hedd-wyn Posted January 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2013 There are a lot of posts on here making a good argument for needing a FAC for air rifles. This is a VERY good point Ordnance, I personally wouldn't have a problem with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxtond Posted January 14, 2013 Report Share Posted January 14, 2013 (edited) dropped a unloaded but cocked GAT gun when i was 9, hit the floor sprung open and jumped back up and clonked me on the nose. also had a friend close his thumb in the slide of my escort, that wasn't nice Edited January 14, 2013 by Paxtond Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunneravi Posted January 14, 2013 Report Share Posted January 14, 2013 also had a friend close his thumb in the slide of my escort, that wasn't nice Ouch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RED BEARD Posted January 14, 2013 Report Share Posted January 14, 2013 a bloke i know took the end of his thumb off when his hw77 went whilst he was loading it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evo Posted January 14, 2013 Report Share Posted January 14, 2013 one of the lads on here shot himself in the foot, it still brings tears to my eyes,wonder how he,s getting on good i hope,at least he was honest enough to show PW his mistake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonathanL Posted January 14, 2013 Report Share Posted January 14, 2013 There are a lot of posts on here making a good argument for needing a FAC for air rifles. Can't say I'd noticed any. J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsonicnat Posted January 14, 2013 Report Share Posted January 14, 2013 Knocking conkers out of a tree when knee high to a grasshopper, women turned us in to the farmer, came with a loaded 12 bore, let fly at us 2 pellets in my heel when I got home,,, that was close.... lol. Bet he wouldn`t try it today.lol. Did pull the stock UP as I always do, gun misfired into the ground, could only load one barrel after that, it was coming out the bites, fixed when I got it apart at home, BUT:: ALWAYS PULL YOUR STOCK UP,... Not Barrels, it would be fatal if someone was in front:: Did know of a bloke who shot himself in the arm, fell out of his fingers, hit the butt on the ground, blew half his arm away: Could not use a gun again: Never walk on ice with a loaded gun, I slipped once and looking down the barrel at the end of said Dance is Not funny:: Never Again: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clakk Posted January 15, 2013 Report Share Posted January 15, 2013 ******* farmer used to use salt bags back in the 70s kept us from going back to his apple orchard a good friend who didnt get away without after much crying and blubbing also got a whup from his dad for thieving ,dont think mr plod would accept that these days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39TDS Posted January 15, 2013 Report Share Posted January 15, 2013 Why on earth would you shoot at kids for pinching cookers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsonicnat Posted January 15, 2013 Report Share Posted January 15, 2013 He Was really ****** I can tell you.lol. yes I did say CONKERS.lol. Got locked in a Coal house once nicking apples and pears, Silly ****** locked me inside with an axe, I was well done before the coppers got there.lol. Would probably have got a smack round the ear of the old man, if he had found out.. Great Guy though, loved him to bits.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangon Posted January 15, 2013 Report Share Posted January 15, 2013 I was doing a tour of west belfast back in the day and one of the lads from a different unit ( the ones that think theyre hard because they jump out of planes) had a neglegent discharge with his batton gun. Your not supposed to have it loaded but this chap had his loaded, went to the unloading bay to unload and fired the batton round. It bounced off the bay and hit him square in the jaw , breaking it. We did laugh for weeks about it though. remember folks weapon safety is serious! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted January 15, 2013 Report Share Posted January 15, 2013 About 18 at the time, sat in a hide with my closed and loaded shotgun across my lap waiting (safety catch applied). Anyway I shifted position slightly and either my finger or maybe clothing entered the trigger guard and caught the trigger and the gun discharged! My hand was placed flat across the hand of the stock and the recoiling gun shot off my lap, the top lever caught the end of my thumb during this and split it down the nail also leaving a painful gash. Thank the Lord nobody else was at the wrong end! On subsequent inspection the safety was found to be faulty. Sure taught me to check the function of all guns regular and the misnomer of the whole words "safety catch". The gun was only very recently purchased from a gunsmith and when I told him the story he literally turned as white as a ghost. The next time some clown tells you "its okay the safety is on" think about that one guys. Never point the muzzles of a gun towards anything you do not wish to kill, if I had that day the thought is too scary to even consider. I do know very directly of two fatalities on ranges and one loss of an arm- However I know more anglers that have drowned, builders and engineers killed at work so consider lots of things are dangerous if done badly its our duty to do it right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tod Posted January 15, 2013 Report Share Posted January 15, 2013 saw a young lad of about 12 or 13 trapping at a clay club in the 80's lean over the trap and set it off hitting him square on the forehead, sparked out with a cut right across his forehead down to the skull. