ND-Inside my house

[pbwalker]

You should make your brother tell your wife.

...WE HAVE A WINNER!!!

x 100

[snatchel]

Update. I told my wife.. I figured my brother is already traumatized enough. She was.... upset.

Long story short, I fixed the door with putty and paint, and she is making little brother replace the album.. and put the new pictures in it.

She also 30.06'd my brother from bringing any type of firearm into the house until he completes 3 range days with me.. and can show her how to properly safety check a weapon.

She also said, "no more Glocks..".... I accused her of blasphemy. She relented.

[C-dub]

Update. I told my wife.. I figured my brother is already traumatized enough. She was.... upset.

Long story short, I fixed the door with putty and paint, and she is making little brother replace the album.. and put the new pictures in it.

She also 30.06'd my brother from bringing any type of firearm into the house until he completes 3 range days with me.. and can show her how to properly safety check a weapon.

She also said, "no more Glocks..".... I accused her of blasphemy. She relented.

That's better than I expected. Looks like it might be rougher bringing your brother back.

[sugar land dave]

Update. I told my wife.. I figured my brother is already traumatized enough. She was.... upset...

You're a better man than I am. I would be banned for a week if such occurred at my house.

[johnson0317]

Holy Moly.

Holy Moly.

[goose]

Another thank you for typing this up. I read the "never again" thread religiously to try and help keep me as vigilant as possible. Glad it turned out okay for you.

[DocV]

She also said, "no more Glocks..".... I accused her of blasphemy. She relented.

You finessed this into more firearms? Masterful!

[gigag04]

Sometimes the best stories come from the worst decisions....

[koconcept]

Oh wow, I'm glad nobody got any extra holes in them, thanks for sharing this everyone needs to maintain vigilance on safety. Bet it won't happen again.

[RPB]

Re: "No more Glocks"

When I first started shooting, I put my support "hand" above my gun holding hand and learned what the back of a slide can do when it moves backwards really fast ... it left a real impression on me (really, a real impression.and imprint) X-rays showed no bones broken, but I had a rear of the slide shaped scar ... it left a real impression on me ... but my point is


Some lessons are never forgotten, and him switching to something with an additional external safety ... well, I cringe every time I use a de-cocker hoping it doesn't fail

A Glock he has a very healthy respect for now ... might be handled more carefully in the future than some other theoretically "made safe" gun

I'm betting he actually learned/will learn something about finger control and the bangswitch there (and safety checks and the other rules) and doubt it will be forgotten...

The wife sounds like she had a good idea with requiring range time etc with you

[TxDoubleAgent]

"Go.....and sin no more".

[The Annoyed Man]

She also said, "no more Glocks..".... I accused her of blasphemy. She relented.

Aaaaahhhh.......I see that you married a 1911 afficionado. Well played. Well played indeed!

[snatchel]

She also said, "no more Glocks..".... I accused her of blasphemy. She relented.

Aaaaahhhh.......I see that you married a 1911 afficionado. Well played. Well played indeed!

LoL.

[CEOofEVIL]

Wow, Glad to hear that no one was hurt! That's pretty dang scary. Just out of curiosity, how many inches do you think the bullet penetrated in total?

ND's are really terrifying. I put a 5.56 through my wife's car once...

WAIT! I KNOW what you're thinking, I can explain... and NO she wasn't in it! My wife has a SUV that has a removable moon/sun roof in the tailgate area. I was out shooting with my buddy, and we thought it would be good to pull the window panel out, and stand inside the cargo area of the SUV and use the roof to help support the Mini-14 we were using. Well, this SUV also has a tailgate and a upper glass hatch (Y'know, tailgate goes down, hatch goes up). The Mini-14 had a scope mounted on it. The hydralic tubes on the hatch were a little weak so the hatch wouldn't extend upward all the way, which is good because I was shooting OVER it. Well... that was until a gust of wind came along and gave the hatch the extra push it needed to fully extend, thus blocking the muzzle of the rifle. I didn't notice this, and the next shot of IMI 5.56 sailed right out of the barrel and right through the bottom corner steel of the hatch.

I didn't notice until a few seconds later when I dismounted my cheek weld from the rifle and looked at the target, felt nice that I put a nice hole where I was aiming, and then slowly, EVER so slowly, had the "Ohhhhh NOOOOOOOOO.....!" moment when I realized that I had also put a nice hole about 1 1/2" in diameter through the hatch/tailgate of my wife's car. I freaked out - and my buddy did as well, we just sort of looked at each other with the "Deer in headlights look". Needless to say, that ruined the shooting mood and we packed up and headed home. I was seriously mortified, and absolutely livid with myself for not realizing that the hatch was a mere 2 inches from the bore and obstructing the barrel. That day I honestly felt like the biggest idiot in the world and for weeks I had to fight with myself to pick up my guns again. I thought "How could I EVER make such a DUMB mistake!?". This in particular reminded me that all shooting situations generally can be very dynamic, EVEN if you are shooting from a benched type position in a controlled environment - something as innocuous as the wind came and changed circumstances ever so slightly, and I didn't notice the change. It taught me to ALWAYS be observant of every little condition around myself while I'm shooting/at the range. At any rate, we headed home, and I told my wife what happened as soon as we got home. Thankfully, she was not in the least bit upset, but was rather just thankful that no one got hurt. She didn't really like the ragged hole in her car, but was very understanding of the incident.

The following Monday I took the car to a local body shop to get the hole patched up. The bullet missed the rear windshield by about 2", and so they just needed to repair the metal. I had a hell of a hard time explaining what the ragged hole came from to the employee - she just sort of looked at me like "Dude, don't tell me - I don't wanna know" when I tried giving her the short story of what happened. $600 bucks out of my pocket and a week later it was like the hole was never there. I'm not sure if it's a good thing that a body shop can make bullet hole disappear so well or not! . I didn't even bother getting insurance involved since It was my dumb fault.

Did I mention that my wife was only my girlfriend then? Ah, well, she was and I suppose it speaks about how much she loves me that when I asked her to marry me some years later she still said yes!

So I suppose the moral of the story is that, unfortunately accidents like this DO happen regardless of skill level, profession, etc and sometimes it's just not avoidable. The core rules of shooting are what keep us and others safe. I can make light of the story now, but back then I wouldn't forgive myself. It wasn't until hearing a story from a close friend of mine that he once accidentally put a round from his lever gun through his water bed, and flooded his whole bedroom with the draining water, that I was able to kinda forgive myself and say "Thank GOD it's not just me!". Most importantly, these types of situations let us have an opportunity to learn a VERY important lesson should we be unfortunate enough to witness or be party to such an incident. I'm pretty sure your bro will never forget it! I honestly think its a good thing that folks that witness incidents like this actually relate their incidents, because it helps show that accidents happen and serves as a reminder to all of us gun folk' that bad things can happen quickly. I didn't have a cavalier or light attitude to AD's/ND's or safety back then, nor do I now, but at least now I can laugh and be confident that I learned my lesson when my wife decides to pull the mega embarrassing "WELL, remember that one time you shot my car..." card on me!

Stay safe!

[speedsix]

...what a story...nothin' a new pair of shoes and a purse every once in awhile won't keep buried...