Muncie man recovering after accidental gun range shooting

[Roscoe38]

This was in the Muncie paper. Kind of makes me wonder about mil surp semi autos.

Anyone know about this one?

 

[EvilBlackGun]

Link?

1, 2, 3, 4, 5 : Link?

This was in the Muncie paper. Kind of makes me wonder about mil surp semi autos.

Anyone know about this one?

 

[Garrett]

Link to the article: Muncie man recovering after accidental gun range shooting | The Star Press | thestarpress.com

 

[Garrett]

My question is..did it randomly attack him and why was it loaded when he was in front of the barrel. Just my thoughts.

 

[Roscoe38]

Accidental shooting

My question is..did it randomly attack him and why was it loaded when he was in front of the barrel. Just my thoughts.

I was up there yesterday, not a soul but me on the property. I am also curious as to the why.

Thank God he had a friend with a phone.

 

[SideArmed]

Why after reading the OP did I know that this was going to be an SKS for some reason.

 

[Classic Liberal]

At least 1 of the 4 rules of firearm safety ignored again...

"for unknown reasons..." hahaha

 

[Garrett]

I was up there yesterday, not a soul but me on the property. I am also curious as to the why.

Thank God he had a friend with a phone.

Indeed, he is lucky. Hope he pulls through ok.

Next time I see an SKS though I will hope that it does not attack me.

 

[Garrett]

At least 1 of the 4 rules of firearm safety ignored again...

"for unknown reasons..." hahaha

For reasons he is to embarrassed to state...

 

[BlueEagle]

I guess I could be more understanding if it was a foot/ankle/calf wound. With a rifle, thats about the only area of your own body that you can accidentally sweep. But how do you accidentally shoot yourself in the torso with a weapon thats just over three feet long?

 

[hacksawfg]

Was the SKS made by Toyota or Audi?

 

[Hookeye]

He probably dropped it and went for a catch.

Caught two.

Now we know what they mean when they sell a rifle called an "Operator" model.

Add a few of zeros to the price and that's your surgical bill!

BTW Darwin doesn't like FMJ's

 

[KLB]

From this blog.
CaringBridge / Joel Dale / My Story

No one saw what actually happened, but it appears that the gun had been modified or malfunctioned and Joel had two shots go through his abdomen.

Sad. Definitely shows why you don't ever want to be in front of weapon's barrel.

 

[handgun]

I have never had an sks randomly fire. Stove pipe yes. Randomly fire nope. Maybe it was modified to have a timmer on the firing pin?!?!

Although are all serious accidents news worthy?

 

[Kirk Freeman]

This is UNPOSSIBLE!!! I read this gun expert board called INGO and INGO says that guns do not just "go off". So, when we have all these stories of guns going off without triggers being pulled I know it cannot be true, except when it is.

I've never heard of a CKC cooking off and firing without the trigger being depressed and INGO tells me that it cannot happen so obviously this story is fake.

 

[Hookeye]

I bet it was normal, he just dropped it and went for a catch and got a finger in the trigger and was over it during the attempted snag, a bounce and two shots in the belly.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Dropped or cooked off, we at INGO know that guns do not just "go off".

https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...6772-guns_do_just_go_off_chicago_edition.html

Can we agree that guns go off without triggers being depressed yet?

Can we agree that firearms are dangerous yet?

If not, please let me know how many more threads about guns accidently discharging are needed.

 

[Garrett]

I thought the laws of physics still existed in some worlds though...

 

[kludge]

I'll be interested to hear his side of the story. I wonder why "Mike" deosn't know what happened.

"Recently acquired" might mean a bunch of cosmoline and/or crud in the action which has in the past lead to doubling or automatic fire.

As already said, I also wonder if he dropped it.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

We as a gun culture can be far too caviler with our guns. We need to remember that they are dangerous. We just need them to be dangerous at the right time

Yes, I am quoting myself now. Yes, I am aware how big a **** that makes me seem.