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- Thu Feb 06, 2014 9:37 am
- Forum: Never Again!!
- Topic: Dry Firing a loaded gun....not smart
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Re: Dry Firing a loaded gun....not smart
It happened to me with a bolt action .243 when I was about 12. Dad had always taught us to remove the live rounds, close the bolt, and listen for the audible "click" signalling an empty chamber, with the barrel pointed skyward. This was usually done prior to getting in the jeep. Well, one evening it turns out there was one more round in the .243 than I expected (translated... I was not paying attention to the process of emptying the magazine). An audible BOOM! signalled a loaded chamber. Fortunately that barrel was pointed skyward -- but that bullet still came down somewhere in rural Blanco County. Never again.