UPDATE: Negligent Discharge at the deer camp

[bgrafsr]

I was a firearms instructor for our Dept. One evening, at the range, we took a break and I placed my Remington 870 shotgun on the front seat of my cruiser, loaded and forgot to engage the safety.


After the break I went to get the shotgun and pulled it towards me, butt first from the driver's side of the cruiser. I inadvertently stuck my trigger finger into the trigger guard and the gun fired as I pulled it toward me. Put a nice round dent in the passenger door. Of course everyone heard the gun go off. Luckily no one was hurt, except for my pride. Embarrassing moment to say the least.

 

[ColbyBruce]

Faulkner, you are a good man.

I don't see a $1,800.00+ dollar hole in that truck door, but then I am not a auto body repair specialist. In my area a replacement S&W #38 will cost him 1/3 to 1/2 the cost of his door repair.

Anyone in my area looking for such a thing would search Broome's Firearms in Fitzgerald, GA or Dawsonville Gun in Dawsonville, GA.

 

[snubbyfan]

Mr. John was invited to our families Thanksgiving dinner at my parents home so I called and asked him to bring his Glenfield rifle with him. I'd stopped by Fort Thompson's in Sherwood, Arkansas, earlier in the week and picked up a set of sling mounts and a quality sling to install on his lever gun for him.

He arrived early for the festivities so we took the rifle out my dad's shop I used my dad's tools to install the sling mounts. As my dad and Mr. John stood around the wood stove in the shop and watched Mr. John related about his trip to the insurance company to file a claim on the door and then his visits to a couple of body shops to get some competitive bids. Interesting, with this type of incident the insurance agent said there is no deductible, so Mr. John was pleased to hear that.

As for the repair estimates, looks like the repair costs is at $1,800 to fix the truck door. He said the body shop guys all got a chuckle at his expense while they were working up the estimates.

Lastly, he took the Smith & Wesson 38 Bodyguard to a gunsmith who said about the only thing salvageable were the cylinder and few other parts and offered him $25.00 for it . . . he didn't say if he took the offer or not. Mr. John also asked me to be on the lookout for a replacement. After the Thanksgiving meal we talked a bit more about a replacement and the many available options as a replacement. I happened to have my 442 and Ruger LC9s with me and showed them to him. He said he'd had the model 38 a long time and was fond of it and he wanted to look around for another one of those.

Contact Numrich, I had an RG14 and they gave me $20 for the parts. Everything but the frame.


Model 38 parts gotta be worth more than RG14 parts.

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

I hear a lot of stories from East Texas deer hunters about the considerable quantities of whiskey consumed in deer camps, deer blinds, and other such areas. Even if I were interested in deer hunting, I think that would scare me off.

We joke a lot about guns and alcohol but in reality, that is one ting we are positively bonkers over down here at the various camps. If you're drinking and the guns ain't put away-you ain't gonna be invited back any more. Now, on the ride back to the camp in the bateau with the guns unloaded and cased, why yes I'm gonna have a beer or two as we check the jug lines