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A shooter was unloading his handgun when this happened. From what Scott relayed to me, was that the shooter cups the ejection port to catch the round to save time from picking it up off the floor. Now to clarify, this was not a malfunction. It was not a FTF and the primer was never struck. What happened was that during the unloading process the shooter’s hand covers the ejection port. The round most likely ejected into the hand but since the hand was so close to the ejection port it got caught between the slide and barrel.
Take a look at the picture below. You can see the primer lacks any hammer mark. However there is a clear crease from the edge of the slide cutting into the headstamp of the casing. If you look at the photo at the very top, you can see the bullet has a vertical line cut into it as well.
By cupping the round as it ejected out and it getting caught on the slide as the slide tried to close, the round went off in the shooter’s hand.
Here is what Scott relayed to me:
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Never try to catch a round, because that's when negligence happens.
Never use ammunition picked up at a range in a gun, even if you think it is yours.
Don't unload and show clear. Unload your gun only when required for transportation or storage.
Don't attend any, so called, firearms training school that enforces unload and show clear at the range.
Wow. I'm not going downrange to check targets until every gun is unloaded and shown clear, you can kiss my a$$. And your refusal to unload and show clear when ceasefire is called will justifiably get you permanently banned from every range I have ever been at. And when I do unload and show clear, I'm picking up that round that just popped out of the chamber and using it.
I don't think unload and show clear was the issue here. I think the issue was trying to catch the round.
Having said that I don't unload when I'm going down range I reholster but I don't unload.
K. So I agree about the firearm that is being carried in a holster. When I that range I normally have a fully loaded firearm in a holster on my belt as well. But I don't take just 1 firearm to the range. I take multiple firearms to the range. I was referring to the firearms that are left at the firing line.
I could write a long reply about those firearms too. Let's put it this way, I have been to multiple firearms training classes where all my firearms for the class were always loaded according to training instructions. I have been to ranges for practice that enforce all kinds of rules due to the stupidity of their untrained customers. Fortunately, there is still a tactical bay somewhere. One just has to keep the stupid people out of it.
Let's put it this way - if you can't safely unload your firearm that is going to stay on the firing line when people go downrange to check/change targets, then you need to be outside the gates of the range complex until you learn how to do so. I don't care who you are, walking in front of a loaded firing line is just plain stupid. I will continue to gladly keep my range shooting confined to those ranges that require all firearms on the firing line to be unloaded before declaring the range clear for shooters to move forward. You can keep your "tactical bays" to yourself.
K. So I agree about the firearm that is being carried in a holster. When I that range I normally have a fully loaded firearm in a holster on my belt as well. But I don't take just 1 firearm to the range. I take multiple firearms to the range. I was referring to the firearms that are left at the firing line.
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