Indoor ND (Negligent Discharge) with a .32 Auto.

[Biggerhammer]

Had a friend hand me a bullet the other day. It was a FMJ from a .32 Auto. He said he had stored a .32 auto for a long time loaded. Said he had forgot about it until he found it one day looking for something else. When he found it he, dropped the Mag, worked the slide real quick three or four times. But never visually checked the chamber. He said he was holding the handgun in his right hand in front of him with it pointed to his left looking at it and pulled the trigger and it went off. The bullet traveled across the room at about chest level and hit a bedroom door 15' away. Put a small dent in the wood door and dropped to the floor right in front of the the door.

Always check the chamber visually and if you think a .32 auto is going to save your junk in a self defense situation. You might want to rethink it.👍👍 While any ND is serious, every guy that hears the story can't stop laughing when they hear about it only dinging a door and dropping to the floor.

[sumpnz]

If the gun had been sitting for a long time, I wonder if the round in the chamber had picked up moisture or something that compromised it's performance.  I'm surprised that even a .32 couldn't do more than lightly dent a plywood door from 5 yards. 

[h20hunter]

Textbook mistake...I know....I've done that down to a T. One time. Still scares me to this day and it was many years ago.

[pianoman9701]

I met a guy at Archery World this past Wednesday who is recovering from shooting himself in the hand with a .40. He was holding the gun by the barrel with his hand over the muzzle and dropped the gun on the striker. Nice big hole in his hand. 

I'm glad your friend didn't hurt himself of one of his family.

[high country]

Thanks for sharing. It happens to be a very simple mistake.....but could be oh so costly. I'm sure it happens much more than we hear about,  but rarely shared.

[Biggerhammer]

A local guy here not too long ago was trying to holster a 9mm in a Kydex holster on his right side. Didn't visually check if the holster was clear. When he tried to holster the handgun part of his tshirt was in the holster and caught the trigger through and through the right buttocks with a smoking fast +P hollow point hand load. Made a real mess of his bathroom.😊👍

He quick grabbed a change of clothes because he knew they would cut the ones he had off him at the  ER. He threw a garbage bag down in the car seat for the trip to the ER. Said it didn't hurt until he was almost to the hospital (15 min drive) by the time he got there he said it felt like a blow torch was being held to his hindend and he was squealing like a snake bit Girl Scout! Hahaha!

[high country]

I worked with a guy who had a 45lc do that. It jumped inside his skin and traveled out his foot......and it RUINED everything in between. He's crippled for life.

[Biggerhammer]

I worked with a guy who had a 45lc do that. It jumped inside his skin and traveled out his foot......and it RUINED everything in between. He's crippled for life.

DANG !!!

[Alchase]

If the gun had been sitting for a long time, I wonder if the round in the chamber had picked up moisture or something that compromised it's performance.  I'm surprised that even a .32 couldn't do more than lightly dent a plywood door from 5 yards. 

The powder must have gone bad, that bullet looks pretty pristine for a round hitting a a door and not going  through it.

Glad he is OK

[Mongo Hunter]

I met a guy at Archery World this past Wednesday who is recovering from shooting himself in the hand with a .40. He was holding the gun by the barrel with his hand over the muzzle and dropped the gun on the striker. Nice big hole in his hand. 

I'm glad your friend didn't hurt himself of one of his family.

I have to call BS on that guys story. All modern striker fired guns have drop safeties, its virtually impossible for the gun to go off without the trigger being pulled. When the trigger is pulled on a striker fired gun, the trigger actually finishes cocking the gun, then it moves the block out of the way just before releasing to hit the primer.

I think this guy was either showing off or doing something else but that trigger was pulled and his hand was in front of it. he's just not wanting to admit it.

[Yondering]

I met a guy at Archery World this past Wednesday who is recovering from shooting himself in the hand with a .40. He was holding the gun by the barrel with his hand over the muzzle and dropped the gun on the striker. Nice big hole in his hand. 

I'm glad your friend didn't hurt himself of one of his family.

I have to call BS on that guys story. All modern striker fired guns have drop safeties, its virtually impossible for the gun to go off without the trigger being pulled. When the trigger is pulled on a striker fired gun, the trigger actually finishes cocking the gun, then it moves the block out of the way just before releasing to hit the primer.

I think this guy was either showing off or doing something else but that trigger was pulled and his hand was in front of it. he's just not wanting to admit it.

Kinda sounds more like Glock hand, with the guy changing his story to seem less dumb. "Dropped the gun on the striker" doesn't make sense, since the striker is internal. "Dropped the striker" (i.e. pulled the trigger) is more like it, which you have to do in order to remove the slide from a Glock.

[thinkingman]

I met a guy at Archery World this past Wednesday who is recovering from shooting himself in the hand with a .40. He was holding the gun by the barrel with his hand over the muzzle and dropped the gun on the striker. Nice big hole in his hand. 

I'm glad your friend didn't hurt himself of one of his family.

I have to call BS on that guys story. All modern striker fired guns have drop safeties, its virtually impossible for the gun to go off without the trigger being pulled. When the trigger is pulled on a striker fired gun, the trigger actually finishes cocking the gun, then it moves the block out of the way just before releasing to hit the primer.

I think this guy was either showing off or doing something else but that trigger was pulled and his hand was in front of it. he's just not wanting to admit it.

Kinda sounds more like Glock hand, with the guy changing his story to seem less dumb. "Dropped the gun on the striker" doesn't make sense, since the striker is internal. "Dropped the striker" (i.e. pulled the trigger) is more like it, which you have to do in order to remove the slide from a Glock.

Agreed.
That has Glock written all over it.

[Biggerhammer]

I've been witness to a near miss "Glock hand" train wreck. Glock 23's are extremely loud in confined  spaces.

Not quite as pulse raising as a 40mm grenade ND in a Bradley.😡

[Alchase]

No quite as pulse raising as a 40mm grenade ND in a Bradley.😡

I bet someones a$$ got kicked over that, LOL

[Biggerhammer]

No quite as pulse raising as a 40mm grenade ND in a Bradley.😡

I bet someones a$$ got kicked over that, LOL

HUUUUUGE‼️