.40 Cal
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I sure as hell did, and was humbled. I am hesitant to write this because I do not consider myself a novice gun owner, but for education purposes I will post my experience.
I had an accidental discharge today that put a 230 gr round of JHP into my carpet (thankfully I was alone in my house). This morning, I had cleaned several of my firearms. I gave 4 of my guns a light cleaning, but neglected to get a fifth (Springfield 1911). I had removed all the magazines from all 5 prior to cleaning, but I had forgotten I had chambered a round for my wife to keep while I was out on the trails yesterday in the forest. I always follow the rules of firearm safety, but today my head was in the clouds (I've been sick for a week now and am on anti-histamines). When I grabbed my 1911, I wanted to check for trigger grit to make sure I had cleaned out all the dust particles. I had not cleaned this one, even though I thought I had. Next thing you know... BANG!
Nothing serious happened, but I learned a valuable lesson: One weapon at a time! Once your done cleaning one, put it away and grab the next.
Flame away if you must, but I thought I'd share my experience in hope that it might keep you from making a similar mistake. It could happen to you, even though I never thought it would happen to me. I believe Legba said it once: if you handle loaded firearms enough, it will happen to you.
edited for spelling
I sure as hell did, and was humbled. I am hesitant to write this because I do not consider myself a novice gun owner, but for education purposes I will post my experience.
I had an accidental discharge today that put a 230 gr round of JHP into my carpet (thankfully I was alone in my house). This morning, I had cleaned several of my firearms. I gave 4 of my guns a light cleaning, but neglected to get a fifth (Springfield 1911). I had removed all the magazines from all 5 prior to cleaning, but I had forgotten I had chambered a round for my wife to keep while I was out on the trails yesterday in the forest. I always follow the rules of firearm safety, but today my head was in the clouds (I've been sick for a week now and am on anti-histamines). When I grabbed my 1911, I wanted to check for trigger grit to make sure I had cleaned out all the dust particles. I had not cleaned this one, even though I thought I had. Next thing you know... BANG!
Nothing serious happened, but I learned a valuable lesson: One weapon at a time! Once your done cleaning one, put it away and grab the next.
Flame away if you must, but I thought I'd share my experience in hope that it might keep you from making a similar mistake. It could happen to you, even though I never thought it would happen to me. I believe Legba said it once: if you handle loaded firearms enough, it will happen to you.
edited for spelling