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hide shooter Posted January 15, 2013 Report Share Posted January 15, 2013 I had shot ricochet of a tree snd hit me in the torso, i **** myself as you do lol but no penetration just stung abit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hide shooter Posted January 15, 2013 Report Share Posted January 15, 2013 Oh and last year whilst out roost shooting i had gun broke and carts removed i slip forwar whilst walking up a bank sending barrels into the ground and some how trapping my dkin between finger and thum in a closed action! Hospital job lots of blood and swearing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highbird70 Posted January 15, 2013 Report Share Posted January 15, 2013 It was when I was in the Army at the firng range 1990....Daft Sergeant showing off in front of me with a AR70 Beretta.....usual I'm a bigger man starting story...waving the assault rifle....then pointed it down and on his foot to hold his Perfect showing off big MAN pose......I just heard a crack/bang....looked into the Sergeant eyes...with a big grin on my face...and said....Sir...did you just shoot yourself in the foot Sir....with tears running down my face,Sir was the assault rifle loaded Sir.....answer was.....Yes Corporal....I just did and it was, I just showed how accidents happen and limped off with a 5.62 nato round hole in his boot, never seen anyone containg the pain so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted January 15, 2013 Report Share Posted January 15, 2013 I can clearly remember even though it was 40 years ago being round my grandparents house when my grandfather came home from a pheasant shooting trip absolutely distraught , he had shot a hen pheasant and it was a runner , his black lab made the retrieve and when she presented the bird to him he leaned forward to collect it , the bird flapped about as he took it from her mouth and somehow got a leg tangled in the trigger , my grandfather had failed to put the safety catch back on , the gun discharged and killed the lab instantly. He loved his dogs and it was months before he could bring himself to shoot again . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bi9johnny Posted January 15, 2013 Report Share Posted January 15, 2013 guy in our gun club was distracted from shooting a 9mm pistol some years back, as he swung around to see what the big bang was he discharged his gun and the round went in through the right foot and into the left foot of a girl visitor.....after the ambulance and police had done their stuff it was realised the round had gone through the trousers at the knee of another member who was sat down luckily not hurting him....... perfectly true , you couldn't make this one up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zulu Posted January 15, 2013 Report Share Posted January 15, 2013 Ticket holder preparing his pistol at home prior to range visit , takes revolver out of safe and dry fires a couple of times then takes a sight picture through bedroom window on paper lad coming up drive and dry fires . Turns around and dry fires on his own reflection in wardrobe mirror and bang , bullet goes through bedroom wall a couple of feet above his wife who is still in bed . I am sure there are others like this but understandably they are kept quiet at the time , always thought what story he would have told the police if paper boy had been shot . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flynny Posted January 15, 2013 Report Share Posted January 15, 2013 Aged 14, was shooting pigeons off the old mills at the back of our house,( I had permission off the mill owner) Any ways we find an old hard hat in the yard, I shot at it only for the pellet to bounce straight back at me and hit me skimming off my neck, jesus I thought it had stuck in me it stung like a good un , it didnt break the skin but left an egg sized lump on the side of my neck. 6" higher and it would have took my eye out or worse, My mate was laughing his head off because I had turned white. Truly a lesson learnt, ATB Flynny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zulu Posted January 15, 2013 Report Share Posted January 15, 2013 When I first started work at 15 the fella who was over me knew I went shooting and asked if he could come along , no probs took him a few time and showed him the basics , after a couple of months he got his gun licence and got a shotgun . He continued to get a bit more experience but it never became a serious hobby , any way one Morning he comes in looking a bit sheepish and asked me to get rid of his gun for him , whats happened I ask ? Friday night after a session he attempts in a drunken stupor to show his wife what to do if burglars enter the house - result was a nice tight pattern of 6 shot in the living room wall , he learned his lesson that alcohol and firearms dont mix . Just hung a picture over the hole , I bumped into him in a pub some 30 yrs later and reminded him and he told me he never handled a firearm since . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imperfection Posted January 15, 2013 Report Share Posted January 15, 2013 Or two people i know who took turns shooting at a golf ball with a 22lr and only stopped when one round came hurtling back between them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Essex Keeper Posted January 15, 2013 Report Share Posted January 15, 2013 Pump action 12 bore pumped towards the ground hitting finger on trigger BANG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cleaner4hire Posted January 15, 2013 Report Share Posted January 15, 2013 Ive seen a few on my travels, On a clay shoot, I saw a novice being coached, the gun failed to fire student dismounted it then it went off in the general direction of downrange with the recoil throwing it on the floor. My friend was sitting out under a tree with his 12g loaded and closed when he took a phone call and left it laying across his lap. When it started to slide off he grabbed it and in doing so knocked the safety off while the pocket button on his trousers managed to catch the trigger firing it. He showed me the pattern in the tree, must have pooed himself a bit when that happened. Also seen the back wall of rifle ranges being hit on a few occasions. Tom. sounds like something off of final destination!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muddy Funker Posted January 15, 2013 Report Share Posted January 15, 2013 (edited) I shot a mate a couple of years ago with my HW100 177. Well, I shot a golf ball around 35 yards away and it pinged back and hit him in the thumb lol. Could've been worse. Moral of the story don't shoot golf balls!!! Edited January 15, 2013 by Muddy Funker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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