That’s about the closest to an AD as I’ve ever had.

[sgt127]

Every time my friend. It only takes a minute. Just a visual inspection. Sides, top, bottom, trigger guard, muzzle & crown. I also look at the last & next chambered round, before I chamber EVERY time. To make certain there is no discernible
set-back.

My patience is something. I warn a person looking to test my resolve.

You would have had an embolism hanging around with me.

I have tossed my gun back in my holster thousands of times.

Pointing my gun at a suspect who runs. Throw the gun in the holster. He stops, draw gun. Runs. Jumps a fence. Back in the holster.

Holding a suspect at gunpoint. He decides to fight. Throw gun in the holster.

Current holsters are actually designed to retain the gun with no action by the user. ALS. SLS. The Blackhawk. Just drop it in.

As far as off switches, I carried a 1911 for 20 years. Off switches are not something you should fear.

I prefer a gun with an off switch for that very reason. The world is not perfect. A Glocks trigger does not know the difference between your finger. A stick or a drawstring.

On the bright side. A magnet won’t stick to the plastic trigger on a Glock.

 

[Old Dog]

Here's the deal: stuff happens. Murphy is real. Over the past forty-five years, I've personally witnessed some of the most switched-on professionals I've ever known have brain farts and oops moments.

I've had exactly one negligent discharge in my life (28 years ago, July 2nd, 1994), can't in good conscience call it accidental, but I'll never say that I could never have another.

I like to think that we all encounter "learning moments."

 

[Tallball]

"You better tell her before she find out herself."

It's been over five years. It made a hole that's almost impossible to see, and I'm fine with that. I give her new things to be annoyed about pretty often. No use annoying her with an old thing.

 

[sgt127]

Thanks for the safety reminder and the excuse.

If I ever do somehow send one down my leg I will definitely say this is how it happened followed by, I mean really….. could I make that one up!

I wouldn’t have believed it..

Three days ago…

 

[Kleanbore]

Every single time that you holster your pistol. You inspect the gun, the trigger guard and the holster. Every single time?

I do. Every time. I also take note of the direction of the muzzle.

The biggest issue is the taile of the T shirt.

I do not like manual safeties at all, except on 1911-type pistols.

But I am extremely risk averse, and I really, really like the idea of a grip safety.

 

[David Hoback]

You would have had an embolism hanging around with me.

I have tossed my gun back in my holster thousands of times.

Pointing my gun at a suspect who runs. Throw the gun in the holster. He stops, draw gun. Runs. Jumps a fence. Back in the holster.

Holding a suspect at gunpoint. He decides to fight. Throw gun in the holster.

Current holsters are actually designed to retain the gun with no action by the user. ALS. SLS. The Blackhawk. Just drop it in.

As far as off switches, I carried a 1911 for 20 years. Off switches are not something you should fear.

I prefer a gun with an off switch for that very reason. The world is not perfect. A Glocks trigger does not know the difference between your finger. A stick or a drawstring.

On the bright side. A magnet won’t stick to the plastic trigger on a Glock.

Oh goodness.. the old STICK getting caught in the trigger guard & depressing the trigger! LOL! I remember that thought from a few decades ago when I first carried a Glock! J/K…I’m sorry… couldn’t help it. No, I’m used to it. I’ve been around many LEO with…, we’ll, let’s just say “subsequent” side arm practices. But then, I’ve also had an FBI agent who asked me to test his Sig 232 because it continued stovepiping on him. And when I proceeded to fire 2 mags without & hitch… in between HIM continuing to stovepipe, then very politely offered that perhaps it was his grip causing the malfunction, he was instantly offended and could not believe I was questioning his grip! After all, HE was an FBI agent! LOL!

