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<blockquote data-quote="alank2" data-source="post: 1316184" data-attributes="member: 108"><p>Hi redneck1861,</p><p></p><p>Good on you for posting about your ND. I hope you continue to recover and get full use of your hand.</p><p></p><p>I too had a ND about 7 years ago. I was "testing" a trigger and went to reset it but thought I hadn't pulled the slide back far enough to chamber a round. Yes, I knew there were bullets in the mag. It was a stupid moment of not thinking and that is all it takes. I was lucky, I had followed the rule about pointing in a safe direction and the bullet did no damage to anything important. It could have been much worse, but I learned an important lesson and got a helping of hurt pride that day:</p><p></p><p>I used to think I was so careful and safe that a ND could never happen to me, but that was a big mistake and I became complacent. My new thinking is that "A ND could happen to me at anytime if I let my guard down".</p><p></p><p>Other things I've also changed:</p><p></p><p>I keep a gun loaded only if it needs to be loaded.</p><p>I keep loaded guns IN a holster that covers the trigger.</p><p>I don't remove them from that holster unless I have a good reason, and if I do, they get unloaded immediately.</p><p>I stay away from the trigger unless I have a good reason not to, and if I need to do something with the trigger, I unload and verify unloaded again and again.</p><p></p><p>Take care,</p><p></p><p>Alan</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="alank2, post: 1316184, member: 108"] Hi redneck1861, Good on you for posting about your ND. I hope you continue to recover and get full use of your hand. I too had a ND about 7 years ago. I was "testing" a trigger and went to reset it but thought I hadn't pulled the slide back far enough to chamber a round. Yes, I knew there were bullets in the mag. It was a stupid moment of not thinking and that is all it takes. I was lucky, I had followed the rule about pointing in a safe direction and the bullet did no damage to anything important. It could have been much worse, but I learned an important lesson and got a helping of hurt pride that day: I used to think I was so careful and safe that a ND could never happen to me, but that was a big mistake and I became complacent. My new thinking is that "A ND could happen to me at anytime if I let my guard down". Other things I've also changed: I keep a gun loaded only if it needs to be loaded. I keep loaded guns IN a holster that covers the trigger. I don't remove them from that holster unless I have a good reason, and if I do, they get unloaded immediately. I stay away from the trigger unless I have a good reason not to, and if I need to do something with the trigger, I unload and verify unloaded again and again. Take care, Alan [/QUOTE]
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