magic button, or it would have went full auto.
Visual is a must; if you can't see into the chamber, check with your finger. There was a gunsmith in OKC who lost his life about 20 years ago because he didn't visually inspect the chamber on a 1911; reportedly, he dropped the mag and racked the slide, then went to put it in the vise. At some point he got his finger inside the trigger guard while he was in front of the muzzle, hitting the trigger in the process, and that was all she wrote.
Yes, he dropped the mag and racked the slide, and in that order--but it had a broken extractor. He could've racked the slide all day and it would've left that round in the pipe...
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