Drew my weapon at work last night...

You showed way too much restraint. If you would have shot it, we could have done an analysis on your choice of caliber and ammo versus the ice machine and openly started another caliber war....
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I was carrying my Kahr PM40 so I am pretty confident that six rounds of .40S&W could have taken the ice maker down if needed. :)
 
I had a sergeant in the Air Force that was sent to investigate an alarm at the officers club. Long story short, he saw his reflection in the stainless steel refrigerator door and shot it five times.
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But did he beat his opponent on the draw?

Inquiring minds want to know .... ;)

pax
 
Our gas field is right next to a wildlife refuge and bears are occasionally spotted on the pads. I was working by myself at 3 a.m. in a boiler room that is pretty quiet. I had the doors open because it was too hot to work in there with them closed. I had just spotted a (black) bear on one of the access roads the night before so I was kind of thinking about shutting the doors and suffering with the heat. As I got up the damn air compressor kicked on and scared the poo out of me. The compressor is lucky we aren't allowed to have guns at work:eek:
 
I was carrying my Kahr PM40 so I am pretty confident that six rounds of .40S&W could have taken the ice maker down if needed.
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It is my understanding that these ice makers will circle around if wounded and start huntin you.......

or

Anything less than a 458 Lott is undergunned for the big five. Ice makers, grills, ovens, deep fryers and the rare soft serve ice cream machine.....

Maybe I spend too much time on the big game forums tho...
 
Many years ago the wife and I lived in a sketchy neighborhood that was near my law school. One night, I heard rustling and thumping on the stairs to the attic. This was an old house with no way to secure the unfinished attic/second floor. Sound asleep to adrenaline flush in no time flat. Grabbed the sidearm and flashlight, more thumping and rustling.
Got in position, flung the door open and damn near shot the fattest raccoon not living off garbage in a state park. It was hours before the adrenaline dump allowed to me to go back to sleep.
 
Early one morning as I was about ready to leave for work, something crashed against my front door. I grabbed my .45 and was just about to yank the door open when the doorbell rang and my daughter said "Dad, no!" Turns out it was a lady who was bringing her baby for my daughter to baby sit. She had the baby in a carrier and had her hands full of diaper bag and such. When she was trying to reach the doorbell, the carrier crashed against the storm door. I didn't tell her until about 4 years later that she nearly got a .45 stuck in her face.
 
I know a guy who once shot an air compressor under similar circumstances; i.e. investigating what he thought was a break in.

I also most shot a life-size cutout of Clinton in a basement rigged to appear when the door was opened... Not my basement, Clinton, or rigging. ;)
 
Another reason to take guns away from the public! They will shoot at their own shadows, the refrigerator and even air compressors.:D
 
Good one PBP! :D

About a year ago the alarm to the auto shop I run went off and I got a call from the alarm company to come out and see what was going on. When I showed up the local PD was waiting for me. The officer asked me to open the doors and asked if he could clear the shop, about 7500 square feet. I allowed him to and he proceded. As he came arround a corner the compressor went off about 10-15 feet to his right. I'd never seen some one duck for cover behind a car and draw so fast in my life!:eek:

10-15 minuted later he was still shaking from the addrenaline rush. just hillarious to me! :D

He did'nt see the funny in it!
 
I had a similar situation happen to me last week. I went outside with my Glock 22 because I heard a crashing noise on the side of our house. Just as I was walking by the air condition unit, it turned on and scared the crap out of me. I ducked for cover and lined up the sights so fast it took me a few seconds to realize what I had done, and that there was no threat. I'm just glad that I didn't do like the one guy did, and shoot before I see if there is a reason to.
 
jglsprings said:
It is my understanding that these ice makers will circle around if wounded and start huntin you.......
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They are nothing but cold-blooded killers! It's also the one animal you'll never find in Britain. ;)
 
When my first wife was in grad school at UNC we lived in a bit of a sketchy neighborhood. We went to sleep one night watching a movie (VHS). I routinely slept with a handgun on the nightstand as we had no kids to worry about.

I woke up at some point when the movie was still playing and turned the TV off, but left the VCR rolling. At the end of the tape the VCR automatically rewound it and then spit it out. To my sleeping brain, that tape ejecting from that VCR sounded just like someone opening our bedroom door. I sat bolt upright and nearly shot my bedroom door. Luckily I realized what made the sound.

But as a previous poster said, that adrenaline dump took a while to wear off. I turned the TV back on and finished watching the movie :D.
 
But as a previous poster said, that adrenaline dump took a while to wear off.
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It's amazing, not too long ago I had a thread wherein I mentioned needing to pause to ride out the aftereffects of an adrenaline dump and suddenly I was getting hammered for being timid and overreacting.

I'm glad more folks seem to be aware that having an adrenaline dump, and then riding out the after effects is simple, automatic fight/flight biology not any indicator of "backbone".
 
I had similar incident. About a year ago I started drinking coffee. So I decided to get my own coffee maker and set the automatic start on it for 5 am. I have a 75 pound boxer that NEVER barks. Well, that morning the coffeemaker kicked on at 5 and my dog started barking up a storm. Torn from my sleep, I grabbed my pistol and cautiously made my way out of my bedroom and down the hall, checking each room as I passed. When I got to the kitchen, where my dog was, I noticed him staring blankly at the coffeemaker...Damn my adrenaline was rushin'! :D This is the only time I have ever had to grab my pistol like that after being awakened. I was kinda surprised I reacted like I did because when I sprung out of bed my pistol was in my hand before my feet even hit the ground...and ready to fire if need be.
 
A buddy of mine is a LEO in a small local town near here.

Working the night shift in the winter, he came across a tour type bus sitting in a driveway with the engine running and nobody around.

Choosing to investigate, he opened the door and called out, "Police. Anybody here?"

Receiving no response, he drew his weapon and proceeded into the bus.

Seeing no one around, he proceeded to the rear of the bus and flung open the restroom door. There was someone pointing a gun at him and he shot immediately.

Turns out there was a mirror on the inside of the door and he actually shot his reflection.

The owner of the bus had started it to warm it up in preparation for an early morning charter and returned to his house to wait till it heated up.

:o
 
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