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[Guy Miner]

Earlier today one of my trainees was placing his Sig back in his right hand after doing some left hand only drills - and managed to torch off a .40 round right into the deck a foot or so from his own feet, and maybe two feet from mine! :shock:

Been a while since anyone had an accidental or negligent discharge on my range. Got my attention real quick.

Checked to make sure we were both okay. He holstered the Sig. I picked up the still scorching hot bullet off the deck and kept it.

Sheesh... Hang around enough guys, shooting enough guns, and stuff like this happens time to time. Fortunately he had it pointed out ahead of us a bit, not right at our feet.

Guy

 

[DrMike]

Close one, Guy. I once had an RCMP handgun instructor touch off a Model 94 that impacted a couple of feet from my knee. He was chagrined, to say the least. I heard something I would never have suspected from him: "I didn't know it was loaded."

 

[JD338]

Guy,

That was a close call.
Glad to hear that everyone is ok.

JD338

 

[FOTIS]

Thank God that that everyone is ok.

 

[Guy Miner]

Thanks. Yeah, I was wearing a nearly new pair of Danners, and a bullet hole might have ruined them!

 

[billbam]

Glad that no one was hurt.
About 10 years ago, I was on one of our guys who was high maintence. He had a malfunction and cleared his handgun. As he ejected a round we heard what sounded like a shot from the back of the range. We all looked back and saw a possible candidate who was walking across the rear but he had his weapon secured. I then turned back and realized that I saw something down to the feet of the shooter when the noise occurred. As the shooter cleared the round, it fell straight down and hit it a stone when it grenaded. No injury but that was the first time I ever saw that.
When you work the range, the stories you could tell…. :shock:

 

[big rifle man]

I worked as a range officer on my department while we were switching from .38 revolvers to 9MM S&W semi autos. I could keep you busy for an hour with stories. needless to say the ceiling, walls and occasionally the floor suffered. I had a lieutenant that was in overall charge and we trained six officers at a time. It's a time when you need eyes in the back of your head. No actual injuries but some interesting scenarios.