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Old September 16, 2008, 01:36 AM   #51
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All you can do is to remeber this, and not let it ever happen again...

Mine was a true AD... a gun with a half-cock featuee (a revolver) had the lock let go, from half-cock, and fired a .22 lead-nose into a magazine for my .17 HN2... made a mess of a $25.00 magazine that was full of ammo at the time... (I didn't think the hammer could get up enough energy from half-cock, to fire a primer!)

it is only the 4 rules that saved me... gun was pointed in a safe direction, and not at someone or something irreplacable... (pointed at the top shelf of the safe...) My AD will ALWAYS remind me why we point them in a safe direction AT ALL TIMES!!!

DON'T tear yourself up over this, but also never forget...
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Old September 16, 2008, 01:38 AM   #52
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Excellent summary and closing statement.

Thanks for being brave enough to share your mistake with us, so that we could learn from it. It takes a real man to step up and say, "I was wrong, and now I'm going to change it..." Kudos.

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