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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: Bic on March 24, 2010, 09:41:55 PM
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So yesterday I bump into an acquaintance of mine in town and, neither of us having anything else to do, repair to his ranch to check out his gun collection - great!
He opened his huge safe and we began to play with many of his toys - way too numerous to mention here.
We got around to the bottom shelf and the long guns, he pulled out an AR, removed the magazine and was about to open the bolt when either the rifle fired OR he accidentally fired the rifle into the back of the safe door.
Good Things: It was wearing a suppressor at the time so I still have some hearing.
The bullet entered the inside of the door at about 6" above the locking mechanism, all there was to show was a small hole in the material, nothing on the outside of the safe at all, of course. I'm not sure what brand the safe was but I'll report back when i next speak to him.
Had the safe door been closed he would, in a 'best case' scenario have been out several thousands of dollars for replacing 2 custom triple glazed windows - given the assumed trajectory :-[
Bad Thing;
I was standing a little in front of him and about 18" to his right.......makes ya think?
Please be careful.
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Talk about a 'Pucker Factor' of 10.0....
WOW....glad you are OK.
Been there also, except my friend was holding a Ruger .357 that he 'thought' was unloaded.
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I'm glad you're okay Bic.
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Thanks guys. Actually at the time I wasn't even the slightest concerned for my personal safety, probably because of the lack of noise I guess ............the 'pucker factor' did kick in a little later though :o
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clean up in the basement there is a brown mess there........
reason to always have them pointed in a safe direction
glad no one was hurt
a good reminder to us all.
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It has been said the two most dangerous airplane pilots are the brand new ones, and the ones with the most experience: the new ones because they don't yet know what to do; and the most experienced because of the complacency factor. Same thing can be said about guns--especially the guns we think we know the best. Thing is, we all know better. It's just that sometimes we either get a little lazy or a little forgetful or develop a "It couldn't happen to me" attitude. And that could get us or our friends hurt or killed. In this case, a friend has a permanent reminder of a stupid move. Everytime he sees that hole in the door liner of his gun safe, it'll give hime a case of the jits.
Really good lesson here. And really glad pride was the only real victim.
Crusader
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That's why it's stressed that you every gun IS loaded. This is also why I never leave a round in any chamber.
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Talk about a 'Pucker Factor' of 10.0.....
That would be what I experienced when the ex-girlfriend showed up at my wedding, uninvited, carrying a baby.
I heard something that sounded like "sssssssswwwwwwwooooooopppppppp". It was my ass.