Seriously, I am about the most overly cautious person I know of with Firearms. Not because I HAVE to be, but because I want to be. It’s nothing to do with fear. I certainly do not fear a firearm on it own. Nor do I fear external safeties. The thumb safety on a 1911 certainly plays a vital role. I’ve always taken to that firearms safety is very much like muscle memory. If one continuously trains themself to use 100% safe practice, they will never be in a dangerous situation. One of my lines whenever I’ve instructed in the past was “Triple check your Double Check!” I don’t simply instruct to “check the chamber” But would say and then demonstrate, Rack the slide x2… then RACK, RACK, RACK! Triple check your Double check, while Looking at the weapon. And I would say it, (and do it), over & over. Overkill? Oh, Absolutely! That’s the point.

 

[SwampWolf]

Fortunately, the safety was on.

I’m big on off switches on guns. Or DA guns where I can put my thumb on the hammer when I holster it.

Same here-to err is human...

 

[clutch]

Glad it didn't get you. Lets be careful out there. Given enough time, something will trip you up.

 

[Slamfire]

I HATE external safeties on Striker-Fired pistols. If I’m ever in a shootout, I just hope my opposition HAS a safety on their firearm.

When I load & holster before going out, I am constantly inspecting my firearm. Something as this would never escape my attention. I never rush. Every single time the pistol is verified before & during holstering. Never assume… Verify!

Glad nothing happened in your situation.

Enough gun owners have shot themselves because a shirt tail caught the trigger, that there is an aftermarket for striker control devices.

 

[earlthegoat2]

I am not a fan of switches on guns but your post is definitely not being ignored by me.

 

[film495]

good reminder to pay attention to anything that seems odd. I bet now when you rack you're slide to chamber a round, for the rest of your life you look at the trigger guard to make sure there isn't a magnetite stuck in there...

 

[sgt127]

good reminder to pay attention to anything that seems odd. I bet now when you rack you're slide to chamber a round, for the rest of your life you look at the trigger guard to make sure there isn't a magnetite stuck in there...

I did look. When I picked it up. The second photo looks like it did when I picked it up. That stupid magnet was apparently on the slide, away from me. And the edge of the holster rolled it into the trigger guard when I seated it.

It would have bumped my trigger finger as soon as I’d grabbed the gun had it been on the trigger when I picked it up.

The odds were so astronomical. I thought I’d share this as a “You ain’t gonna believe this sh*t!”

 

[film495]

I did look. When I picked it up. The second photo looks like it did when I picked it up. That stupid magnet was apparently on the slide, away from me. And the edge of the holster rolled it into the trigger guard when I seated it.

It would have bumped my trigger finger as soon as I’d grabbed the gun had it been on the trigger when I picked it up.

The odds were so astronomical. I thought I’d share this as a “You ain’t gonna believe this sh*t!”

yup, weird stuff happens. I'd get rid of all those magnetite things or get bigger ones than don't fit in a trigger guard, but that's just me.

 

[gotboostvr]

Toothpaste.

Chew up a little bit of napkin and tuck it in there pretty good. Let it dry and touch it up with some white out.

... or so I hear...

 

[Pat Riot]

I do know that a mashed up peanut butter cookie can fill a .45 caliber hole in an entertainment center door if the door is stained a medium brown color. I also know that Nintendo gaming systems do not hold up well to .45 ACP Hardball ammo even after the slight velocity downgrade of passing through an entertainment center door.

My wife and daughter weren’t impressed.

 

[sgt127]

I do know that a mashed up peanut butter cookie can fill a .45 caliber hole in an entertainment center door if the door is stained a medium brown color. I also know that Nintendo gaming systems do not hold up well to .45 ACP Hardball ammo even after the slight velocity downgrade of passing through an entertainment center door.

My wife and daughter weren’t impressed.

“Honey? I saw your stupid dog licking the entertainment center. That idiot animal licked a hole all the way through it!!”

 

[Spats McGee]

Wow. @sgt127, I'm glad you're OK. The odds of this happening once, much less twice, seem astronomically small. Still, it strikes me as one more piece of anecdotal proof that the odds only matter until they don't.

 

[Pat Riot]

“Honey? I saw your stupid dog licking the entertainment center. That idiot animal licked a hole all the way through it!!”