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by carlson1
Sun Oct 22, 2006 4:20 pm
Forum: Never Again!!
Topic: WHy You Should Always Check and Re-Check
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txinvestigator wrote:
Liberty wrote:Hmm... Have I been doing something unsafe? I don't typically drop the mag when checking a gun. I lock it back and inspect the chamber. running my pinky through seems like a good idea, but I've never though of removing the mag as part of the process. It would be pretty obvious if there was a cartridge ready to load in the mag.

Perhaps I need a rethink. Not all cartridges are brassy and shiny anymore.
If you remove the magazine you remove the possibility that a new round could be chambered when lowering the slide
:iagree:
All of you instructors: No matter how weary those reminders seem KEEP giving.
by carlson1
Sun Oct 22, 2006 1:31 pm
Forum: Never Again!!
Topic: WHy You Should Always Check and Re-Check
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Boma wrote:Hmm, aren't you supposed to drop the mag and then pull the slide back and visually inspect the chamber, before pulling the trigger?

Since when is dropping the mag by itself considered clearing out a gun? :shock:

p.s. I'm not trying to bash you.
Dropping the mag is not clearing the weapon that is why I also cleared (locking slide back, looking, and feeling). The point is I THOUGHT it was unloaded. I guess there are some who forget that is why Accidental Discharges happen. This was just a reminder for some because there are some of us who are not perfect and we forget.
by carlson1
Sat Oct 21, 2006 11:19 pm
Forum: Never Again!!
Topic: WHy You Should Always Check and Re-Check
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I am surprised even at gun stores of people who will hand you guns and never check them or rack the slide :shock:
by carlson1
Sat Oct 21, 2006 9:01 pm
Forum: Never Again!!
Topic: WHy You Should Always Check and Re-Check
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She is fine. She has told everyone I tried to shoot her. I always say "God looks after his stupid children."
by carlson1
Sat Oct 21, 2006 8:42 pm
Forum: Never Again!!
Topic: WHy You Should Always Check and Re-Check
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WHy You Should Always Check and Re-Check

A few minutes ago I picked up my AR 15. Dropped the empty magazine and was going to break it down. My wife was standing across the room in front of me, so I pointed the muzzle to the grown and decieded to clear my already unloaded rife :oops: guess what my friends, one 75 grain TAP, boat tail hollow point jumped out. My heart that already skips beat skipped two more. Always check ;-)

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