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OrangeCat said:
Make sure that they know how to decock a single shot safely too

Once upon a time there was an eleven or something year old who was hunting with a .410. At the end of the hunt he was told to drop the hammer on the firearm. Proceeded to brace it against his prize possession and dropped the hammer but his thumb slipped and thank God it wasn't a twelve guage.
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Never messed with decocking a hammer type shotgun and not sure that I would know how to properly do it. I'd assume that you would hold the hammer back, block it from contacting the firing pin while releasing the trigger and gently ease the hammer down while pointing the muzzle in a safe direction.
 
boom boom said:
Never messed with decocking a hammer type shotgun and not sure that I would know how to properly do it. I'd assume that you would hold the hammer back, block it from contacting the firing pin while releasing the trigger and gently ease the hammer down while pointing the muzzle in a safe direction.
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Basically yes

What I did was place the shotgun against my balls put my thumb over the hammer, completely underestimate how much force the hammer had, pull the trigger, smash my thumb between the hammer and the firing pin, which acted as a fairly effective transfer bar, and fall to the ground.

In retrospect I believe that dad assumed something that was practiced routine for him would be easy for his dumb son.

That is never a good assumption.

He did at least have me point the damn thing back over the water before I set it off.
 
OrangeCat said:
Basically yes

What I did was place the shotgun against my balls put my thumb over the hammer, completely underestimate how much force the hammer had, pull the trigger, smash my thumb between the hammer and the firing pin, which acted as a fairly effective transfer bar, and fall to the ground.

In retrospect I believe that dad assumed something that was practiced routine for him would be easy for his dumb son.

That is never a good assumption.

He did at least have me point the damn thing back over the water before I set it off.
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Admittedly, I laughed at your pain just now.

I was teaching a friend of mine to shoot my .44 sbh, we had gone over the basic controls, and how to lower the hammer without firing a shot.

Well his finger slipped off the hammer when lowering it on a live round, and it spun the gun in his hand. Can't remember why he was dropping the hammer, I think his target fell over or something like that.

No harm done besides a scare, as the rounds we're 240 only loaded to about 1200fps, so didn't kick much in that big beast. He also did a good job of keeping it pointed down range and not totally freaking out.
 
GEM said:
Not a newbie but went out with a self-proclaimed cowboy tough guy.... shot skeet....
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This kind of made me cock an eyebrow. I wouldn't characterize skeet as a "tough guy" thing at all... one of the more genteel things to do with guns in terms of perception.

I say that as someone who likes skeet and is not a "tough guy," so no insult is intended!
 
Self proclaimed was the active term. Cowboy was from Detroit but adopted Exaggerated Texas mannerisms. I asked him if he bit on the butt by a were-Texan.
 
Mounting the buttstock on their shoulder like a bazooka, and placing the scope against their eye.

They were so confident in their position, even I almost was convinced an 84mm Shell was going to come out of that recoiless savage axis rifle.
 
Handling other people's guns or gear without permission, and handling them in an unsafe manner, to boot.
Heading down-range without a cease-fire.
Getting too close to steel targets.
Smoking in the presence of black powder.
Bringing untrained children to ranges and then getting distracted by their attempts at shooting.
There are so many more... .
 
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