Plain and simple pulling the trigger on a closed chamber for disassembly is another chance for murphy to pop up and ruin your day.
Big agree with Sig.VWfred69,
Takes a manly set to put your story on here for us to read; I appreciate your honesty and putting yourself behind the eight ball to remind us all to keep it safe and think before we do. Hope you heal quickly and I am so glad to hear your wife has good sense about her, she's a keeper. Good luck to ya pal and thanks again.
VWfred69,
Takes a manly set to put your story on here for us to read; I appreciate your honesty and putting yourself behind the eight ball to remind us all to keep it safe and think before we do. Hope you heal quickly and I am so glad to hear your wife has good sense about her, she's a keeper. Good luck to ya pal and thanks again.
Being a newb I don't understand how that big of a injury occurs, can the slide take a chunk out of your hand like that?
No.
But a bullet combined with a muzzle flash can.
The OP already said, and showed, how he was holding it. Apparently it was the slide.
but i said i may have jerked or something it is pretty obvious either bullet/muzzle flash or something tore my hand up. I was trying to stress the point to drop your mag and clear the gun! I had just had it locked back empty showing it to my wifes dad. Had 3 mags 2 empty, case only has slots for 2 so i slipped one in thinking i put the empty in. as soon as i closed the case her uncle said does it come apart easy for cleaning. i picked it up thinking it was still empty locked the slide back ,locked the slide back, didn't notice the shell. fliped the slide release and slid forward while pulling the trigger.
Big boom to my surprise with the bullet going into the ground.
he last!
I am not just trying to say check your gun I was reminding you to make sure to drop the mag first when checking don't think you have a empty mag. I will post this every page if needed. I wasn't debating weather it was the slide or bullet. Just trying to help others,by admitting my big mistake.
A RANGER T HOLLOWPOINT PROBABLY SHREDDED MY HAND.
how bad was your damage oldfb?