modelflyer2003
Sharpshooter
My brother went to the range with me for some handgun fun. I bought a new Ruger LCP and needed to try it out. I also brought my Glock 26 and a Taurus Model 82 from the 1970's. I liked the LCP but decided that the trigger was something to get used to, as some have mentioned. First time I shot it, I put all six rounds on a paper plate at 30 feet. Anyway to the point: My brother decided he wanted to shoot the Glock. After the second or third round he stopped firing but kept the gun pointed down range. I could see that the slide was not all the way forward, and I could see the brass of the round not fully into battery. When I approached I wondered if I had made a squib load as he was shooting my reloads. I noticed his left thumb was bleeding and had a laceration about a centimeter and a half long. It wasn't bad, but in a bad spot. He said that the slide came back and hit his thumb, because he got it too high. Being a family nurse practitioner, I realized that he would benefit from a few stitches and a long overdue tetanus shot. I told him that even if the doctor/nurse practitioner that looked at it only puts steri-strips on it, he needs the tetanus and at least and x-ray, because of the high velocity of the contact injury. The skinny is that the nurse practitioner put steri-strips on it but did not put an aluminium splint on it to keep it from breaking open when he bends his thumb. She did x-ray it though, and he didn't have a fracture. He said it was a lesson learned and that he will never make that mistake again. Probably not. I would say he got pretty lucky. He needs some pistol-holding remediation apparently. Anyone have any slide bite or hammer bite stories they want to share?