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Have you ever discharged a firearm accidentally??

Was cleaning my dad’s old Model 60 .22 that was having feeding issues. Unloaded the tube mag and cleared it. Cleaned and reassembled. Put in two .22 dummy rounds and hand cycled them out. Dry fired and bam. Guess there was a live round stuck in the mag tube. Scared the **** out of me.
 
Care to share the context? We're all here to learn from our mistakes and those of others.

I was sitting on my couch preparing to clean my Glock. Unfortunately I racked the slide to clear the loaded chamber before dropping the mag. I always point it in a safe direction and dry fire it to make sure it’s empty due to the way you disassemble a Glock. The TV did not fair so well. I was young, dumb, and complacent. That scarred me for life for sure! I have been extra paranoid with firearms ever since and will forever be.
 
I was sitting on my couch preparing to clean my Glock. Unfortunately I racked the slide to clear the loaded chamber before dropping the mag. I always point it in a safe direction and dry fire it to make sure it’s empty due to the way you disassemble a Glock. The TV did not fair so well. I was young, dumb, and complacent. That scarred me for life for sure! I have been extra paranoid with firearms ever since and will forever be.
Did the TV's family sue for wrongful death??.........
 
Somehow, I've never considered doing that for that reason.

Some weapons you have to for disassembly

Some consider these separate practices. As stated previously, dry firing a gun to make sure it's empty, and pulling the trigger as required for disassembly, are not interchangeable.

Dropping the hammer or striker to verify a gun is unloaded is an ND waiting to happen 99% of the time.
 
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