Wear shoes while dry firing

[PNWPrepper]

I am a huge fan of dry fire practice as is my wife as I don't have to buy ammo. Well I was practicing mag changes for fun and I learned the hard way, WEAR SHOES!! Dropping an empty aluminum mag on your toe F-ing hurts. Learn from my mistakes. Any funny stories about small injuries when doing something seemingly not dangerous?

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[American123]

Either my feet are much shorter than yours, or I hold the pistol further out while reloading. Either way, I don't like having my mags drop on the floor unnecessarily so I put a pillow on the ground for them to fall on.

 

[edzz]

Buy a revolver, problem solved.

 

[Stomper]

This one time, at band-camp......

 

[Certaindeaf]

Indeed. If you wear tactical Crocs though, be careful they don't
bounce the mags right back up into the well.

 

[v0lcom13sn0w]

Indeed. If you wear tactical Crocs though, be careful they don't
bounce the mags right back up into the well.

 

[Bealzybub]

This one time, at band-camp......

"I AM SLIME SIR !!!!!!!!"

 

[Bealzybub]

Or would that be "Sir, I am slime sir" at that point of the process?

 

[surevaliance]

And for 100-rd AK drum... buy steel toes.

 

[edslhead]

I opened my safe a while back and one of my more violent firearms jumped out and got me in the foot. Nice little black and blue mark. Oddly enough it was a 308 hunting rifle I hadn't got into the standoffs and not an AR. Be careful out there.

 

[DB is Here]

Wear shoes when operating tools or machinery...noted.

 

[Mark W.]

I knew there was a reason my boss required steel toed boots now I know.

 

[KKG]

I drop a .38 Special Cartridge on the concrete and it discharged. The Bullet flew up and struck the overhead, the Casing disintegreted and the Very, Very, VERY small pieces penetrated my fatigued pants but did no damage, I have no idea what happened to the Primer. I recovered the Bullet drilled a hole in it and put it n my Dog Tag Chain for a couple of years. When I came back from Vietnam the box never made it Home. Lots of other things were in that box, including my address book and many pictures I had taken and other trinkets from my time In Country.

I wasn't a happy Camper.

 

[Capn Jack]

One winter, while zipping bare footed across the garage to the tool bench, I knocked over my, "Beer Can Mortar Tube."
Ya know they can't do anything for a broken toe except say, "Yep, ya broke it."

 

[P7M13]

Wear substantial shoes. Believe me, pistol mags and especially AR mags will find that ONE spot on sneakers where you will blacken your toenail.

 

[powermad]

I had just gotten a docooler ms4 ripoff sling and was trying it out.
I learned 2 things at the same time..
Buy original stuff and wear shoes.

The QD mount sling swivel is smaller than norm and it popped out of the socket with the muzzle pointed at the top of my foot.
Had a nice purple circle about the size of an A2 flash hider on the top of my foot for about a week.

 

[PNWPrepper]

Either my feet are much shorter than yours, or I hold the pistol further out while reloading. Either way, I don't like having my mags drop on the floor unnecessarily so I put a pillow on the ground for them to fall on.

I do have large feet (13s) and I was bringing my pistol up close to my face and the mag dropped straight on my toe.

 

[American123]

I do have large feet (13s) and I was bringing my pistol up close to my face and the mag dropped straight on my toe.

I don't believe I bring my pistol that close back to my face when I reload or I could experience that as well.

 

[bbbass]

I was using a folding knife to push down thru a leather belt when the blade folded, filleted a 1/4" chunk off the side of my thumb.

 

[P7M13]

I was using a folding knife to push down thru a leather belt when the blade folded, filleted a 1/4" chunk off the side of my thumb.

Yup. Similar mistake, and if it weren't for the bone, would have lost a finger.
Turned it into a first aid teaching moment for the kids.