Aston_Shooter
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Is he an Orc?
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Accidentally or Negligent Disregard
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Lon'gun
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Seeing the state of that trotter, I'd call it a mercy shooting.
Ratbagger
Proactive member
Reading that blurb i couldn't help but notice mention of 'rail mounted tactical testicles'..... am I missing somethingA friend did it . He often shot his boot ( no I don't know why ) but he would be wearing steel toe boots. One day he did it and it was army boots he had on . It passed through missing his toes.
His steel toe boots had the pellets under the leather .
He never did it again after that.
I have heard of others tripping and firing a shot . One ended up with another person's foot shot but it did no damage .
You can buy a leather patch for resting the barrel on you foot.
I can see the idea behind it but I would never use one or rest the muzzle on my foot.
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Resting Your Barrel On Your Shoe? We Have An Accessory For That
There are plenty of accessories that make us scratch our head.Rail mounted tactical testicles comes to mind.But then there are some accessories that are just plain dangerous.www.thefirearmblog.com
Radlad
Super member
In 50 years of shooting on ranges, I've seen 2 negligent discharges. One with a S&W model 10 and the other was with a Webley MkIV. Both were committed by ' highly experienced' armed police officers. One resulted in no injuries and the other had a victim hospitalised to have concrete shards removed from a mans foot. A bit of readymix and 10 minutes work repaired the floor.
I understand that the police nowadays have experienced some 'accidental' discharges mainly due to the way Glocks are holstered by individuals
Chorleyboy
Super member
My only "accidental discharge" resulted in our eldest being born 9 months later.
Rick
Rick
Pelletpinger
Super member
Christ!!!! and we are worried about graphic images in the hunting section, i can’t un see those talons.
Terminal_Boy
Proactive member
Exactly this.
It’s only an Accidental Discharge when a mechanical failure of the weapon or some manufacturing issue with the ammunition has caused the weapon to discharge without a human finger pulling the trigger.
Following Rules 1, 2 and 3 means that when an actual AD happens, no-one gets hurt.
junglie2022
Member Extraordinaire
Having been shot myself as a lad in the nose by a SCM (so called mate) with my own gun when standing cans up for us to shoot & in more recent times about 10 years ago testing my sons R10 with another SCM who decided to put his hand over the combro as I pulled the trigger as he thought the light was giving it erratic readings but left a finger end between the sensors resulting in a black fingernail for months (luckily for him the reg was playing up again & it was low on power) or it could have been worse.(the combro survived that one) I take safety very seriously. Always have since another eejit shot a hare clapped in the hedge feet away from me across my chest with a .410 (I felt the rush of gas across my chest that time) so I tend to shoot alone or only with long term trusted friends when I do.
Bren
Member Extraordinaire
Just put me off my bacon sarnie 
Avalon
Member Extraordinaire
Lets look at the facts, grippers like summit out of Aliens, shot himself in the foot and a post like that. I wouldn’t trust him with a spud gun.
no country members
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If it is a member on here they are not going to own up now. Not because of the inexcusable fundamental handling error, more the embarrassment of having prehensile toes. 
psychosomatic gardener
Super member
When i was at the meet the other year on the hft safety brief from @Ganton Gunner he said DON'T REST YOUR RIFLE ON YOUR FOOT...
Someting ive never done...
Someting ive never done...
Avalon
Member Extraordinaire
This feels like the kind of instruction that should absolutely never, ever need to be given to anyone, but sadly this thread is clear proof that I think too highly of my fellow humans. Therefore, has anyone covered not resting the barrel on your genitals, or in fact any body part? Clearly, there are people who need to hear that...
A friend did it . He often shot his boot ( no I don't know why ) but he would be wearing steel toe boots. One day he did it and it was army boots he had on . It passed through missing his toes.
His steel toe boots had the pellets under the leather .
He never did it again after that.
I have heard of others tripping and firing a shot . One ended up with another person's foot shot but it did no damage .
You can buy a leather patch for resting the barrel on you foot.
I can see the idea behind it but I would never use one or rest the muzzle on my foot.
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Resting Your Barrel On Your Shoe? We Have An Accessory For That
There are plenty of accessories that make us scratch our head.Rail mounted tactical testicles comes to mind.But then there are some accessories that are just plain dangerous.
I am all in favour of this, people underestimate the importance of comfort. The pistol below has taken this into account, to avoid those unpleasant contortions when shooting yourself.
Probably trying to shoot them off instead of paying for a chiropodist.If it is a member on here they are not going to own up now. Not because of the inexcusable fundamental handling error, more the embarrassment of having prehensile toes.
Riggs
Super member
I recently saw a Darwin awards video on YouTube, a guy was cross armed leaning on the muzzle of a loaded shotgun, the inevitable happened and even though the main event was blurred you could tell by the limp flailing arms that it was bad. I honestly don’t understand how people willingly put and body part in front of the muzzle? Crazy.
Varminter
Super member
I’m not sure what’s worse, posting on FB admitting that act of moronity, or sharing that foot for the world to see. My, eyes 
Rottweiler
Active member
Bit of a specialist case as OU shotguns can be broken and so are provably safe.A friend did it . He often shot his boot ( no I don't know why ) but he would be wearing steel toe boots. One day he did it and it was army boots he had on . It passed through missing his toes.
His steel toe boots had the pellets under the leather .
He never did it again after that.
I have heard of others tripping and firing a shot . One ended up with another person's foot shot but it did no damage .
You can buy a leather patch for resting the barrel on you foot.
I can see the idea behind it but I would never use one or rest the muzzle on my foot.
View attachment 684024
Resting Your Barrel On Your Shoe? We Have An Accessory For That
There are plenty of accessories that make us scratch our head.Rail mounted tactical testicles comes to mind.But then there are some accessories that are just plain dangerous.
I once witnessed an accidental discharge at the range with a shotgun. Thankfully I was sitting behind the shooter and I could see very clearly that he didn't have his finger anywhere near the trigger. Additionally, the shot went downrange about 5 ft before hitting the floor. The range safety officer was very angry with the poor guy and I had to step in to say I'd seen the whole thing, I didn't know him, and that I can guarantee that his finger was nowhere near that trigger. Weirdly the shotgun didn't go off as he closed it. It went off about a second and a half afterwards.
The shotgun wasn't used for the rest of the session...
The shotgun wasn't used for the rest of the session...