Anyone ever shoot a hole in their house?

[bwframe]

At least it was pointed in a safe direction. This can't ever be justified, but at least
you can't shoot somebody if the firearm is pointed in a safe direction.

Cleaning rag snagged on the trigger.
It was an old, bolt action, magazine fed 20 gague with rifle sites. J.C. Higgins, which was sold
by Sears back in the 40's or 50's.
Hit the wall about 10 feet up at about a 20 degree (from vertical) angle.
Plastic wad went completely through. Will provide pictures later in the day.

With all due respect, it sounds like you are trying to justify this NEGLIGENT DISCHARGE.
It's not OK!
It's Not OK!!
IT'S NOT OK!!!

Have your friend learn from the huge fail and maybe both of you could go get some training together?

 

[PeaShooter]

I would have to disagree absolutely. One of two things is happening now--either he is beating himself up bad enough without anyone else's help, and if he isn't, he is probably too obtuse for any amount of censure to do any good.

If the guy is the latter of the two, could he please stay away from me and my family? We have all the holes we need and/or want, already, and don't need anymore.

 

[Silverslider]

i love it when stories include "friend of a friend". sure OP sure it was. lol. just kidding man
i can honestly say i have never shot a hole in my house. i have shot them lots of times in my house and never through.

 

[woowoo2]

Father in law, .22 round into the fridge. Fixed it with bondo.

 

[Who Dares Wins]

My neighbor shot a bullet through his window one time. He did the correct thing and called the police. It went towards some fields/woods and no-one filed a complaint, so he was AOK as far as getting into legal issues are concerned!

Now a negligent discharge is another matter!!! He certainly learned from the lesson/mistake!!

 

[partyboy6686]

My brother didn't follow the 4 rules and put his finger on the trigger of a loaded 1911 when the safety was off and blew a 45acp round into the wall. Luckily his house is old and the plaster/wood slats in the wall stopped the bullet real quick.

 

[Bfish]

I have shot a hole in a wall. Yes you can all say what you want but it happens to the best of us and I am still ashamed of it. I obviously thought the gun was empty ran the bolt and all, pointed in a safe direction (no a wall is not a safe direction, but a the spill bank. I now know don't be lazy and walk outside) and when I dropped the hammer "boom" right out my garage wall into the woods. Scared me to death! Yes this would never happen if you don't press the trigger. I personally pressed the trigger to ensure empty (yes I know you shouldn't but it makes me feel better with the fact its empty). I like to store my guns where the trigger cannot even be pulled without running the action to prevent other forceable accidents that could take place. I obviously would have stored an "empty" loaded gun and that is why you treat every gun as it is loaded always I know. So yeah I did shoot through the wall and I embarrassed myself and kick myself for such complacency. I should have done this into a barrel or berm/spill bank it did go into on the other side of the wall. But that is what complacency does I suppose. Totally my fault and I am thankful for how it played out and am confident such a thing won't take place again I must say. It only takes once and you become more careful than before no matter how careful that was.
My dad just shrugged his shoulders and goes, thats why you go out and do that into the ground. Luckily I have people around me with a love for guns. My buddy said if that happened around his place the guns would have to go...

You really can't make someone feel better about it though, he has had his wake up though I am sure it won't happen again.

Please don't bash me too much, this does happen and I am sharing this because it is a very humbling much less serious awakening that even some of us who are all in all gun people can do the same for lack of a better way of saying it stupid idiotic things we bash others for. And while yes it is always avoidable it only takes one off day of being complacent or distracted for some reason or another. At first I thought I would never tell anyone about it but why not let others learn from my mistake, while some may write another person off for such a mistake I have no issue with sharing this to an extent. Especially here on INGO among gun lovers and not those looking for more reasons to hate them.

 

[buckstopshere]

If the guy is the latter of the two, could he please stay away from me and my family? We have all the holes we need and/or want, already, and don't need anymore.

I take it a naval piercing is out of the question then?

 

[Miles42]

Accidental discharge is a real concern. It can and has happened to more gun owners than you will ever know about. Just hope no one ever gets hurt by it and I can tell you it in almost all cases makes for a more safety aware owner. Trust me on this I know.

