Close call, check those chambers!

[RTE]

Honestly; anyone who's too careless or incompetent to be able to properly clear a firearm; I'd rather they just carefully hand the firearm to me while keeping the muzzle 180 degrees away from me, and let ME clear the gun.

Someone at this level of "proficiency" is apt to muzzle you while clearing the gun a second time & likely to do something stupid like keep their finger near the trigger and ND into your gut.

Scary situation, OP: glad you & everyone are safe, hopefully your friends got a big wake up call & took it to heart.

Funny story
I went to a sellers house to look at buying a 22 Mississippi derringer (Private Party sale)

While looking over the derringer the seller mentioned that his brother made the wooden grips.
He went to get his 9mm llama to show off his brother's work.
Seller sits back down at the kitchen table, unzips a soft case and hands me a loaded pistol.

I noticed the extra weight, looked at the magazine, promptly dropped the mag and checked the chamber.
His wife was watching from the other side of the kitchen her expression was one of just a little bit put off.
I commented Nice work on the grips, bought the derringer and headed out.

I'm sure he got an earful from the wife the second the door shut.

[hambam105]

What's with all the gun handling safety recommendations?

This is California, no one is responsible for what they do.

[B2D]

Good job OP. They owe you a round for that one. The 4 rules and a responsible human prevent a mishap yet again.

When I hand a semiauto pistol to someone I remove the magazine and lock the slide open. Then it is easy for them to verify the chamber is empty.

Same here. Thats how I was taught - mag out and open action with ANY firearm.

this is why i rack with the end of barrel pointed upwards.

get some help from gravity just in case.

then i look in from the chamber. and i leave the slide locked back when handing it to anyone.

I tend to rack with the barrel pointed at the floor, seeing as I live in a ground floor apartment. The gravity assist can't hurt, though.

I'm not exactly sure HOW this incident happened but before I was born my Dad was putting away his Smith .38 revolver and according to my Mom she heard a BANG from the bedroom followed closely by "S***! I'm ok, I'm ok." Luckily he had the barrel pointed at the floor, because rules.

Sometime when I was a teenager I was helping Dad install new carpet and found the .38 slug exactly where he predicted I would. O_O

'Don't worry, it's not loaded'

Famous last words.

Anyone ever been to a gun show and a safety checker has a pickle jar full of assorted ammo that's labeled "This is from 'unloaded' guns" ?

[DrjonesUSA]

Funny story
I went to a sellers house to look at buying a 22 Mississippi derringer (Private Party sale)

While looking over the derringer the seller mentioned that his brother made the wooden grips.
He went to get his 9mm llama to show off his brother's work.
Seller sits back down at the kitchen table, unzips a soft case and hands me a loaded pistol.

I noticed the extra weight, looked at the magazine, promptly dropped the mag and checked the chamber.
His wife was watching from the other side of the kitchen her expression was one of just a little bit put off.
I commented Nice work on the grips, bought the derringer and headed out.

I'm sure he got an earful from the wife the second the door shut.

[QuinnBayArea]

Only time I've ever experienced this was with a Star Firestar 40S&W, made in Spain, all steel. Extractor broke, live round in chamber.

[jyo]

Many moons ago, I went with my wife while she performed a job up north in middle California, and then we would take a bit of vacation for a few days. While roaming around in several small towns, I would visit some small gun stores just to see what they had---walked into one small store, and they had an interesting Colt Commander on display---I asked to see it---the shop owner took it out and placed the pistol on a mat in front of me WITHOUT clearing the gun (which I thought was odd)---I did the usual drill, drop magazine, retract slide (while keeping gun pointed in safe direction) and a LIVE ROUND popped out onto the counter! I didn't say a word---I just carefully placed the pistol down on the mat and left the store... Safety first people!

[duckman1]

You can always go a step further and ask someone to show you that the chamber is empty before they hand you the gun. I trained my son this way when he started hunting in with me about five years ago, and now I like hunting with him more than anybody else because he is by far the one who acts the safest out in the field.