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On friday evening, I left the majority group of gun owners who, lets all admit it, mock those who have had a negligent discharge, and became one of those who has. It was a simple mistake, which will stick with me for quite a while.
Situation: On friday, my best friend purchased a new glock 19, a weapon I already own. His came with a fresh duo-tone finish, and we spent about an hour comparing the differences, sights, and trigger pulls, as mine has the 3.5# trigger disconnect. During that time, we had obviously unloaded both guns. Later in the evening, I decided to disassemble both guns, to observe the differences in internal finishes.
Unbeknownst to me, my friend had put my magazine, loaded with powr'ball, back into my gun, and loaded one in the chamber. I put NO blame on him for what happened next. I stripped his glock, and continued onto mine. I dropped the mag, and then made an error, in something I have done 1000 times. I forgot to rack the slide, and check the chamber. A combination of my incorrect belief that it was empty from the last handling of it, and talking to my friend, allowed me to skip one small, incredibly important step. I continued the disassembly process, moving me right thumb and index finger below and in front of the gun, to catch the disassembly slide. I pulled the trigger to release it, and it went bam.
I felt nothing at first, but looked at my right hand, to see a sizeable chunk of my right index finger blown off, in the fattest section, between the hand knuckle and the middle knuckle. Fortunately, my military training kicked in. Yes, I have been an infantryman in the US Army for almost three years, coming up on my second deployment, and prior to that, I had 8 years of competitive shooting experience. And yet, I still had an ND. I tight wrapped it immediately, and we had paramedics and police there in minutes. Sorry, I dont have any pictures of it, I will take a few when i get the cast/splint off. After a 2 hour surgery, It was discovered that I managed to miss the bone, and all tendons, only removing a large chunk of flesh, nerve, and "digit artery". I have a cast-like brace up to my elbow for 10 days, and then hand bandages after that. Every doctor has told me how extremely lucky I am, to have removed so much flesh, and yet no bone or tendon damage.
So, thats my story. Its not my friends fault for loading it again (although he is suffering as well, the bullet went though my finger, and into his laptop). Its not the glocks fault for not having a standard on/off safety, as one of the police officers told me (carrying a M&P??). It is solely my fault, despite my years of strict safety training. Hopefully everyone takes away from this, that even taking your eyes off your gun for a second, means you gotta check it again, and even once that has been done, and it comes time to depress the trigger to strip the weapon, make SURE it is pointed in a safe direction.
Typing with one hand sucks, so im closing out. I'l be fine, just gunna have a sweet scar. Stay safe guys
Situation: On friday, my best friend purchased a new glock 19, a weapon I already own. His came with a fresh duo-tone finish, and we spent about an hour comparing the differences, sights, and trigger pulls, as mine has the 3.5# trigger disconnect. During that time, we had obviously unloaded both guns. Later in the evening, I decided to disassemble both guns, to observe the differences in internal finishes.
Unbeknownst to me, my friend had put my magazine, loaded with powr'ball, back into my gun, and loaded one in the chamber. I put NO blame on him for what happened next. I stripped his glock, and continued onto mine. I dropped the mag, and then made an error, in something I have done 1000 times. I forgot to rack the slide, and check the chamber. A combination of my incorrect belief that it was empty from the last handling of it, and talking to my friend, allowed me to skip one small, incredibly important step. I continued the disassembly process, moving me right thumb and index finger below and in front of the gun, to catch the disassembly slide. I pulled the trigger to release it, and it went bam.
I felt nothing at first, but looked at my right hand, to see a sizeable chunk of my right index finger blown off, in the fattest section, between the hand knuckle and the middle knuckle. Fortunately, my military training kicked in. Yes, I have been an infantryman in the US Army for almost three years, coming up on my second deployment, and prior to that, I had 8 years of competitive shooting experience. And yet, I still had an ND. I tight wrapped it immediately, and we had paramedics and police there in minutes. Sorry, I dont have any pictures of it, I will take a few when i get the cast/splint off. After a 2 hour surgery, It was discovered that I managed to miss the bone, and all tendons, only removing a large chunk of flesh, nerve, and "digit artery". I have a cast-like brace up to my elbow for 10 days, and then hand bandages after that. Every doctor has told me how extremely lucky I am, to have removed so much flesh, and yet no bone or tendon damage.
So, thats my story. Its not my friends fault for loading it again (although he is suffering as well, the bullet went though my finger, and into his laptop). Its not the glocks fault for not having a standard on/off safety, as one of the police officers told me (carrying a M&P??). It is solely my fault, despite my years of strict safety training. Hopefully everyone takes away from this, that even taking your eyes off your gun for a second, means you gotta check it again, and even once that has been done, and it comes time to depress the trigger to strip the weapon, make SURE it is pointed in a safe direction.
Typing with one hand sucks, so im closing out. I'l be fine, just gunna have a sweet scar. Stay safe guys
