9 year old accidentaly shot - hope it wasn't a CWT's family member

[CouesWhitetail]

I never have one in the chamber unless I am ready to shoot. Don't forget the safety on the gun can fail....I had an experience with that during my deer season. I had borrowed a rifle and when I shot my coues this fall, I put another round in the chamber to ready for a 2nd shot if needed. It wasn't needed and so I stood up and was going to remove the round that was in the chamber. All I did was move the safety and the gun went off totally unexpected. SCARED ME TO DEATH! Luckily for me and my hunting buddies, I had the barrel pointed in a safe direction. I have never had that happen before but it was a good reminder why I don't hunt with one in the chamber. I always ask those that I am hunting with to do the same.

I've been with 2 different people that had this happen... 1 was a new savage ( I mean brand new ) and the other was an old remington.. the guy with the savage had heard my story about the other guys mishap and had it in his head to always be conscience about the barrel and where it is pointed. ( which should always be the case!) the guy with the remington had it pointed in the back of my Expedition while I was on the passenger rear door putting mine in the case unloaded.... click of the safety and BOOM! I was like WTH! he was white as a ghost!!! my ears almost exploded, it was loud! shot a hole in the back of my suv.. bullet went through the driver side rear near the gas tank neck and through the rear door and stopped just before coming out of the b post.

 

I pray this kid is ok! Hard lesson for sure..

 

James

 

OH MY!!! that's terrifying! Glad you made it out alive!

[DUG]

We had the same thing happen with a borrowed Rem. 700. Flipped the safety and BOOM! My son sent it back and had it fixed. Remington knows about it but chose not to fix the problem way back when. If any of you guys have Rem. 700's I will bet some of you can get your gun to do this. You can do it unloaded and make it happen. Sometimes it takes 3 times but a risk I will never take again.

 

Back on topic...Hope this boy is OK.

[azslim]

Been around about 8 AD's (accidental discharge) over the years, couple came pretty close to my foot or leg, have my head on swivel (if I can) and make sure chambers are empty when I have new hunters with me. A couple of guys over the years have earned the right to pack their guns how they want with me, usually it's with an empty chamber. If it makes them mad so what, I'm helping you you're not helping me, I'll pack my trash and go home.

[BeardownAZ]

what are they doing walking around with a round in the chamber?

 

Exactly!?!?!

[Snapshot]

We had the same thing happen with a borrowed Rem. 700. Flipped the safety and BOOM! My son sent it back and had it fixed. Remington knows about it but chose not to fix the problem way back when. If any of you guys have Rem. 700's I will bet some of you can get your gun to do this. You can do it unloaded and make it happen. Sometimes it takes 3 times but a risk I will never take again.

 

Back on topic...Hope this boy is OK.

Wow. Thats good to know about the 700. I have been using my trusty 700 for years without any problems. Even though I am very safety concious, I will have to keep that in mind.

[ThomC]

This is a problem with some guns. You pull the trigger with the safety on. It doesnt fire. You then take the safety off and it fires without touching the trigger.

[elkaholic]

I'm sure everyone heres is praying for a fast recovery for this youth.

 

my closest - out to target practice yrs ago freind took his dads 30-30 i had no knowledge of them then - he claimed to know it all

 

he loads the tube - goes to lever a round - gun goes off the bullet hits 2 ins from my boot - it was time to unload and get back in the truck and take this guy home!

[Coach]

Scary stuff, and I'm glad no one was killed. I know when I hunt with my boys, they don't get to chamber until the get the go-ahead. When hunting alone, I used to always keep one in just in case something jumped - stopped doing that a while back too - just don't like the idea of

[bowhunter4life]

Very good topic, seemed like we are always learning something new.

 

As for me, I also had a close call this weekend. After getting home and unloading the truck. It was laundry time, well after unloading the dryer. My wife noticed something laying there, seems I forgot to remove a 243 bullet from my camo pants pocket. Kinda shocked it lasted a complete cycle throught the dryer. Looks like the Core Lock Ammo is made to last!

[JLW]

We had the same thing happen with a borrowed Rem. 700. Flipped the safety and BOOM! My son sent it back and had it fixed. Remington knows about it but chose not to fix the problem way back when. If any of you guys have Rem. 700's I will bet some of you can get your gun to do this. You can do it unloaded and make it happen. Sometimes it takes 3 times but a risk I will never take again.

 

Back on topic...Hope this boy is OK.

Wow. Thats good to know about the 700. I have been using my trusty 700 for years without any problems. Even though I am very safety concious, I will have to keep that in mind.

both incidents I was around the guns safety had to be switched off to open the bolt.... my 700 does not... not that it can't happen though.

 

James

[metau]

Glad to hear it is not life threatening. I hope he has a speedy recovery.

 

Been around about 8 AD's (accidental discharge) over the years....

 

Been there too.....ALOT. Everything from 22's to crew served weapons, close calls to fatalities. It's changed my belief that there is no such thing as an 'accidental' discharge, rather only a 'negligent' discharge. Every ND that I have witnessed or heard of, there was always some safety step that was neglected or passed by, usually due to being rushed, laziness or the 'can't happen to me/done it a 1000 times' attitude. I could go on and on regarding how I feel about weapons and safety, but I need to keep my blood pressure down.

[azslim]

copy that, old habit AD's, have to agree with ND's, all I was around could have been avoided