AD in my garage

[AJAX22]

My grandfather did something similar back in 1943.

He was an MP who was visiting my grandma, and my great grandfather (his soon to be father in law) expressed an interest in his 1911 (my great grandfather had served as an officer in the czarist russian army)

My grandfather dropped the mag, racked the slide to clear the chamber, rchecked it to insure that it was empty, pulled the trigger to decock and handed the pistol to my great grandfather.

great grandfather looked it over, and said that it was nice, then handed it back.

Then my grandfather proceded to:

Insert Magazine
Rack slide to clear chamber
point gun in a safe direction
decock by pulling trigger

BANG

and the coffee table lost a leg

[ccwguy]

There's always that 'magic' bullet that jumps into the gun. Negligent yes, the pistol should have been cleared and cleared again, then handed off locked open and checked and checked again by the receiving party.

Sorry if I sound abrasive, but you let your guard down! NEVER let your guard down. The penalty for such is a kick in the *** and half you bullet are belong to me.

[rebelmark26]

Whats with the ND's lately...a friend of mine's sister did that over Thanksgiving...you should ALWAYS drop the magazine before racking a firearm.

[j1133s]

I don't think the OP did anything wrong. His dad did.

I don't care what anybody says when they hand me a firearm. ("It's not loaded. It's loaded." whatever.) It is in my hand and is now my responsibility.

From reading this, the OP didn't verify that his Glock was unloaded. His dad also didn't fully verify that the gun handed to him was unloaded.

Becareful, and always verify that a pistol is unloaded even if it was just checked in front of you by someone else. OP, I am glad that nobody's hurt !

[virulosity]

To answer the OP's question about where the round went: it is possible for JHPs to frag if they hit a solid surface head on. There may be six or seven sharp pieces of copper littered around the garage.

[CSDGuy]

To answer the OP's question about where the round went: it is possible for JHPs to frag if they hit a solid surface head on. There may be six or seven sharp pieces of copper littered around the garage.

If this is the case, you'll undoubtedly will will find those pieces with your feet... this summer!

[magsnubby]

I don't think the OP did anything wrong.

I Never hand anyone a pistol that has a loaded magazine. I always drop the mag (even if the mag is empty), visually and physically check the chamber, secure the magazine, then hand them the gun minus the magazine.

His dad did.

You're half right.

[FortCourageArmory]

Did that round disintegrate or should I keep looking ??

First off, good to hear that no one was hurt. Secondly, the round probably disintegrated. Lead (even copper-jacketed lead) tends to do that when it impacts a solid impenetrable (sp?!?) surface. Wood, drywall or furniture padding would have captured the bullet. A solid steel vault door wouldn't. Stop looking.

[ocabj]

With regards to the bullet, it's highly unlikely that it disintegrated. If anything, the jacket sheared from the lead core and they are in separate pieces.

[drdanno84]

I was chambering a round in my ak 47 a few years back and "boom" the round shot out and scared the s@it out of me. Luckily I was out in the desert
and the weapon was pointed in a safe direction. I soon became familar with the "slam fire" phenomenon! Now when I chamber any round in any firearm
it is always pointed in a safe direction.

[Greg-Dawg]

I have a bad habit of keeping a loaded magazine in the pistol....

Time to change this habit. Glad you're ALIVE to share this story. This is an excellent reminder to FULLY unload a weapon when "showing it off".

[tankerman]

I'm a little surprised that someone as familiar with firearms as your father would not know the feel of a gun with a loaded mag. Otherwise what you described him doing was not checking the chamber, I think most folks refer to that as chambering a round.

[ryang]

I'm a little surprised that someone as familiar with firearms as your father would not know the feel of a gun with a loaded mag.

I highly doubt anyone who is unfamilar with a G26 would be able to tell. With 115gr HP the thing fully loaded weighs less than many (empty, non-plastic) full-sized pistols.

[SJshooter]

I am curious as to what the legal ramifications of this ND could be. Does the gun owner have a duty to report it? What would happen if a neighbor heard the shot and called the police and they showed up to ask what happened?

[N6ATF]

Let me just say... hooray for Glocks.