Cooter
Liberty or Death
I was reading an article about SKS slamfires and apparently someone died as a result of it. He was instructing a friend on how to use stripper clips on a russian SKS, when the clip triggered the firing pin. The first shot made the gun jump out of the man's hands, and begin automatically firing on the ground. Sadly, the last shot hit him in the face, killing him.
I own a Russian SKS myself. A while ago, I was showing a friend how the action on an SKS works. Like a fool, I was using live ammo in my house. (I'd never heard of a slamfire back then.) I let the bolt forward and it fired a single shot. Luckily, my dumbass was pointing it in a safe direction, and nobody (but my ego) got hurt. It scared the crap out of both of us, and I had to buy some drywall putty.
Moral of the story is, Always treat a gun as if it's loaded. Keep the muzzle pointed in a safe direction at all times. And be careful with SKS's.
I own a Russian SKS myself. A while ago, I was showing a friend how the action on an SKS works. Like a fool, I was using live ammo in my house. (I'd never heard of a slamfire back then.) I let the bolt forward and it fired a single shot. Luckily, my dumbass was pointing it in a safe direction, and nobody (but my ego) got hurt. It scared the crap out of both of us, and I had to buy some drywall putty.
Moral of the story is, Always treat a gun as if it's loaded. Keep the muzzle pointed in a safe direction at all times. And be careful with SKS's.