 

[Psode27]

I had a buddy have a ND in a guys basement. He was looking through his safe and picked up a GSG. 22 1911. Rather than dropping the mag, he pulled the slide back. He discovered it was loaded so he went to lock the slide back and missed somehow and the slide chambered a round. I then believe a slam fire occurred due to the gun being very dirty (speculation). I didn't witness it as I was playing with a bolt gun in a dark room with the owner. He was showing off a NV scope and his new trigger. Just as I was about to test the trigger (of my previously verified empty rifle) I heard a "bang" from the other room. I about crapped at first thinking it was me (since I was testing the trigger). Thankfully noobs was injured, except my Buddha ego. He is typically very good about safety issues. Obviously the mag should have come out first. Makes me think every time I chamber a round now about a possible slam fire.

 

[looney2ns]

Not yet anyway.

Find the worst tattoo non artist you can, and have the four rules tattooed to his forehead. Request it to be done as painful as possible.

 

[TTravis]

Here are the pictures.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/erso3cfobibvihf/IMG_1381.JPG
https://www.dropbox.com/s/wvt56jubj39ipym/IMG_1382.JPG
https://www.dropbox.com/s/kddbpypaxhw5ezj/IMG_1383.JPG

 

[Fargo]

Here are the pictures.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/erso3cfobibvihf/IMG_1381.JPG

https://www.dropbox.com/s/kddbpypaxhw5ezj/IMG_1383.JPG

Wait wait wait! The internet told me that birdshot can't penetrate drywall! Those holes in the siding must be photoshopped...

 

[TTravis]

Wait wait wait! The internet told me that birdshot can't penetrate drywall! Those holes in the siding must be photoshopped...

#4 shot high brass. I recommend it for pheasant hunting because they go through the bird so you don't wind up having to pick shot out of the meat.

 

[Fargo]

#4 shot high brass. I recommend it for pheasant hunting because they go through the bird so you don't wind up having to pick shot out of the meat.

Oh I think it being still in the cup has most to do with it. It is a semisolid mass at that point....

 

[Dirtebiker]

No, but my Star 45acp shot a hole in my waterbed, boy was that a mess.

No it didn't! YOU did!

 

[Wolfhound]

I haven't had any negligent discharges so far.

I didn't know my Grandpa too well as he died when I was very young but my Dad told me he was cleaning a shotgun at home and it discharged going through a wall. His wife and 3 children (one was my Dad of course)were in the next room. Thankfully no one was hurt. He was very lucky. My Dad said he never used a gun after that and when he passed he owned no firearms of any kind as he had gotten rid of them all. Sad story for several reasons.

 

[Dirtebiker]

I had a buddy have a ND in a guys basement. He was looking through his safe and picked up a GSG. 22 1911. Rather than dropping the mag, he pulled the slide back. He discovered it was loaded so he went to lock the slide back and missed somehow and the slide chambered a round. I then believe a slam fire occurred due to the gun being very dirty (speculation). I didn't witness it as I was playing with a bolt gun in a dark room with the owner. He was showing off a NV scope and his new trigger. Just as I was about to test the trigger (of my previously verified empty rifle) I heard a "bang" from the other room. I about crapped at first thinking it was me (since I was testing the trigger). Thankfully noobs was injured, except my Buddha ego. He is typically very good about safety issues. Obviously the mag should have come out first. Makes me think every time I chamber a round now about a possible slam fire.

If anyone is going to get hurt, might as well be the "noobs"!

 

[45fan]

I haven't had any negligent discharges so far.

I didn't know my Grandpa too well as he died when I was very young but my Dad told me he was cleaning a shotgun at home and it discharged going through a wall and his wife and 3 children (one was my Dad of course)were in that room. Thankfully no one was hurt. He was very lucky. My Dad said he never used a gun after that and when he passed he owned no firearms of any kind as he had gotten rid of them all. Sad story for several reasons.

Punctuation is kinda important in a sentance. As I was reading this, I was thinking "how are you here today if it went through your father, both aunts/uncles, and grandma.

Thankfully it was a grammatical error, and not the case.

Sorry to hear that your grandpa wasnt able to learn from his mistake and move on, instead of shunning an American pastime over the incident.

 

[Wolfhound]

Punctuation is kinda important in a sentance. As I was reading this, I was thinking "how are you here today if it went through your father, both aunts/uncles, and grandma.

Thankfully it was a grammatical error, and not the case.

Sorry to hear that your grandpa wasnt able to learn from his mistake and move on, instead of shunning an American pastime over the incident.

I reworded the post. Thanks for pointing that out.