I have been cleaning my own guns; pistols, rifles and shotguns, since I was a kid and haven't had one go off yet. Can someone please see what I am doing wrong?
1. Get gun box with cleaning gear out of closet. Open box, set up area for cleaning.
2. Unload gun and lay out of pad. Double check that gun is unloaded. Triple check. Check again.
3. Check one more time because I am OCD.
4. Clean gun.
Doug
LaserTex
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I'm willing to bet that 99% of these "cleaning accidents" are just some idiot playing with his gun.
I bet they are too. G/f's brother left his loaded XD9 out in his apartment and steps out of the room for a moment (restroom) and some of his friends come over. One picks up the gun and starts playing with it and well what do you know, they now have a hole in the roof that came out near the kitchen table this lady was sitting at on the floor above them. She packed up and moved out the next day. Cops came out and no citation was issued, just a "be more careful."
Aggie_engr wrote:...G/f's brother left his loaded XD9 out in his apartment and steps out of the room for a moment (restroom) and some of his friends come over...
I hope he learned his lesson...leaving a weapon lying around is just as negligent as unintentionally discharging it, maybe worse in certain cases. Even if I'm not expecting company, my sidearm stays with me, not lying around the house. If I go to the restroom, it goes with me.
The last thing I want to be doing is explaining to the police how my gun went off while I was out of the room because my pit bull decided to chew on it or something crazy like that.
tfrazier wrote:because my pit bull decided to chew on it or something crazy like that.
I have an American Staffordshire Terrier and I haven't been able to find good chew toys (that he doesn't pop or tear to shreds). Kind of an expensive chew toy but I'll try it. Thanks for the tip...
Doug
LaserTex
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tfrazier wrote:because my pit bull decided to chew on it or something crazy like that.
I have an American Staffordshire Terrier and I haven't been able to find good chew toys (that he doesn't pop or tear to shreds). Kind of an expensive chew toy but I'll try it. Thanks for the tip...
Doug
How about one of these for a chew toy??
Keith
Texas LTC Instructor, Missouri CCW Instructor, NRA Certified Pistol, Rifle, Shotgun Instructor and RSO, NRA Life Member
Clearly, this wasn't the case here, but there are some devout anti-Glockers who will claim that this happpens every time you clean a Glock because you have to pull the trigger to break it down.
I accidentally sneezed on mine, and just didnt want to have dried snot on it. I'm sure it would have still fired, but dried snot just isn't very nice to look at. But then again, neither is my glock.
but I can't stand the way they (don't) fit in my hand.
Exactly why I haven't bought one. I am very much allured to them (cleaning tongue with toothbrush) and have thought about buying one but I just can't get used to the feel or the grip angle.
LaserTex wrote:I have been cleaning my own guns; pistols, rifles and shotguns, since I was a kid and haven't had one go off yet. Can someone please see what I am doing wrong?
1. Get gun box with cleaning gear out of closet. Open box, set up area for cleaning.
2. Unload gun and lay out of pad. Double check that gun is unloaded. Triple check. Check again.
3. Check one more time because I am OCD.
4. Clean gun.
Doug
I see your problem. You need to cease and desist activities 2 and 3 immediately!
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Poor cat. 
Cops came out and no citation was issued, just a "be more careful."
Exactly why I haven't bought one. I am very much allured to them (cleaning tongue with toothbrush) and have thought about buying one but I just can't get used to the feel or the grip angle.