MKEgal
Regular Member
:shocker: Holy cow.
As I was reading your post I mentally tagged places where the problem could have been avoided... Sure you've found them all by now, too.
You could set up a safe direction inside even a trailer by using a stack of phone books taped together, & aim at them long-ways (point at one of the covers, so you'd be shooting through the longest measurement of the stack).
And you can check yourself at the range by mixing in snap caps with live rounds & loading with your eyes closed so you don't know the order. But either keep a live round set aside for on top or insert the magazine without looking at what's on top.
TyGuy said:All I will say is that I'm glad no one was hurt and that you, and everyone else, can use this as a teaching moment. I'm sure you'll never make the same mistake again!
What they said.64Impala said:I don't have any live ammunition in my practice area (basement) and my firearm gets cleared in a different room, the live round mags are left in that room until I'm done practicing. I never mix-match practice and live fire mags.
As I was reading your post I mentally tagged places where the problem could have been avoided... Sure you've found them all by now, too.
You could set up a safe direction inside even a trailer by using a stack of phone books taped together, & aim at them long-ways (point at one of the covers, so you'd be shooting through the longest measurement of the stack).
And you can check yourself at the range by mixing in snap caps with live rounds & loading with your eyes closed so you don't know the order. But either keep a live round set aside for on top or insert the magazine without looking at what's on top.