oops, double post
I have. Shooting clays and when I was done, I failed to put the safety on. standing there holding the gun pointed at the ground (finger nowhere near trigger) and it went off. I was a kid back then (17 I think). Early lesson learned.
I've had a couple of unintentional discharges, but no negligent ones. FWIW, I classify negligent as discharges where someone or something is or could be damaged. If it safely impacts the berm then no harm, no foul. 
I have as well. And it was a muzzleloader left loaded from the year before. I knew it was unloaded, didnt bother checking my loaded mark on my ramrod or blowing down the barrel. I just placed a cap on the nipple and blew a hole in the yard. Scared the BeJezus out of me.
You mean like almost shooting yourself in the foot while messing with a small cheap pistol that your friend handed you and you didnt properly make sure was clear? Naa, never done that.
As long as it hit the berm beneath you...its good....8/
c'mon GTG, dont sell it short. Unless it was a defect in the firearm/ammunition you were unaware of that caused the discharge, its an ND.
I have had one. Ruger MK1 .22. I had gotten used to pulling the trigger after the mag was dry. This time it wasnt dry and I touched that puppy off right next to my right ear, pointed straight up. Broke all four rules, and it bit me in the ass.
...and just for you NoFear, im glad you missed...
I have had one. Ruger MK1 .22. I had gotten used to pulling the trigger after the mag was dry. This time it wasnt dry and I touched that puppy off right next to my right ear, pointed straight up. Broke all four rules, and it bit me in the ass.
...and just for you NoFear, im glad you missed...
I personally have not at a negligent discharge. Been shot twice. One was negligent, one was not. Negligent was a 12 gauge in the back and right arm hunting, by another hunter. The other was a 357 in the left leg, by a bad guy.
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