How many of you guys have had a close call? I'm talking about an almost accident that had you checking your shorts and scratching your head thinking, "How in the hell did that just happen?" I wanna know what happened and what you learned from it.
While posting in another thread I thought of a close call I had a while back that actually involved an LEO. This particular LEO happened to be my girlfriends dad. He carries a Kimber Gold Match with a stainless slide and Cherry grips as his duty piece. All I carry is a G19, so I had been drooling over his Kimber since the first time I saw it. I finally got him to come out to the range with me to try out my new AR 15.
I let him pop off a couple magazines and when the bolt locked back he dropped the mag and set the rifle down. Then he took his Kimber out of its holster and set it on the table with the muzzle pointing down range. He told me he hadn't shot it since his last range trip the week before but a round was in the chamber safety on, hammer down.
I picked it up and It felt great. Heavier than my G19, not quite as heavy as my 44 mag, but well balanced. I pulled back the hammer, safety off and fired the first shot. Right where I was aiming and the kick was more than manageable. I took aim for my second shot and "click" nothing. At this point I'm thinking, "Did I just break my girlfriends dad's favorite gun?"
I then realized I could handle the situation and dropped the mag, racked the slide and as I did a .40 cal round falls out of the end of the barrel. I checked the rest of the mag before continuing but realized that could have went a lot worse a lot of ways. Next time, I'm loading the mag if I'm going to shoot.
While posting in another thread I thought of a close call I had a while back that actually involved an LEO. This particular LEO happened to be my girlfriends dad. He carries a Kimber Gold Match with a stainless slide and Cherry grips as his duty piece. All I carry is a G19, so I had been drooling over his Kimber since the first time I saw it. I finally got him to come out to the range with me to try out my new AR 15.
I let him pop off a couple magazines and when the bolt locked back he dropped the mag and set the rifle down. Then he took his Kimber out of its holster and set it on the table with the muzzle pointing down range. He told me he hadn't shot it since his last range trip the week before but a round was in the chamber safety on, hammer down.
I picked it up and It felt great. Heavier than my G19, not quite as heavy as my 44 mag, but well balanced. I pulled back the hammer, safety off and fired the first shot. Right where I was aiming and the kick was more than manageable. I took aim for my second shot and "click" nothing. At this point I'm thinking, "Did I just break my girlfriends dad's favorite gun?"
I then realized I could handle the situation and dropped the mag, racked the slide and as I did a .40 cal round falls out of the end of the barrel. I checked the rest of the mag before continuing but realized that could have went a lot worse a lot of ways. Next time, I'm loading the mag if I'm going to shoot.