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I think we have isolated the problem.The thing is though, anyone with more than one functioning brain cell will not have an ND with a Glock if they actually think about what they're doing for more than 5 seconds...
In fairness, we don't really know her, so....just saying.
On the bright side, he won't likely do that again...I think we have isolated the problem.
Member then decided to download the weapon (glock 9mm) and clean it prior to storing it. While attempting to download the weapon, member had his left hand over the slide of the weapon and had his right hand engaging the slide stop/release to engage the locking mechanism and eject the round in the chamber. While pulling the slide to the rear, the weapon went off while the member's left hand was over the muzzle of the weapon resulting in a round passing thru his left hand. The round continued through member's wife's leg, going through the back part of her lower left leg just below her calf muscle. The round pierced through a couch and through the front wall of their home.
You're supposed to clean Glocks?
You can do that and do it safely. Just keep the gun pointed in a safe direction and your finger off the trigger while doing so.Don't try and unload the chamber and lock the slide back at the same time.
Don't try and unload the chamber and lock the slide back at the same time.
hand in front of barrel pushing slide rearward while pulling trigger to take it down.
3. Use thumb and index finger of one hand at the rear of the gun, with thumb on frame and index finger on rear sight, slightly pull slide back, while using thumb and index finger underneath the pistol to pull the takedown lever down, guide slide off with first hand. At NO time are any body parts, pets, or other people in front of the muzzle.
On the bright side, he won't likely do that again...
Most people learn from their mistakes.
You can do that and do it safely. Just keep the gun pointed in a safe direction and your finger off the trigger while doing so.
I've never seen anyone do this.
A few months later I asked the same guy to see a few handguns that were in the case, and each time he took one out he picked it up with his finger on the trigger, then pressed his palm up against the muzzle to push back the slide and check the chamber, finger still on the trigger.
Mystery solved.
I know the very guy! His finger must have a magnet in it - it's always wandering into the trigger guard. He once put a handgun on the counter without clearing it, covering me and my wife while he talked about its merits, his hand on the butt. It got really uncomfortable after a bit as his twitchy hand eventually put his finger inside the trigger guard.Funny story about that. There's an employee at State Line Guns in Mason who showed me the pink scar tissue on his palm from the 230 grain Hydrashok he put through his hand. When I asked him how it happened, he said "Never trust a safety." A few months later I asked the same guy to see a few handguns that were in the case, and each time he took one out he picked it up with his finger on the trigger, then pressed his palm up against the muzzle to push back the slide and check the chamber, finger still on the trigger.
I know the very guy! His finger must have a magnet in it - it's always wandering into the trigger guard. He once put a handgun on the counter without clearing it, covering me and my wife while he talked about its merits, his hand on the butt. It got really uncomfortable after a bit as his twitchy hand eventually put his finger inside the trigger guard.
We can take a hint. Either this guy is around firearms all day but still so bad at safety you have to wonder what you can trust him about, or he was sending us a little message. Either way, we haven't been back since.
hand model?Sounds like he found a new line of work.
Sounds like he found a new line of work.
Either this guy is around firearms all day but still so bad at safety...