BradyM77

My friend Saturday was out shooting his XD when he was reholstering and shot himself at belt level. The bullet traveled down his thigh and came out beside his kneecap, breaking his leg in the process. He is laid up for 5 to 6 weeks and expects many good jokes about his stupidity when he gets back to work. Just a good reminder to keep up your trigger discipline and to take your time reholstering.

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MattLarson

Ouch!

Best wishes to him for a speedy recovery.

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ghost tracker

Whoa! Hope he heals-up quickly. Good reminder that it can happen to any of us. Maybe an XD equipped with a thumb safety? The older I get, the more I'm convinced it's a good idea.

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DM2

Wow, I hope your friend makes a full recovery. And, don't harass him to bad. I'm sure he's feeling really bad (ego wise) as it is.

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2edgesword

Ouch!!! Man, that is terrible. You can get it right a ten thousand times but that one time you get it wrong can be costly.

I hope he makes a full recover.

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cwblanco

I constantly worry about this type of occurrence for those Glock, M&P and XD owners. I suppose that we could say that this could be prevented by keeping the hand away from the grip safety.

The more I think about it, the external safety is sounding more attractive. Few 1911 users would keep it cocked with the safety off. Yet few true devotees of the concealed carry art favor an external safety on anything other than a 1911.

It is my understanding that an external safety is available for M&P 45 and for the XD 45.

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orangevol

I sure hope he fully recovers.

As an educational process can you be more specific how this happened? The XD is one of the safest semi-auto's made, and I'm not trying to pick on your friend, but maybe this info can help others using the old disclaimer:

Hey kids...don't try this at home.

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Lt Big C

Ouch I bet that really hurt, some lessons are self taught

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ccw9mm

Condolences to your friend. I wish him a speedy and healthy recovery. (Remind him not to scratch.)

Looking on the bright side, though: he won't ever forget the lessons learned.

That's the one minor concern I have, regarding having a gun without external safeties. One-handed reholstering on IWB gear can be a bit dicey, if anything hangs up in the process. Practice, practice, practice, with all sorts of clothing and cover garments. Finger/trigger discipline.

O!, may the finger, a glob of shirt material and the leather sweat guard never hang up on the trigger ...

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WHEC724

'Condolences to your friend.

The thought goes thru my mind every time that I'm practicing 'quick draw' with the Glock.

I'm also curious how it happened? I'm very conscious of the 'booger hook', but I'm always thinking about what else might catch the trigger while I'm re-holstering @ 4 o'clock.

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