I had a scare last night

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  1. December 19th, 2009 07:39 AM #1
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    Thumbs down I had a scare last night

    Not what it sounds like...

    I was getting into bed last night and I was un-holstering my 1911 like normal... well I must not have gotten a good grip on it, when no sooner did I pull it out, it went flying out of my hand, hit the nightstand and landed muzzle up towards my face as it made a huge thud on the ground.

    My life flashed before my eyes as I ducked It happened in slow motion... Adagio for Strings from Platoon was playing in my head as it fell to the ground. Luckily for me, it did not go off, I changed my pants and got into bed.

    That was the scariest 2 seconds of my life...
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    Yikes. 'Another good reason to not cheap out on one's firearm. I bet it took a chunk out of the night stand too... 'Glad it turned out okay.
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  4. December 19th, 2009 07:44 AM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by WHEC724 View Post
    Yikes. 'Another good reason to not cheap out on one's firearm. I bet it took a chunk out of the night stand too... 'Glad it turned out okay.
    Ya actually it did. Upon further examination the flakes of wood were on the hammer and down in where the striking pin is. Luckily for me the 1911 has many safety features built in which were all engaged It hit pretty good right on the hammer... someone was looking out for me.
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  5. December 19th, 2009 07:50 AM #4
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    Yikes !!! Glad nothing happened. Bet it took you a while to fall asleep after that.
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  6. December 19th, 2009 08:16 AM #5
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    If you were carrying a Glock you would not have chipped your night stand. Kidding. Glad everything worked like it should.
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  7. December 19th, 2009 08:22 AM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by Stevew View Post
    If you were carrying a Glock you would not have chipped your night stand. Kidding. Glad everything worked like it should.
    If it was a Glock it probably would've went off.
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  8. December 19th, 2009 09:01 AM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by LethalStang View Post
    If it was a Glock it probably would've went off.
    Only if the nightstand had fingers to reach up and engage the safe action trigger...
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  9. December 19th, 2009 10:52 AM #8
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    Ooooops. Kind of been there and done that myself.

    Unholstered my S&W 39-2 9MM (see my avatar) and it proptly ejected from my hand, sailed out like a frisbee, landing on the bedroom floor in front of me with a loud thud, muzzle pointing at my feet.

    Had one in the pipe too. However, my model firearm has a great safety feature that disconnects the trigger, firing pin and all that when the safety is engaged. It is not supposed to accidentally discharge with safety on. Well, in theory that I do not wish to test.

    You were lucky, dude.
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  10. December 19th, 2009 11:28 AM #9
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    Man that is scary, glad it didn't discharge and your ok.
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  11. December 19th, 2009 12:02 PM #10
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    That is one of the reason I typically just leave my pistol in its holster.
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    Quote Originally Posted by joker1 View Post
    Only if the nightstand had fingers to reach up and engage the safe action trigger...
    Don't ya just hate it when that happens?
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  13. December 19th, 2009 03:02 PM #12
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    Says a lot for the 1911.

    Safeties are good.
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