Just dropped my handgun!

my belt broke while going 45 on my bike, my xd40SC, in a bladetech uch, i saw it bounce and slide in my mirror as i was braking hard. stayed in the holster, some minor road rash on the lower grip, and top corner of the slide.

i also dropped my ruger sbh, .44 mag, 7.5"bbl, hammer first on my foot. i thought i broke something, had a bruise for weeks.
 
First... glad the gun didn't go off, you weren't hurt, nor was the dog or the goldfish.

Now... go look in the mirror while holding the retention strap in your left hand and repeat these words;
People design these things onto holsters for a reason you dumb---! :D

Seriously... what the holster made specifically for your Bersa .380 model? Is there any tension screw on the holster? Can you re-attach the strap to the holster?

If the answer to all of the above is NO, then buy a holster that fits your gun and needs. If there is no tension screw and you cannot reattach the strap, get a new holster.
 
I've probably dropped gun somewhere along the line. I've been handling them for a while, so it's reasonable to assume I have.

I just can just imagine that happening when your checking out at wal-mart...
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Wasn't me, and it wasn't in the checkout line, but my wife in a grocery aisle at Wal-Mart. She had a bad habit of just sticking her IWB holster down into the pocket of her jeans. I'd told her it was a bad idea, but you know women. She bent over to get something off the bottom shelf, and her Bersa Firestorm 22 fell out of the holster and slide along the floor, stopping at some guys feet.

He didn't even think about it at first apparently, just bent over, picked it up to hand back to her, then it hit him what it was. He looked at the gun, then her, then the gun, back to her and said "Uhhhhhhh you dropped your............. uhhhh, gun?" She thanked him, put it back in her holster, and went on shopping.....
 
HE Dropped it!

Renting a indoor Range to a group of Security Officers, early 2002, they were foreign nationals (took place in Ontario Canada) we had done this for 16 years total.

Their Chief Instructor flew in from New York, his Glock 17 had been dropped, directly on to the rear sight, after market steel night sights. It was way over to one side, using my Glock sight tool, I adjusted it too more or less dead center.

My diplomas for my classes (Security Company's) had a gold seal on them, which I crimped with a Company Seal, long story short, I stuck a seal on to a target at 7 yards, "Check it out" said I. He fired one careful aimed shot, it hit exactly dead center, exactly! We walked down range to look at it, "do you want to fire an other one?" I said. He peeled the seal gently off the cardboard, affixed it inside his wallet, and said "NO!" Quite emphatically, I bet he still has that wee momento.
 
I work as a plain clothes (most of the time) leo. I was on a trip with one of my co-workers, so we stopped for lunch. I had forgotten I had put my BUG (.38 revolver) in my waist band, mexican style. I get up to go to the men's room and the revolver slides down my pants leg, onto the floor and I kick it forward with the next step. I pick it up, never miss a stride, keep going, like it had it planned!:eek:

Do it cool if you're going to drop it!:cool:

Another time, in another job (uniformed LEO) I had a S&W m39 pop out of a holster after I improperly holstered it, then had to give foot chase. It Fell on the ground, muzzle first. Pretty nasty, but we arrested the guy and everything cleaned up nicely.
 
my uncle, a retired detective, was off duty at a baseball game and his .38 in his ankle holster came loose and bounced all the way down the stadium stairs. luckily it didnt go off, im not sure, but in those days i think the firing pin was attached to the hammer for a lot of their guns
 
I dropped a S&W 66 once. It was full of snap caps, but it hit the floor on my friends training mats, and did a little football bounce landing on the rear sight on tile. It dented it but it was the outside of the sight. Coulda been alot worse.
 
I dropped my G20 out of a cheap Uncle Mikes thumb break hip holster in a river while salmon fishing last summer... I finally found it about 50ft downriver... I now have a pistol lanyard that I attach when I'm in the field or in the river open carrying. I've also invested in better gear, I bought a chest holster for fishing that has a better retention strap and closure.
 
