Outdoorsman1
Regular Member
Ok.. first off .. I have already thought of and condemned myself in anyway and everyway anybody here could. To the point of seriously considering NOT carrying anymore.... Here's the story...
I recently purchased snap caps (fake practice rounds)to practice trigger pull without actually firing the firearm. I heard (from instuctors) that they can be used in a Mag combined with live ammo when shooting at the range. Load a combination of both so when shooting you unexpectedly fire a snap cap you can check your reaction compared to firing a live round. So when I got home I loaded a Mag with only snap caps and a second Mag with a combination of both snap and live ammo (for use at the range). I made the MISTAKE of putting a snap cap as the last "round" in each Mag so to look at them all you seen was the (purple) snap cap. I layed both mags on the kitchen table. I then got a phone call from my son in Florida who is dealing with some serious health issues and looking at the possibility of loosing the use of his right arm. After the call I picked up a Mag., put it in my Glock 27 and chambered the snap cap that was on top of the Mag. I went into the living room and preceeded to "practice" my trigger pull with what I thought was the Mag loaded with only snap caps. You can guess the rest.... 1st trigger pull... ClicK... I manuall racked the slide to eject the snap cap and chamber the second... 2nd trigger pull... BANG..... a 40. Cal. hole im my hallway wall... I had MISTAKENLY grabbed the wrong Mag... THANK GOD THERE WAS NO ONE ELSE IN MY HOUSE...
I checked and made sure the bullet did not exit and exterior wall and spent the next 6 hours paceing in my kitchen and trying to get my heart out of my throat and stop the rapid heart beat that sounded like a bass drum in my head.
That was four days ago... I have not carried since... Starting today, I will carry again on a daily basis as before but with the KNOWLEDGE and MEMORY of my SEVERE STUPIDITY. I have also drilled a small hole in the empty casing and will wear it around my neck forever as a constant reminder of the day I could have NEGLIGENTLY killed someone...
I HAD to post this here to help me in getting past this as well as WARN EVERBODY about the unexpected DANGER of using snap caps in a semi-auto...
Outdoorsman1
I recently purchased snap caps (fake practice rounds)to practice trigger pull without actually firing the firearm. I heard (from instuctors) that they can be used in a Mag combined with live ammo when shooting at the range. Load a combination of both so when shooting you unexpectedly fire a snap cap you can check your reaction compared to firing a live round. So when I got home I loaded a Mag with only snap caps and a second Mag with a combination of both snap and live ammo (for use at the range). I made the MISTAKE of putting a snap cap as the last "round" in each Mag so to look at them all you seen was the (purple) snap cap. I layed both mags on the kitchen table. I then got a phone call from my son in Florida who is dealing with some serious health issues and looking at the possibility of loosing the use of his right arm. After the call I picked up a Mag., put it in my Glock 27 and chambered the snap cap that was on top of the Mag. I went into the living room and preceeded to "practice" my trigger pull with what I thought was the Mag loaded with only snap caps. You can guess the rest.... 1st trigger pull... ClicK... I manuall racked the slide to eject the snap cap and chamber the second... 2nd trigger pull... BANG..... a 40. Cal. hole im my hallway wall... I had MISTAKENLY grabbed the wrong Mag... THANK GOD THERE WAS NO ONE ELSE IN MY HOUSE...
I checked and made sure the bullet did not exit and exterior wall and spent the next 6 hours paceing in my kitchen and trying to get my heart out of my throat and stop the rapid heart beat that sounded like a bass drum in my head.
That was four days ago... I have not carried since... Starting today, I will carry again on a daily basis as before but with the KNOWLEDGE and MEMORY of my SEVERE STUPIDITY. I have also drilled a small hole in the empty casing and will wear it around my neck forever as a constant reminder of the day I could have NEGLIGENTLY killed someone...
I HAD to post this here to help me in getting past this as well as WARN EVERBODY about the unexpected DANGER of using snap caps in a semi-auto...
Outdoorsman1
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