Have you ever discharged a firearm accidentally??

[basstracker89]

Yes. When I was as kid I had one of those BB, 1911 pistols. My step Mom let me buy it and handle it I saw fit. We were watching TV that night. I accidentally discharged it and it ricocheted off the carpet hitting the TV. Didn't hurt anything, but she took it back the next day.
Years later I was tinkering with an AR and discharged it though a carpeted floor into a basement. Again didn't hurt anything, but still bad. I had checked the chamber, but somehow missed the round. I checked any never found any part of that bullet. At least I had it pointed in a safe direction.
Many years after that, I had taken a custom built model 700 out to shoot. I had it pointed down range. Laid my finger on the trigger to get ready to shoot. It went off. It had a 1lb trigger pull. So a new learning curve.
My brother in law and his friend were playing in his room. They were in high school, I think. Anyways he had a model 60 Smith. It went off through the back wall of his closet and through his parents bedroom wall. Hit the back side of the dresser mirror and broke it. Nobody was home. Maybe they were out of town. Anyway, they fixed, painted the wall and replaced the mirror. He put a poster up in the back of his closet to hide the hole. Nobody ever knew it for years till he fessed up as an adult. The hole is still in the back of the closet till this day.
This is why I don't like shooting around other people. I don't like being lased by careless people

 

[boinky]

Me no. Malfunction of gun misfire yes.

 

[greg vess]

Yep, a 10 mm right through the wall. I opened the slide partially to check for brass. The thing was the self defense ammo I had loaded had a nickel case. Squeezed the trigger and instant peep hole through the front wall. Ooops! LOL

The very first time we were packing to move to GA. My friend had a Franchi shotgun. I ask him if it was loaded. He said no I never bought any ammo for it. Pointed it up in the air and squeezed the trigger. It went off and I dang near soiled my shorts. A surprise shotgun blast will wake you up that's for dang sure!

Like AC-130 Above said it will definitely make you start resighting the rules of gun safety when you go to pick up the next firearm.

 

[bearring0]

Today ??

Yes

 

[lokidogg]

Through my living room window.

 

[My name is Homer]

- P320 Xten 10mm went off in my Holster without being touched
- Remington 700 shot when the bolt was slammed home hard

 

[41mag]

Yes.
Thus the reason to ALWAYS treat every firearm as if it were loaded, and ALWAYS keep pointed in safe direction….never at anyone or anything you don’t intend to shoot !!

My dad told me early, as much as we handle guns, chances are you are going to have an ND. The odds are just too great. Just hope you have the sense to always keep them pointed in a safe direction and try to constantly pay attention when you are handling them !!

 

[Rougarou]

Guilty i was chambering a round in a Colt 1911 getting ready to carry cocked and locked and when I let the slide go it fired through the ceiling luckily it hit a ceiling joist so it didn't go through the roof

 

[Buck73]

Yes sir!

 

[killerv]

Someone next to me did once, I was in a gun shop, guy next to me took his 1911 out of his holster handing it to the owner of the shop to look at on a trade, bullet missed my leg by a few inches and blew out the glass counter. I wasn't too happy.