Accidental Discharge! My brother was shot!

[Lumberjack98]

Glad to hear that everyone will be okay (eventually).

Thanks for sharing your story as a reminder.

[longtooth]

Good word jcliff. Well said. +1 here.

[revjen45]

Upon having graduated from Gunsmithing school I wuz thinkin' I wuz kewl and had this gun thing in hand. I was staying with friends who were out for the evening and savoring some low-budget vino while caressing a .45 Commander. The gun was unloaded while I appreciated my craftsmanship and I reloaded to put it away, involving inserting the magazine, chambering a round, and topping off the magazine. In a moment of inattention I wanted to savor the fine job I had done on the trigger and was surprised/chagrined by the muzzle blast. Let's just say my Guardian Angel hadn't punched out and was still watching out for this fool because the path of the bullet was parallel to my left forearm at a distance of 2"-3". (The load was a 250 gr LSWC. Had my G.A. not been watching out for me my signature line would be Stumpy.) The bullet went through a photo cube, the wall, the plastic sheet over the roto-tiller (just missing the machine itself by what I can only imagine was less than 1/8"), traveled along the ground and into a tree in the yard. Did I learn my lesson from this? Yup.

Glad your brother will be OK.

[quidni]

DMoses - how's your brother healing? You both doing OK?

[bluelineman]

Hope everythig turns out OK.

I read somewhere that another rule to follow when handling or cleaning guns is ignore any distractions (phone, doorbell, etc.) because you tend to forget where you left off with the cleaning process.

[scooter03]

God works in so mysterious ways, in saying, Im am glad to hear that everyone is still here to tell the stories. We all learn from these. I have just acquired a pistol to take the chl. In all my life I was always, and I mean always taught to never DRY FIRE. It will hurt the gun. Maybe that wont hurt the gun according to so many. But this is just a safety habit of mine that I keep in mind.

thanks to all.

[anygunanywhere]

They got him bandaged and whisked him away to of all places "Ben Taub".

Ben Taub is one of Houston's level one trauma centers. The other one is Hermann.

When POTUS comes to town, the Secret Service set up shop at "The Tub", not Hermann. I did my paramedic training at both hospitals. If you are ever injured and need a ride from HFD, You will be in good hands at Ben Taub ER.

Anygunanywhere.

[longtooth]

DMoses, how about an update on brother & Hand surgery?

[ccoker]

glad he's making a recovery and no one is attending a funeral...

[ccoker]

how's he doing??
prognosis for recovery?

[pbandjelly]

The guy hasn't post in a year, don't think he frequents these parts.