It can happen anytime.

[Fronty Owner]

No, Im Frontier Owner over there too so it wasn't me.

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[t-boe]

I follow the "rules" of handling weapons at all times just because that can happen. Blink and you could hurt/kill yourself or someone around you.

[XLR8R]

I hate when that happens!

Learned a good lesson over 20 years ago - went to cleaning up a SPAS-12 at home after a long day of several hundred rounds on the range with a buddy, and didn't notice the 00 magnum shotshell in the chamber 'til I looked down the bore to check for scratches... had all the guns locked down safe for the trip back from the range, but when we got home had to unlimber the SPAS to blast the feral cats tearing up the trash outside on garbage day - forgot to safe it in all the excitement.

Not the last time I got to stare down the barrel of a loaded gun, but darn sure the last time that it was my fault!

[Equalizer_2]

It only takes a second. That is why you MUST follow the rule for keeping it pointed in a safe direction. I knew a guy that had a slam fire on an AR and another that was out hunting. The guy hunting had a .308 soft point go out the passenger door of his 8 month old truck, about a 2 inch hole. The slam fire did a job on the concrete floor of the laundry room. No one was hurt because they knew where the muzzles were pointing.

I had a 1911 go off while putting it away. I had been carrying it all day tucked in the back of my pants with the hammer on half-**** and when I went to put it away the hammer dropped. I still have the night stand it put a hole in.

[tightgroup]

I have been hearing so many instances of accidental/negligent discharges this year.

When I was living at home during college a friend brought over his Dad's old Winchester 1897 12 gauge pump and asked me to clean it. The gun was pretty dusty from sitting in the back of a closet for many years.

We were sitting in my bedroom at my desk and I decided to do something stupid by loading a shell. I just wanted to see if it would feed from the magazine. It fed alright....when I pushed the round into the chamber, the gun went off.

I had it pointed safely toward the ceiling and it blow a hole through the ceiling tile and the roof. It was a good thing that I was not pointing it at my friend. I took the gun completely apart and cleaned all the gunk out of it. We took it out and shot a couple rounds of trap with it and he has not had a problem since.