My little brother called me about 11 today, he was in town and wanted to show me his new carry gun. I was happy to see what he had purchased, I knew he had been looking for a G26 after shooting mine a couple of times. Sure enough, he shows up at the house with his like-new Glock 26 he picked up for $400 bucks.
He removed the magazine and was showing it to me, and all of a sudden my ears started ringing. ND. Not 6 inches away from my gut.....and only about 1/2 inch missing him. He had removed the magazine, but neglected to remove the round that was chambered.
Lesson learned: Well... something I knew already, but apparently he didn't. GLOCKS DO NOT HAVE AN EXTERNAL SAFETY. I am fine with this.. and it is one of the reasons I love Glock so much- I don't have to worry about external safeties. I suppose in his inexperience, he just didn't have good trigger finger control/index. Also, be sure when magazine is removed, check the chamber.
Immediately I took his handgun, ensured it was clear, and berated him for about 20 minutes on keeping his trigger finger indexed. He was terrified, and sorry. He left the gun at my house, said he didn't want anything to do with it... I could keep it. I told him that we would spend some time at the range with it, get him comfortable again... He bought a fantastic handgun... he just really, really needs to learn how to use it.
What did I learn personally? Stupid me, I should have checked his weapon when he "cleared" it as well. He had just purchased the handgun, and I didn't even look at the magazine when he removed to to see if it had rounds in it.. I just assumed it was unloaded because he had bought it 30 minutes before. This will not happen again in my house, guaranteed. Luckily I was the only one home.. aside from the cat and dog. From the pictures you will see that it went through a door mirror, through a door, into a picture album and lodged there.
Into door...
Out the back of door....
Into the Picture album
The Picture album
This is where the bullet lodged... next to a picture of me in my military days (this was after a deployment... ok? Give me a break)
These were Hornady.. but not the Critical Defense's I use.. some other hollowpoint of theirs. Not sure of the weight.
Be safe out there guys......Remember, just because your firearm handling skills are up to par doesn't mean someone else's are too.
True. Also, after examining the ...situation... it would appear that little brother owes me a long island after shooting a hole through the one in my hand.
