Thread: A gentle reminder ... ouch

All guns are always loaded.
Never let the muzzle cover anything you are not willing to destroy.
Keep your finger off the trigger until your sights are on the target.
Be sure of your target and what is beyond it.

Keep safe in the hills over Christmas everyone!

Ouch that had to hurt.

Bloke from down this way (friend of a friend) managed to shoot himself in the foot last year - 10/22, loaded with safety on while cruising around his farm shooting bunnies - Slipped on something getting out of the ute, didn't touch the trigger but apparently smacked the butt against the doorframe hard enough to slam fire.

He was limping around looking rather sheepish for a good few weeks, fortunate that it was only a 22 and I guess it passed between the bones in his foot.

A mate also told me about a close call he had - out bunny shooting with a Norinco JW-20 (the wee takedown semi) - thinking he was quite safe, one up the spout but safety on and held pointing up and away from him with trigger finger resting along side the action. Tripped over on a rabbit hole or something, as he stumbled his finger slipped down, across the safety (which is one of those push-through buttons set in the front of the trigger guard) and onto the trigger, putting a round into the ground in front of him. He sold that rifle soon after for something with a more foolproof safety arrangement.

Good reminders not to get lax about safety - both guys who are sensible and safety conscious, but thought they were being safer than they actually were.

@Dundee, is that your foot??

you haven't seen my feet Willis

Any want size 10 john bull boots they don't fit me any more I'm size 9 now

Originally Posted by Dundee

Any want size 10 john bull boots they don't fit me any more I'm size 9 now

Is that because of that beaut new ute in ya yard? bet it goes like a cut cat??

Originally Posted by Dundee

Any want size 10 john bull boots they don't fit me any more I'm size 9 now

Are you shrinking Dundee?

Yeah don't buy boots in the summer,I think my feet were swollen when I bought the bloody things.

That kind of 'between the big and next toe' shooting oneself in the foot is quite common at shotgun clubs where often a shooter will rest the loaded gun on his foot while waiting to shoot. There is a natural muzzle resting spot right where that shot went. Often it clips both toes. Hunters also tend to stand and talk with the muzzle resting between the toes - it keeps the muzzle off the dirt.

That's where the expression "shooting oneself in the foot" comes from.

Originally Posted by 303Guy

That kind of 'between the big and next toe' shooting oneself in the foot is quite common at shotgun clubs where often a shooter will rest the loaded gun on his foot while waiting to shoot. There is a natural muzzle resting spot right where that shot went. Often it clips both toes. Hunters also tend to stand and talk with the muzzle resting between the toes - it keeps the muzzle off the dirt.

That's where the expression "shooting oneself in the foot" comes from.

I'd rather some" twat " shoots his own foot off than mine !

Originally Posted by 303Guy

That kind of 'between the big and next toe' shooting oneself in the foot is quite common at shotgun clubs where often a shooter will rest the loaded gun on his foot while waiting to shoot. There is a natural muzzle resting spot right where that shot went. Often it clips both toes. Hunters also tend to stand and talk with the muzzle resting between the toes - it keeps the muzzle off the dirt.

That's where the expression "shooting oneself in the foot" comes from.

The best one Ive heard of is where the dick caught the hammer/trigger of his pistol while drawing it, shot himself down the entire length of his leg shattering the ankle...30 inches odd of hole...

regards

Originally Posted by steven

...the dick caught the hammer/trigger of his pistol while drawing it...

Where was he drawing it from, a crotch holster?

The photo is of a chap doing a quick draw with a .45 ACP and ended up doing self medication to avoid awkward questions from the boys in blue. Shooting one's self in the foot comes from military folk trying avoid battle [as in WW1] and ending up being shot for cowardice.
Therefore, shooting one's self in the foot is a lose lose situation.