[ARCHIVED THREAD] - AD (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 1/14/2009 10:29:06 AM EDT
| Well it just happened, I had an accidental discharge of one of my AR's in the basement. The TAP round went through the bedroom floor and into the ceiling. Three feet of insulation kept it in the house. At least I don't see any daylight in the attic. Time for some drywall repair. I am religious about gun safety, yet I let my guard down for a minute and had one go off. Please take this as a warning, if it can happen, it will. Check those chambers everytime you pick the gun up. |
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What happened? Store the rifles with mags in, chamber empty, hammer down. Neighbor was over last week and I showed him the rifle. All I can think of is I dropped the bolt after I put the mag back in. was in the shop, installed an Ergo grip on the rifle, check the function of the safety after installing the grip and BANG!!!!!!! Feel like a total fuck-up...never thought about checking the chamber... |
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Slam fired while chambering a .380 once. Sent the gun to S&W and they replaced the complete action - it was a broken safety/decocker. Sold that gun immediately after testing.
I still have the flattened bullet as a reminder of what could have happened if not pointed in safe direction. Made small hole in carpet and wedged into the concrete floor. The sound was unexpectedly deafening, but what I'll never forget was my wife's scream - I thought she was hit by some ricochet, turns out she was just freaked. I felt like a jerk until Smith said that could have happened considering how the gun was not functioning as designed. I was surprised they were as honest as they were. They replaced the slide too in an effort to deliver a perfect looking and functioning gun. There was no way I could ever trust that gun again. I obviously still point firearms in safe direction, but never chamber rounds indoor anymore. |
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there is no such thing as an AD.
this coming from one who has had their one in a lifetime ND guns dont just go off by them self, please call it as it is, a ND. if you have a round cook off, thats a malfunction, not an AD, you playing with a loaded weapon makes it a ND hopefuly this will be your last one. i have a buddy who has had 3 in 2 year time span. needless to say, i do not call him any more to go shooting with at the range. |
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there is no such thing as an AD. . Yes there is. It happens when the gun goes off due to a mechanical failure that is outside your control. i just call that a malfunction. Yeah, that makes sense, because a gun going off unintentionally and possibly injuring someone is the same as a stovepipe or failure to feed. |
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Its big of you to admit it. I did it once too, with a cz75. Sent a 9mm ball round through my bedroom door, and into the base board of the next room. Thank god no one was home, and the cops didn't come.
Your not alone, its a hard lesson to learn, but thankfully, it isn't forgotten. |
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EVERY.TIME.PERIOD. Glad your OK ALL GUNS ARE LOADED. EVERY.TIME.PERIOD. Glad no one was hurt. Cheers to you for being man enough to admit it in this forum and help remind the rest of us of RULE#1 HEY! Wait a sec... you aren't Old_Painless... Need to change your avatar. - AG |
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What happened? Store the rifles with mags in, chamber empty, hammer down. Neighbor was over last week and I showed him the rifle. All I can think of is I dropped the bolt after I put the mag back in. was in the shop, installed an Ergo grip on the rifle, check the function of the safety after installing the grip and BANG!!!!!!! Feel like a total fuck-up...never thought about checking the chamber... Glad you are OK, I check the chamber everytime I touch a gun, I grew up with guns and started shooting when I was around 7 and my Dad would smack us in the back of the head if we didn't check the chambers. I thought he was a Prick for doing it but I guess it was a valuble lesson 
Do you live with anyone and if so, did you hurry and patch the hole before they got home? 
ETA: Read the post where your Wife was home |
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Store the rifles with mags in, chamber empty, hammer down. Neighbor was over last week and I showed him the rifle. All I can think of is I dropped the bolt after I put the mag back in. was in the shop, installed an Ergo grip on the rifle, check the function of the safety after installing the grip and BANG!!!!!!! Feel like a total fuck-up...never thought about checking the chamber... Yeaaaaah. I'm thinkin' there's a reason why every firearm accessory says something along the lines of: "Make sure your firearm is unloaded before you install this part." Welcome to the ND club. We're taking new members every day. Remember, it's not if, it's when. Mine was during some dry fire practice. I stopped in the middle to go outside for something and stupidly failed to go through the routine of verifying the mag was out and chamber empty when I came back in and resumed dry firing. |
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there is no such thing as an AD. . Yes there is. It happens when the gun goes off due to a mechanical failure that is outside your control. i just call that a malfunction. Yeah, that makes sense, because a gun going off unintentionally and possibly injuring someone is the same as a stovepipe or failure to feed. not true, what you listed has a name, IE failure to feed, and a stove pipe, both of which have allocated terms, a AD i suppose could be an all encompasing term for any time the firearm goes off when the shooter has no bearing over it, however that is only due to malfunctions. creating and recreating names for the same problems is kind of silly. call a stove pipe a stove pipe, a slam fire a slam fire. |
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there is no such thing as an AD. . Yes there is. It happens when the gun goes off due to a mechanical failure that is outside your control. i just call that a malfunction. Yeah, that makes sense, because a gun going off unintentionally and possibly injuring someone is the same as a stovepipe or failure to feed. not true, what you listed has a name, IE failure to feed, and a stove pipe, both of which have allocated terms, a AD i suppose could be an all encompasing term for any time the firearm goes off when the shooter has no bearing over it, however that is only due to malfunctions. creating and recreating names for the same problems is kind of silly. call a stove pipe a stove pipe, a slam fire a slam fire. 
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