The Worst Drop

Talk about embarassing. On my very first day of CCW, with my state permit still warm from the laminator, i bought a Beretta and a IWB holster which i placed in the small of my back. Later that same morning, after cleaning and loading the pistol, i went to the restroom (thank god this was at home), and no sooner had my belt been unbuckled, because of the sudden slack in the belt the holster sagged a bit and the darn pistol dropped straight into the toilet bowl. Fortunately, my wife is a neatnik and the thing was sparkling clean.

Of course, it didn't go off. Good thing. I fished my brand spanking new pistol out of the water and ran to the workshop cussing a blue streak the whole way, broke it down, hosed it out with blast after blast of RemOil, dried and cleaned it, and it's good as new. No rust, no damage, just a permanent psychological scar and something to laugh about once in a while. And a valuable lesson learned about small of the back carry!
 
I hate to admit this but I've dropped just about every gun I've ever carried for any length of time. it happens, the one that scared me the most was my smith 66 watched it in slow motion as it fell while I looked directly down the barrel.
 
When I first got my XD, I managed to send it flipping and spinning down the staircase in my apartment. Turns out the screw on the XDGear holster wasn't quite tight enough, and it slipped out quite easily. Luckily, I was the only one present, so no one saw my drop, or my graceful leap* behind my mattress for cover as the gun bounced away.

*If you consider the movements of a rhinoceros graceful, that is.
 
Had my xd fall out of a shoulder holster when I hoped out of my truck and it fell out. Landed square on the sights. No damage. I work at a hardware store and had just finished ringing a customer who I know is an avid marksman. He dropped some change, when he bent down to pick it up out came his .44 mag from his inside vest pocket. Clunk clunk on the mat in front of me. He turned bright red but quickly put it back in his vest. Mumbled something about needing to get a holster. Just glad it didn't go off.
 
It happened in slow motion and I just stared until it hit, and for a while afterward.
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You had an accident but you were SMART about your response.

Never, EVER, try to catch a falling firearm, just let it go! No damage to a gun is ever going to be as bad as accidentally hooking a finger through the trigger while the gun is spinning through the air!

And just to be fair, I've dropped a couple in my lifetime, the worst being a Smith 686 that popped out of a holster while riding horseback. Landed perfectly barrel down right in the mud. No damage to the gun but I had a hell of a cleanup job as that gritty soup got into everything.
 
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I was chukar hunting in Nevada and going down a steep loose shale slope when my feet went out from under me in about half a nanosecond. My shotgun went flying out of my hands before I was even conscious of the fall and I watched as my precious over/under went about 15' before landing and clattering amidst the rocks.

All in all I was really lucky, and although it cracked the stock at the wrist it didn't dent or bend either tube. I shot it with the crack slowly growing for a couple years before a gunsmith did a great repair - now the crack and other dings are part of the personality of the shotgun.
 
First Post comes as my confession....

I too have dropped my gun. My first handgun was a Smith 681 4". The day after I bought it, I decided to practice some quick draws in front of the full length mirror. Being safety conscious, I made sure the weapon was unloaded. I then proceeded to admire my speed and ferocity as I repeatedly drew and reholstered from the hip. Man, I was beautiful. Right up to the point I threw my brand new gun down on the concrete floor. There were no witnesses, just the reflection of an idiot staring back at me.

That was almost 20 years ago. So far, that is my only drop. But it was more of a throw...
 
guilty,I dropped a beauty colt 45 government model mrk4 down the wood basement stairs of an unfinished basement and there was open wall No sheet rock between the stairs and basement and of course it had to bounce off the edge and drop straight down to concrete floor. It was unloaded thank goodness but the gun got banged up,scuffed up.I got the blues every time I looked at it.
 
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Drops happen.

"Never, EVER, try to catch a falling firearm, just let it go!"

This cannot be over-stressed.
 
Dropped Model 60

I once dropped my Model 60 from a pocket holster on my concrete driveway.
It took a while to buff the scratches off the stainless steel.
Also, the front sight had to be smoothed out and reblued.
The model 60 now doesn't leave my pocket until it's over it's storage drawer in the bedroom.
That scared the crap out of me!
 
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