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				Re: Accidental discharge
				Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 11:36 am
				by fishman
				Wow I guess thats a wake up call. Atleast It turned out ok this time. When someone hands me a gun and tells me its unloaded, I always check it myself. Btw killed a rattlesnake recently with snakeshot and it does the job just fine. Glad all is well.
			 
			
					
				Re: Accidental discharge
				Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 6:56 pm
				by 2farnorth
				Weg wrote: single action .22 pistol      He proceded to dryfire it
  should have double checked it when I handed it to him.
 when dryfiring.
I know of only a couple of 22 rimfire guns that do not sustain damage when dry fired.  And one of those wants it limited to the takedown procedure.  I recently turned down a 22 revolver that showed signs of being dry fired a lot.  Each port in the cylinder showed notches where the pin had been striking and the pin itself was chipped to a sharp point that would have penetrated a cartridge.  So maybe there are two lessons to be learned here.