Lesson learned, or stupidity at it's best.

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Kevinw

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I sit here in my room with the smell of gunpowder surrounding me. How you ask. It could be because I just touched off a 124 grain Silver tip. I have no excuse. I thought the saftey/decocker on my Barreta M9 was on. Well it was not. I sent the round through a hardwood door, an eight inch plaster wall, a hardwood shordstand and it came to rest in a furrow it dug in the shelf. Total distance traveled was about 8 feet. The bullet is deformed and flattened on one side but did not expand. Damage to material is as follows.

THe door was hit first. The entry hole is right at 9mm and the exit hole is no different except the wood is splintered around the exit. Bullet was headed slightly downward and entered the wall. Plaster wall had a smooth entry hole just like the door and exit hole was about 1/2 inch. Bullet entered a sword stand and hit one of the cross supports. This deflected it downward into the shelf and it dug a small furrow and remained there. I can tell you that a 9mm indoors is not loud enough to be painful. I had the TV going and could hear it fine within a few seconds. I have already patched the holes but I am still shaking.

I knew it was bound to happen one day. I have no excuse. I was stupid and this was an ND not an AD. I accept fthe full burdon for what happened and am just glad no one was hurt. Well nothing except my pride. and that I can live with.
 
{{{{{{{{{{{KEVIN}}}}}}}}}} relax! Just be thankful you or no one else was hurt! I'd be shaking too. Everyone makes mistakes so now you have just learned a lesson and I'm sure it will never happen again right? Glad to hear it was only the wall and the door, could have been worse. Be careful my friend and count your blessings.
 
This is exactly why the first rule of firearm safety according to the NRA is:

"Keep the muzzle pointed in a safe direction"

All other rules are good, but by following this one, no one will ever be hurt by a ND or AD.

You followed this rule. No one was hurt. Live and learn.

--Rich

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Nothing threatens freedom so much as self rightous ignorance.
 
thanks for being big enough to admit your mistakes. It should be a wake up call for all us. better for us to learn from each others mistakes than have to learn them all on our own. like has been said before if you never point your gun at somthing you don't want to shoot you will never shoot something you don't want to!!
 
Don't feel too much like a fool Kevin. It has happened to me before :( and chances are it has happened to several members here. ;) When a person is around anything long enough there are going to be mistakes. The important thing is, as Shallcarry pointed out, that we observe rule one so that in the event that these mistakes do occur no one is injured.
I'm glad you are alright.

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Gunslinger

We live in a time in which attitudes and deeds once respected as courageous and honorable are now scorned as being antiquated and subversive.
 
Kevin,

Been there... done that. Only with a 12 gauge... slug through the celling, then through the roof. It was a wake up call in that since then when I have a gun with in sight I'm consciencely aware of what condition it is in.

Don't dispare. There are two type of shooters those that have had ND and those that will. ;)

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Schmit
GySgt, USMC(Ret)
NRA Life, Lodge 1201-UOSSS
"Si vis Pacem Para Bellum"

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Thanks for sharing this with us. Like Doc says, it is a reminder to us all.

Most of all, I'm glad no one was hurt.

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It is the people who are prisoners of their own ignorance about firearms that pose the greatest threat to our 2nd Amendment Rights.
 
Kevin, It ain't happened yet for me and everytime I read one of these posts it has a positive effect on my safety drills.
If it ever does, I promise to come to this confessional because it just might make a difference for someone.

P.S. having a Marine Gunny like Schmit be part of the absolution cannot be a bad thing :)
 
Kevin,

It hasn't happened to me yet, although I was stupid enough to drop my P228 on the garage floor, right on the hammer/backstrap area. That incident woke me up real good! Lucky for me the gun didn't "go off..." Good ole' Sigs.

Don't beat yerself up about it too much, as others have pointed out, noone was hurt! I'm also glad none of your swords were damaged, I know my husband would die if something happened to his precious bastard sword.

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"Liberty or death, What we so proudly hail... Once you provoke Her, rattling of Her tail- Never begins it, NEVER- But once engaged never surrenders, showing the fangs of rage. DON'T TREAD ON ME!!

"Many's the men who've battled foe
many the number slain,
many the lads have fallen though
Scotland shall rise again."
 
Plugged the boot of my car once (enough) with a 45 ACP: IPSC match, over long and twice around - drop mag, clear, over and over - then, packing up and putting away in the gunbox automatically (no pun intended) go through the routine ... and reverse the order. Rated firearms instructor and all. The boot was the safest 'safe direction' anyway.
One does feel more than a little foolish. One gets over it. One has learned a lesson. Guess most of us have 'been there' - or will be :(
Peter Knight

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{{{{{Kevin}}}}} Are you trying to give me heart failure??!! I am just glad you are okay and no one was hurt. I'm thinking that another lesson here is that one should not be handling their guns if they are not fully concentrating on just that...just my humble opinion but I know I have done careless things when I have been distracted. It is a lesson learned...and hopefully admitting your mistake will prevent others from having the same one. Live and learn, with the emphasis on live. =o)
 
Kevin,
I'm concerned. You said "I knew it would happen one day". And I am glad all of you who have had this experience have not had human injury or death. But, you are making the case for the "anti" gun folks. Accidents can happen only through ignorance and carelessness. Basic gun safety must be applied ALL THE TIME!
 
I have made a lot of mistakes and have learned something from each one. I have only had one ND in close to 60 years. Because of it I do not expect another.
Figure out what you did wrong and don't do it again!

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Better days to be,

Ed
 
Mine was a 12 guage, 3", 00 buck! :eek:
Fortunately I was following the rule "Treat every gun as if it were loaded at all times".
The full wad passed through the closed window and screen, and harmlessly into the woods.
This happened 20 years ago, has NOT happened since, and will not happen again.
Lesson learned, ALWAYS check to see if gun is loaded!

12 guages ARE loud inside! ;)


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Happened to me with a .45 ACP

The 2nd loudest sound in the world is a BANG when you expected a click!

My hands shook for hours.
 
Mine was when I was about 17-18y.o., in the bedroom of my best friend's house. Round nose lead .38 went through the juncture of wall and ceiling, and into the attic, we guess. Only our ears hurt, thankfully, and not our posteriors(from his grumpy father)! :D
 
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