Bad habit = ND

thanx for the story

you got lucky(not joking//imagine how much your life would've changed with a little bad luck)

accidents happen, but it would've haunted you for the rest of your natural life. I shot my rifle thru my bedroom floor one time. I was trying to lower the hammer with the strength of my thumb(BAD MISTAKE). went thru the floor, two walls on the first floor(was shot diagonally downwards), and the last target was the back of the fridge which stopped the round without damage. I still have the 44 magnum slug
 
"I guess I don't understand DaddyCat"

Apparently not.....

"Are you saying that because you can't tell if the gun is empty any other way... "

I didn't say that, didn't even imply that.

"that the best way is to pull the trigger?"

It would be worse than foolish to pick up a gun and say "Gee, I can't tell if it's loaded so I'll just pull the trigger to find out"...

Some of these guys talked about dropping the hammer to show clear. Well, on some of these examples you would have to insert a mag into the pistol in order to do that. So now you can drop the hammer but there's a mag in the gun. I could easily put a loaded mag into the pistol and drop the hammer on an empty chamber but now that gun's not really clear if it has a full mag in it, is it? God forbid that the RO or anyone else "'checks" it after that by just racking the slide and pulling the trigger without first going through the whole procedure of dropping the mag and racking the slide several times again. It's kind of a catch 22...... And if you or they are "in a hurry" or "get distracted" then "Bang".

You have to use a clearing procedure that matches the characteristics of your gun, that's all I'm trying to say...
 
Bad Habits

3 big lessons I have learned in the last 50 years; Never point a gun at anything you don't want to kill, never pull the trigger on a gun to check to see if its loaded, safety works or is on and never pee into the wind!(don't ask how I know this) About 40 years ago, I had a bad habit of pulling the trigger to check to see if the safety worked! I was hunting turkey and sitting down with my 12g shotgun laying down my leg. I though the safety was on and I pulled the trigger and BOOOOM! A 3 inch magnum shell went off! The tip of the barrel was about 1 inch from my boot and almost blew my foot off! I won't even dry fire a gun inside my house anymore! Not worth the chance!:eek:
 
Some of these guys talked about dropping the hammer to show clear. Well, on some of these examples you would have to insert a mag into the pistol in order to do that. So now you can drop the hammer but there's a mag in the gun. I could easily put a loaded mag into the pistol and drop the hammer on an empty chamber but now that gun's not really clear if it has a full mag in it, is it? God forbid that the RO or anyone else "'checks" it after that by just racking the slide and pulling the trigger without first going through the whole procedure of dropping the mag and racking the slide several times again. It's kind of a catch 22...... And if you or they are "in a hurry" or "get distracted" then "Bang".
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When I started shooting a Browning Hi-Power in IPSC, I used a dummy mag to drop the hammer. When I got tired of doing that, I removed the mag disconnect safety.
 
"BTW: Thank you OP for starting this discussion. I'm very glad that your ND didn't do any permanent damage. "

You are welcome. I am amazed at the traffic the post has generated.
 
The disturbing part of this is that you apparently pulled the trigger with the firearm pointed parallel to the surface of the earth. Was the floor not available at the time?
 
I am still new enough to shooting that I think about safety at all times that I am handling my guns. However, I know that with time, it is possible that complacency might have made me less cautious than I am now. I want to thank the OP for starting this discussion, as some of the stories shared here have really made an impact on me and will stay with me, making me a much better and safer gun owner than I might have been without this thread.
 
I think most are guilty of varying degrees of complacency now and again!
That said, a gun is ALWAYS ready to put a hole in something you cherish or love, it is waiting there patiently for you in a preoccupied moment or to have someone else grasp it to examine or fondle incorrectly!

They will not warn you!
They will not adjust their aim to prevent catastrophe!
They will destroy in an instant!
There job is to shoot and they do it very well.

Thank God no-one was injured and please do not ever forget how fortunate you were!!!

I am not throwing stones, I have had a close call and know how devastating the "what if" is!
 
I don't ever pull the trigger to clear anything.

I'm not perfect either.

As the lunch box I shot with a H&R 929 revolver 30 years ago can attest too.

I had cocked the 929 single action,aimed at a particularly darty groundhog that went zooming under some racking outside my dad's garage.

I bent down to see where that little sucker was and blam! killed a lunchbox.

I carry that lunchbox to work with me everyday and still feel like a moron everytime I see the hole.:rolleyes:
 
"The disturbing part of this is that you apparently pulled the trigger with the firearm pointed parallel to the surface of the earth. Was the floor not available at the time? "

I agree 100%. As i put in the original post, it was almost like a subconcious action. Done while preparing to put the gun in a bag. It was pointed down, more or less, table was in the path though........
 
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