I post this in the hope others will share their close calls and maybe save a life.
I visited a local small gun dealer and noticed his rather mutilated hand. I asked what happened as his hand did not look like this when I was in the store 7 months or so ago. He said a man wanted to sell his used 1911 and my dealer checked it was empty, no magazine and was looking down the bore with a bore lite. He had the gun upside down with magazine well facing up when his wife rushed in, opened his desk draw and quickly pulled out the check book. What they did not notice at the time was one of the assorted loose rounds that he keep in his draw found its way in the check book. It happened to be a .45 round as was the caliber of the 1911. As his wife grabbed the check book out of the draw the .45 round that was in the check book came out and landed in the magazine well. Not seeing this at the time the dealer who now had the bore lite out let the slide slam forward. The 1911 was defective and the sear did not catch the hammer. The pistol slam fired when the slide closed and at the time the dealer had his left hand in front of the muzzle. It blew his knukle(?) off and the bullet ended up in embeded in the desk draw. This is a true story. Another gentleman in the store who heard the story could not believe this. The dealer took a .45 and threw the bullet from a foot away towards the mag well of another gun. ON the 6th try the bullet went into the well of the upside down 1911 ( and slightly to the side) and stayed there. What added to this freak accident is the fact that the seller of the gun did not mention) or know) the gun was defective. I guess the moral of this story is do not keep loaded checkbook around. How about sharing your close calls and maybe show you can never be too careful with firearms
I visited a local small gun dealer and noticed his rather mutilated hand. I asked what happened as his hand did not look like this when I was in the store 7 months or so ago. He said a man wanted to sell his used 1911 and my dealer checked it was empty, no magazine and was looking down the bore with a bore lite. He had the gun upside down with magazine well facing up when his wife rushed in, opened his desk draw and quickly pulled out the check book. What they did not notice at the time was one of the assorted loose rounds that he keep in his draw found its way in the check book. It happened to be a .45 round as was the caliber of the 1911. As his wife grabbed the check book out of the draw the .45 round that was in the check book came out and landed in the magazine well. Not seeing this at the time the dealer who now had the bore lite out let the slide slam forward. The 1911 was defective and the sear did not catch the hammer. The pistol slam fired when the slide closed and at the time the dealer had his left hand in front of the muzzle. It blew his knukle(?) off and the bullet ended up in embeded in the desk draw. This is a true story. Another gentleman in the store who heard the story could not believe this. The dealer took a .45 and threw the bullet from a foot away towards the mag well of another gun. ON the 6th try the bullet went into the well of the upside down 1911 ( and slightly to the side) and stayed there. What added to this freak accident is the fact that the seller of the gun did not mention) or know) the gun was defective. I guess the moral of this story is do not keep loaded checkbook around. How about sharing your close calls and maybe show you can never be too careful with firearms