Gun Accidents

[Gunmaster45]

After the 410 and the 12 Gauge, I'm not particularly trusting with O/U shotguns.

[Nyles]

When I got back from my soldier qual course and had been running on 2 hours of sleep a night for a week and a half, I was cleaning my C7 before turning it in. I put it back together, and did a function test. When I cocked it, the bolt stayed back even though there was no mag in there. I looked down and saw the buffer and spring sitting in my bush hat. Because the bolt was now stuck between the buffer tube and the upper receiver, I couldn't break it open. I managed to unscrew the buttplate and push it out with my cleaning rod before my instructors noticed.

[Gunmaster45]

I hate moments like that. For a couple minutes, you're just freaking out because you're figuring out what to do to fix it. Once everything's okay though, you can look back and laugh.

Once I was field stripping my M1 Garand and accidentally disassembled the bolt. It took me half an hour to finally figure the damn thing out without instructions.

[Excalibur]

I was dissembling a Beretta M92FS a friend had and when I tried to put it back together, I didn't fit the spring all the way and the whole slide flew out when I let go to fix it. Now that was embarrassing

[Kinzer]

Well, I don't think anyone can say they're from a "gun" family till one of their relatives blows one of his toes off with a muzzle loader. Apparently he thought the gun was half-cocked but it went off somehow. Had to ride for an hour and a half on an ATV before he made it to the hospital. According to him, it hurt...a lot.

[Yournamehere]

Oh I have one.

I was taking apart my 5906 and I just found the buttons that release the safety and the firing pin. I depressed the firing pin, and when I went to hit the button to release it, I apparently forgot about spring tension, and it flew out of the back of the gun.......

Into my eye.

Thankfully I didn't go blind, and I learned how to take the pieces out properly. It was pretty funny all in all.

[Gunmaster45]

That reminds me of the spring cover on my 1911. If you don't hold that down it can shoot out pretty fast.

I was just thinking about an accident my grandpa had. He sat down to the dinner table with a loaded shotgun and it accidentally went off and he shot the floor. His brother's feet were pretty close to the shot, so he sprinted out of the house and through the screen door without even opening it. I can imagine it was quite a spectical.