Gun safety needs to be practiced at all times while around guns and this shotgun malfunction shows why. Posted on 08/17/2017 9:19:28 AM PDT by w1n1
Gun safety needs to be practiced at all times while around guns and this shotgun malfunction shows why.
Shooting accidents are one of the worst things that can occur while on the gun range or in the field. Simply relying on the safety mechanisms present on firearms is not enough.
The hunter in this video uses a shotgun malfunction on his new Winchester pump-action 12GA to prove that point in shocking fashion.
Winchester announced a recall on certain models of their pump-action shotguns due to this malfunction. The video should serve as a serious reminder to all hunters and shooters that guns can be deadly or cause serious harm when you least expect it. See the full Winchester malfunction video here.
Yep, gotta take my Browning 30-06 bolt action into the smithy.
It fired when I moved the safety.
Fortunately I was aimed down range at the time.
I’ve seen references to a recall, but I’d rather have the local smith fix it than mess with the shipping and the wait.
Two gun recalls in two days. Yesterday it was Sig Sauer. What is going on?
Just as the guy in the video says, always follow the safety rules.
I was firing a flintlock rifle at the range when the range officer called for cease fire to repair targets. My rifle had a loaded barrel and I asked permission to fire it to clear the barrel. The RO told me to “just blow the powder out of the pan and it’ll be safe”. Reluctantly, I did that but I put the rifle into a rest and kept the muzzle pointed down range.
When the range was called “hot” again, I adjusted the flint and tightened it in, then tested the flint with no powder in the pan - and it fired!
I was astounded that a flintlock could fire with zero priming in the pan - but luckily, I had the rifle in the safe direction and I only had to change underwear.
A well made flintlock will often fire without powder in the pan.
ALWAYS follow gun safey rules.
The first time you “clear” your rifle and find it loaded you will never forget the experience.
I did it once, to find I had a round in the chamber and ready to fire... Scared the crap out of me.
My roommate in the service shot a round into the clearing barrel. He AND the guy who supposedly looked into the chamber both got their asses chewed out.
But I always keep the gun pointed in a safe direction, finger off the trigger, and the clearing procedure is your final check just to find this type of screwup.
Which Sig ?
First time I’d ever heard of it. Guess the good news is that I have a “well-made flintlock”.
Any time I pick up a weapon, I clear it. It’s just a habit.
Serious defect.
An A-Bolt?
I have one which functions flawlessly.
Purchased new in 1999.
“The first time you “clear” your rifle and find it loaded you will never forget the experience.”
I once had an “accidental fire” with a .357 pistol...indoors.
It was one of the most shocking experiences of my life. Went through the wall, bounced off the pavement, off the steel bumper of my neighbors truck and landed in a tree in front of the house across the street.
Nobody hurt except my EARS and my ego.
My first and only.
Oh, yes, it can. All it takes is for a spark to hit just right and bounce into the fire hole. Powder from the bore can also leak into the pan. the FFFg powder is small enough to go into the hole. The FFFFg powder for the pan is just there to increase chances of firing.
Black Powder can be very volatile, or it can, if it has gotten wet over the years, completely deteriorated. Need I say DON'T LOOK DOWN THE BARREL OF AN OLD GUN TO TRY AND SEE WHAT'S IN IT?
I got an old screw type bullet puller and, sure enough, there was an old lead ball, a greasy patch, and a powder charge.
I could have tried to unload the gun by firing it, but I had no guarantee that who ever had loaded it did not load it with a charge of smokeless powder which could destroy the gun and possibly injure me.
IT'S NOT A GOOD IDEA TO UNLOAD AN OLD PERCUSSION OR FLINTLOCK GUN BY FIRING IT IF YOU DID NOT LOAD YOURSELF. . . You can't know what it was loaded with.
I have the P-238.
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