Thread: Shooting Fails

My old man was unloading an old 1906 .22 in the wash house, it was worn and if you held the trigger while pumping the action it would fire ,bit like a semi, he was working the action to check all the rounds had slid out of the tube mag but had his finger resting a little to hard on the trigger,had it pointing up wards in a safe direction as usual so no one was hurt when it went off, bullet went through a box of pears sitting on a high shelf through a pink plastic potty and out through the wall clipping a water pipe on the way.
I then got a lecture about gun safety

Originally Posted by sneeze

My old man was unloading an old 1906 .22 in the wash house, it was worn and if you held the trigger while pumping the action it would fire ,bit like a semi, he was working the action to check all the rounds had slid out of the tube mag but had his finger resting a little to hard on the trigger,had it pointing up wards in a safe direction as usual so no one was hurt when it went off, bullet went through a box of pears sitting on a high shelf through a pink plastic potty and out through the wall clipping a water pipe on the way.
I then got a lecture about gun safety

My granddad did the exact same thing with what sounds like the same rifle except he was pointing it down and it whent into the floor between Grandmas feet! It used to and still does occasionally stick the last round in the tube. He was not popular.

They have both been gone for years now but this still gets brought up at family gatherings

yeah I still have it and holding one in the tube is always an issue ,same with my grandads one which I have and my marlin m60 dose it ocasionaly as does the miroku ML 22. Just something to be aware of with tube mags.