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Posted: 4/23/2024 5:06:01 PM EDT
In a residential room?
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Quoted: In a residential room? View Quote I've been trying to avoid it. |
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Yeah, 6th grade science experiment. Tested the penetration of various .22 projectiles on phone books. Dad was cool with it.
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I've not touched one off under those circumstances. But was present for somebody doing so with one of those Yugo M92s. Of course, they were hammered and thought it was unloaded.
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Kind of.
As a dumb-ass kid we were shooting a .22 out of my friends window. I guess technically the muzzle was outside the window while we were inside. |
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Nope, but was in the next room when my GF's son shot himself in the hand with a High point .40 at 1 am. He was cleaning it...
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How about yes, out of windows to kill ground hogs?
With a .270 and 8mm Mauser |
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A friend's house had a large basement that had been converted into a rec room. We'd place stacks of old magazines in the fireplace and load our rifles with .22 shorts.
Had another friend who assassinated his dorm room chest of drawers and a stack of Gold Cup socks with a .25 autoloader. Luckily the chest of drawers was against an outside wall. He patched up the drawer, spackled the wall, and never heard any more about it. |
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Quoted: My man. Me too, standing in the kitchen. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: How about yes, out of windows to kill ground hogs? With a .270 and 8mm Mauser My man. Me too, standing in the kitchen. Full disclosure - I rarely put the muzzle outside the window frame |
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Sadly. yes. Had a ND once breaking down an XD, many years ago. I *thought* I had cleared it.
Had it pointed down at the floor when I pulled the trigger. Never, ever break the "muzzle in a safe direction" rule. Scared the shit out of me, but damn it was a learning moment, and thankfully no lasting damage. |
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I shot a Groundhog in my back yard from the confines of my bathroom. It was louder than expected.
Blanks in training too. |
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I expected to see this or the other one. Both funny as fuck! To answer OP’s question, yes. I have also been in the back of a cargo can when a 5.56 was discharged. My head still hurts some 15 years later. It was like what I imagine a baseball bat to the noggin would feel like. Cant hear shit. Too bad this is what led to us getting cans…… |
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Hallways are worse than rooms
Vehicles are worse than structures |
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I was hunting squirrels from my well-house,
and my Marlin 100 "plunger" failed and almost put a .22lr through my foot in the doorway, so... Never in a true residential space. |
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Poll is lacking, because my answer is yet but it doesnt fit the categories. I selected "training"
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HaHa I fire off a round into the trash bin every night. Helps me get to sleep quickly.
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No, but I was in an adjoining room when my dad had a ND many years ago. He was selling a Winchester 1897 to a coworker at our dining room table and blew the light fixture out of the ceiling while I was getting something out of the kitchen. My mom was in the room adjoining from another side. It was a helluva noise and broken glass and plaster were everywhere.
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Yes. .357 Mag, 158 gr. JHP in a basement bedroom with faux paneling drywall. It was an ND. Through the wallboard, into an upright freezer. Entered the side panel from the rear and traveled along the sidewall and stopped in the front door frame. It was 44 years ago. I couldn't hear right for days. The freezer was none the worse for wear. Me....I learned a a valuable lesson, thank God not at the expense of anyone else. If you don't believe in a higher being, that will give you pause to reconsider.
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Once, negligent. A 7mm Mauser, my first real gun. I was playing around with it after I had rebuilt it from a rotted, rusted mess. I forgot that I had loaded it and fired it into the floor of a bedroom.
No one else was around at the time and somehow it didn't leave a visible hole in the floor or carpet. My ears rang a bit and I decided that it would be a very bad idea to do that again. |
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Quoted: HaHa I fire off a round into the trash bin every night. Helps me get to sleep quickly. View Quote Took me a minute... Attached File |
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Nope.
I was in the next room when my dad did, though. He was a LEO, and was doing something with an AR15 in the bedroom. I heard a very loud BANG, followed by my mother screaming at the top of her lungs. He had shot a hole that went through the wall into the adjoining kitchen cupboard, blowing some dishes to bits. I was in said kitchen when that happened. I was maybe 15. He claimed that "it just went off". |
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Yes, AD into the floor. Tired and had no business messing with a gun.
Yes, in training as well. 9mm sucks, but 5.56 is fucking BRUTAL As far as in anger, does the parking lot count? |
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I know I shouldn't be laughing, but the stories of guys accidentally firing guns makes me laugh every time!
I once pulled the bullet out of a .270. Dumped the powder out, loaded it into and r700 and pulled the trigger. Holy shit are primers loud! |
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Anyone ever use 12 gauge blanks? We did once in a school gymnasium. It was like a fucking bomb going off. Most of us hit the deck thinking something had gone wrong!
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Some times, because if you own a gun over a year without negligent discharging at least once, you aren't handling it enough. NDs are a natural part of handling weapons, just like tweaking your back is part of weightlifting and car accidents are part of driving. I ND several times a year because I actually HANDLE and know how to USE my weapons. It makes me a better firearms handler and marksman, and it's a small part of the price you pay in the sheepdog lifestyle Simple fact is, the "safety mentality" will build mental blocks in your head that will get you killed. You need to be comfortable putting your finger on the trigger and pointing the gun wherever you want no matter the time, place, or status of the weapon. Taking time to check whether the gun is loaded whenever you pick one up will serve to make you hesitate in a personal defense scenario. You fucking safety idiots are going to get people killed all because of this fucking "ND" shaming. Guns are inherently dangerous, you need to accept it.
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I voted 'yes, in anger' because I was pretty pissed at the mice in the attached garage, both times I shot the mice (even used a "mouse gun" to shoot one of them), and because I was annoyed at the squirrels when I shot out the window at the squirrels that were tearing up the eaves of my last house.
Poll needs a 'yes, because it was convenient' option, since I have a target stand that I can hit from the window behind me. |
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Quoted: Some times, because if you own a gun over a year without negligent discharging at least once, you aren't handling it enough. NDs are a natural part of handling weapons, just like tweaking your back is part of weightlifting and car accidents are part of driving. I ND several times a year because I actually HANDLE and know how to USE my weapons. It makes me a better firearms handler and marksman, and it's a small part of the price you pay in the sheepdog lifestyle Simple fact is, the "safety mentality" will build mental blocks in your head that will get you killed. You need to be comfortable putting your finger on the trigger and pointing the gun wherever you want no matter the time, place, or status of the weapon. Taking time to check whether the gun is loaded whenever you pick one up will serve to make you hesitate in a personal defense scenario. You fucking safety idiots are going to get people killed all because of this fucking "ND" shaming. Guns are inherently dangerous, you need to accept it. View Quote This is one of the worst takes I’ve ever heard and we are all dumber for having read it. I sincerely hope it’s a copypasta that I’m unfamiliar with. |
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Yes. Shooting from the air conditioning to a target that wasn't air-conditioned
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