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- From: moore@tc.fluke.COM (Matt Moore)
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: Re: Accidental Discharges
- Message-ID: <9211232202.AA00860@whirlwind>
- Date: 24 Nov 92 00:03:01 GMT
- Sender: magnum@mimsy.umd.edu
- Organization: John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc., Everett, WA
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- Approved: gun-control@cs.umd.edu
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- In article <9211171851.AA04010@sweetpea.jsc.nasa.gov> weed@sweetpea.jsc.nasa.gov (daniel weed 283-4162) writes:
- #
- #I've read a few posts in the last few days describing the humbling
- #aftereffects of having an AD. What I would like to know is: How did
- #this AD occur? What events lead up to it, what will you do differently
- #next time?
- #I would also like to clarify the difference (IMHO) between Accidental
- #Discharges and Negligent Discharges. "Accidental" implys to me an unexpected
- #discharge through no fault of the shooter, perhaps due to the gun failing
- #to operate properly - such as firing with the safety on. Negligent means
- #the discharge was due to the shooter's error. I suspect there are
- #very few ADs, and many NDs.
-
- I have never had an AD because I buy high-quality guns (S&W, Ruger,
- Glock) and keep them in good repair. I had one ND when I was just getting
- started with shooting. I was at an indoor range with my brand new Ruger
- revolver. I thought it would be cool to shoot single action, one handed
- (cocking the hammer with the thumb of the shooting hand). This worked fine
- for a while, but then my hand slipped while cocking the hammer, I clenched
- to keep from dropping the gun, and bang. My finger had been inside the
- trigger guard, of course, without my having planned it one way or the
- other. The bullet hit the concrete floor about 15 yds downrange and
- bounced into the bullet traps. No-one noticed anything unusual, and I gave
- up Clint Eastwood style show-off shooting forever.
-
- Lessons learned:
-
- 1) Do not believe *anything* you see on TV and the movies. Those people
- know nothing about gun safety.
-
- 2) Shooting revolvers single action is for two hands only. My shooting
- book ("Shoot a Handgun" by Dave Arnold) covered this point, but I hadn't
- gottent to that page yet.
-
- 3) Read the whole book first. Better yet, take shooting courses.
-
- Matt Moore
- John Fluke Mfg. Co.
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