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swingset · May 28, 2002, 02:27 AM

Happened to me 2. I was young, 18 or 19, handling a friend's Mac11/9 that wasn't feeding right. We went into the garage to mess with it, and I loaded up a mag, pulled the slide back and let it feed one. I KNEW it was loaded, but I wanted to see it clearly under shop lights (it was kinda dark out), so as we turn to walk outside to let a round go, I catch the thing on the bench somehow, and it flops out of my hand, onto the ground and POW!! I knew where my mistake(s) were, but I was just careless and clumsy.

It shot into a large piece of wood RIGHT between me and my friend - and we were but 2' apart. We sat their with our hearts beating for a while wondering how we could have been so stupid.

Never forgave myself for that, and never an AD since.

May 28, 2002, 02:27 AM	#19
swingset Senior Member Join Date: March 15, 2001 Location: Granville, OH Posts: 344	Happened to me 2. I was young, 18 or 19, handling a friend's Mac11/9 that wasn't feeding right. We went into the garage to mess with it, and I loaded up a mag, pulled the slide back and let it feed one. I KNEW it was loaded, but I wanted to see it clearly under shop lights (it was kinda dark out), so as we turn to walk outside to let a round go, I catch the thing on the bench somehow, and it flops out of my hand, onto the ground and POW!! I knew where my mistake(s) were, but I was just careless and clumsy. It shot into a large piece of wood RIGHT between me and my friend - and we were but 2' apart. We sat their with our hearts beating for a while wondering how we could have been so stupid. Never forgave myself for that, and never an AD since. __________________ Life is a big, black hole of sucking disappointment.