Ever had an ND and what did you learn from it?

**icp4life162005** · October 24th, 2021, 02:35 AM

Originally Posted by Bang

Does putting a .22 cartridge on a rock and hitting it with another rock, resulting in permanent scar on base of left thumb count?

I shot a live high brass 3.5" 12g shell that was that was buried in a mound of clay dirt to the top of the brass with a .22lr. Well, not me, but i was shot by it.

One day a buddy and myself were bored and decided to do some 22lr target shooting.

Thought that the primer made one hell of a skilled bullseye target. We actually had a dozen or so rounds of different calibers line up like this for target practice.

My buddy shot my 22lr rifle at the 12g round that was 30-50ft away. The 22lr bullet went into the brass face just around the side of the primer.

It ignited the primer and the powder. Turns out, there is a triangular spikey piece in some primers. The wadding didntbudge due to the densely packed clay, nor did the case.

The casing of the primer became a barrel for the full force of the powder load, and shot that primer piece right square into the cheek of my ass.

Not sure if ive ever had a ND/AD before then, but i wised the fuck up rather quickly after that.

**tallbump** · October 24th, 2021, 07:36 AM

Yes, yes, I did.
Qualifying for my job. Two weeks of training. Last night before quals.
Working at dusk, flashlight drills, switching from gun to light and back.
Doing a level 1 failure drill. Was supposed to have a dummy round, somehow my stupid self put a live round in.
Did the drill, round went down range. Following all the other safety rules, so the round went safely into the berm

Learned a few things.
One, be very careful and play closed attention when loading a firearm.
Two, don't mix live rounds and dummy rounds.
Follow all safety rules. If you mess up, most likely nothing too serious will happen.

**Yoder** · October 28th, 2021, 09:06 AM

I was at an IDPA shoot. After my reload I accidently hit the trigger while shifting my grip. Put a round down range over the berm and got a DQ. Luckily it was just a bunch of woods behind the range. We drove 2 hrs and it was the first stage. I got to reset targets and watch my friend shoot the rest of the day. I felt like a real jackass. I'm just glad nobody got hurt. Next time I shot my gun I found that the trigger safety was not working at all. When it reset it wasn't coming forward enough to engage the safety. I still screwed up but I think the fact that the safety wasn't working didn't help the situation.

**bigandy1966** · November 20th, 2024, 06:43 AM

Necro thread, but remember keep the booger hook off the bang switch.

https://vidmax.com/video/230210-igno...ain-in-the-ass

**claudel** · November 25th, 2024, 03:53 PM

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Hate to admit, but yeah...

Totally negligent brain fart.

Finally got my new muffler after waiting out the stamp, screwed it onto the muzzle of my ancient Colt and proceeded to pull the trigger, sending a nice quiet .32 slug zipping around the room with no damage to anything other than my sense of self-worth.

Easily could have been major bad...

Can't say I learned anything I didn't already know...

**imashooter2** · November 26th, 2024, 04:50 PM

Originally Posted by Bang

How about wanting to fire off the load in a flintlock rifle and the flint breaks. So while a friend held the rifle in a shooting position, I touched it off with a lit cigarette, leaving nine black spots under the skin of my right little finger, and one black spot in the ring finger?

My older brother and I were setting off M80s we bought from a guy up the street. One had the fuse burn out flush with the cardboard case. Big brother decided to set it off using a burning stick on the burnt out fuse end. Of course he needed to protect his hand so he set up a clay flower pot in front of it.

I learned that clay flower pot shrapnel sends you to the ER.