Safety First! kinda long!

[DAVID]

ADs or accidental discharges can happen to anyone. But if the first rule of gun handling is followed no one is hurt. Never point the gun at anyone or anything not to be shot.


When I was much younger (18). I was not old enought for a regular carry permit but the local sheriff gave me a handwritten pass to transport a pistol to and from the range.


I had borrowed a War time P38 and had an Astra 600. I got to the range and loaded the mag for the P 38 while sitting in my car. When I put the mag in the pistol I triped the safety the pistol discharge hitting my tranmission. I drove the car for another month before it died. The mechanic found bits of copper and lead in the transmisson fluid.


Second incident was about a year later had the Astra 600 at the range and was shooting the pistol. When I decided to stop I dropped the mag about 1/2 inched started to pull the slide back when it moved back the pistol went off. I had a another friend who carried one of these as a loaded car gun and he spent hours trying to tell me how I must have pulled the trigger. About 6 months later, he called me and appologized. It seems that he got his Astra out of the car to clean it. when he took the mag out, he pulled the slide back the pistol discarged into the living room floor. no one was hurt but his wife would not talk to him for a week.


I returned the P 38 to the owner and told him what had happened and to have pistol fixed. The Astra I took apart and threw into the river. Best David.