Accidental discharge!

    Quote from airoutlaw

    Tell her to work on her draw and point...


    She won't need the 13 round spray-and-pray mag.

    I carry a Beretta Nano with a 6 round mag. The Hellcat comes with an 11 round flush and 13 round extended mag, a highly desirable feature if one is attacked by seven or more dishwashers at once.



    Boom! Dere it is!



    (You know I'm messin' with ya, right?)

    Remember folks - this isn't a rehearsal, this is The Show!8)

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    Quote from rabtech

    Glad you were not pointing it at anything that bleeds. 8)


    I was taught how to point and shoot. It's not the most accurate way but it definitely will work. I'm at most within a couple of inches of what I'm shooting at everytime. I hope the only thing I ever point it at is targets.

    Practice is the only way point and shoot works

    I did just order a dream gun for me. It’s a H&K SP5. I have to wait a few months to get it from my dealer because he is getting huge markup right now on them and he sells to me at cost. I own several HK guns and very much looking forward to this one!

    Quote from Kyle D

    If you do not want to wait on the Hellcat, the new Sig P365 XL comes with a 12rd mag and predrilled for an optic and are available now. Last week, grab a gun had them in stock and ready to ship cheaper than anyone else. I have the regular P365 and love it.

    Oh great. I just got a video review of the XL in my email this morning. Now I have to go down to the gun shop and check out the Sig. Dammit! I usually walk out a few bills lighter...:P

    Remember folks - this isn't a rehearsal, this is The Show!8)

    Quote from wokka

    Glad you and Guardian_Angel are ok, other than your pride.


    I thought it was only younger teens that had this problem... guess when you get old, it comes back. There is probably a pill for it though, might check with your doc :)

    You'd be right!

    My doc has a pill.

    No way am I gonna take it!

    What the hell would I do with the next 3 hours 59 minutes and thirty seconds???

    I could probably shave my face and entertain him for five more minutes... kinda a trip down memory lane type thing.

    Slingshot Flyer! Well, of course it's red... :REDSS:

    He told half of the story... I share the blame for this accidental discharge. This Ruger was my first gun purchase back in 2013. When I first got it - I shot maybe 1 and 1/2 boxes of name brand shells with it and it had issues with getting jammed. We figured it was just during a "break - in" period and discounted it. I purchased a second mag and some Hollow-Point rounds and had one mag loaded for self defense and one with regular shells for plinking targets. About 2 boxes of shells thru it - the Hammer Catch Spring came loose and disabled the gun altogether. Steve DID fix it, as Ruger offered to do also - but it would have also taken 6 months for Ruger to return my gun to me... Steve fixed it and it worked fine but because I no longer trusted this gun as a means of self protection - I put it in a drawer and had not messed with it for several years until two weeks ago.

    The morning of this accident - I was heading to Kentucky by myself for work purposes - and wanted to carry the Ruger - ONLY because its the smallest pistol I have. I had forgotten that I had two magazines... I opened the case - and seen the slide pulled back and a round chambered - and a magazine clip laying loosely in the case. This pistol does not have a safety - the safety is - it will not fire unless the is mag installed. Steve was eating breakfast and I was running around trying to gather things last minute.. I held up the loose mag and told Steve " when you get done eating - clear this round from the chamber for me and I'll install the mag for transport. If I have to use it... I know I'll have to chamber a round - but if I leave one in the chamber - I don't want to put the mag in it - so either way I gotta do something before I use it..." Steve had glanced over towards me - and seen the clip in my hand. Now... this is MY gun...I am the one who bought the extra magazine... I am the only one who has used it...I am as much responsible - if not more - because I failed to recognize that the gun was ready to shoot, because a flush mounted clip was in fact already installed. I even turned that gun around in its case in a circle - aiming the barrel of a loaded gun at my husband - and myself before I had walked away from the kitchen counter..

    I had to be on the road at 5am to make it to Kentucky at a certain preset time. In all the rushing, grabbing, snatching, hugs and kisses, and hurry hurry hurry... I was in a rush to get out the door and purposely saved the gun being packed in the car as the very last thing. Steve - also in a rush to make sure I had all the items - picked up the gun - me chattering and blabbering at him - he went to clear the barrel - and...



    When that gun went off and we were both just standing there shell shocked.. my mind was trying to understand how the gun went off - and I seen Steve grab the side of his face that was not facing me... I can't put it into words -

    I asked him in a scared voice " are you?? are you ok?? He said "yeah, this ear won't stop ringing though". My lungs could finally breathe in some air again...


    Now - I know how this sounds... I know.. but everything happens for a reason. I learned this lesson many many times during my life... God has given me insight during some tragic and scary times - as to why things happened the way they did. Far too many times to be coincidental...

    I know in my heart of hearts... if I had just decided to leave that round in the gun - thinking the only mag was laying loose in the case - it wasn't a maybe, or a possibility - I WOULD have either shot myself - or shot someone else with that loaded gun. So I guess... its safe to say - God saved me from me -again.


    I think it was a stark - cold - reminder that was very loud and very clear - that life is fragile. That we are not ever promised our next breathe. That in the blink of an eye - lives can be forever changed.


    I left the house 30 minutes late... I drove the speed limit for the next 365 miles, and I thanked God for his mercy - and for once again protecting me and my husband.


    I left that damn gun at home.

    All statements, posts, and general discussions made on this forum by me purposely reflect my opinions and personal experiences. 8)

    Quote from Guardian_Angel

    He told half of the story... I share the blame for this accidental discharge.


    You didn't need to state this, we knew it.


    I've heard bad stories about these guns, this is probably the worst.


    I'm a big fan of the Sig P380, it's small and yet has plenty of stopping power, easy to shoot and comfortable. Bought one for the GF a few years ago, she loves it.

    I have a Ruger LC9S - it is my EDC gun. Have had it for years, superbly accurate, have run hundreds of rounds through it without a problem. I always carry with a round in the chamber in an Urban Carry G2 holster, I train regularly this way, and I won't have a carry gun with a separate safety. Too many times pulling the trigger and missing the shot because the safety was on - this was never a disaster, but all the same, no safety on my EDC.


    Just my 2 cents - everyone needs to do what ever is necessary to keep safe. What ever way you carry - practice and train that way! In a SHTF situation, you're going to do whatever you practice most.

    The smarter you get, the funnier I am.

    Quote from Doc&Ruby

    I have a Ruger LC9S - it is my EDC gun. Have had it for years, superbly accurate, have run hundreds of rounds through it without a problem. I always carry with a round in the chamber in an Urban Carry G2 holster, I train regularly this way, and I won't have a carry gun with a separate safety. Too many times pulling the trigger and missing the shot because the safety was on - this was never a disaster, but all the same, no safety on my EDC.


    Just my 2 cents - everyone needs to do what ever is necessary to keep safe. What ever way you carry - practice and train that way! In a SHTF situation, you're going to do whatever you practice most.

    I do not buy hand guns with safety's on them either. The safety is the trigger finger

    Quote from FunCycle

    I do not buy hand guns with safety's on them either. The safety is the trigger finger.

    I would have to respectfully disagree with you... that's kinda like saying the brake pedal is the only safety device I need in a car.. but -I have always been a little leary of anything that can kill me when I wasn't ready to go...

    All statements, posts, and general discussions made on this forum by me purposely reflect my opinions and personal experiences. 8)

    .... yes... i have to turn to the key and press the gas pedal for the brake pedal to ever be useful..

    All statements, posts, and general discussions made on this forum by me purposely reflect my opinions and personal experiences. 8)