Consider replacing the trigger group with a G2 set … you’ll also get rid of that annoying trigger push back.

I haven’t really done any research, but Century Int’l. has a reputation, so I’m wondering if this is the function of a FA selector switch in a SA gun?

http://poetnthepawnbroker.blogspot.com/2008/04/negligent-dischargesaccidental-sounds.html

i posted about the first one here, less painful to my ego i guess as i attributed it to youth and ignorance.

http://poetnthepawnbroker.blogspot.com/2008/04/negligent-discharge-number-one-1978.html

haven’t written about the other two yet…the second one is just too scary and painful to think about, and it would be out of order to post about the third before the second, but suffice to say it left a fair-sized hole in the floor behind my counter and a wide-eyed sheriff’s deputy in front of it…

jtc

My ND was a similar situation, except it was a 9mm, also in my basement. Lil’ crater there now, & the ears were ringing for a while…

Talk to yourself outloud; I am now finished (dry firing, shooting, whatever) and will check the chamber and the magazine well…

The nice feature of the rules is they’re redundant. You have to violate more than one for anyone to actually get hurt.

I would like to add another rule here; Always keep a firm grip on (i.e. complete control of) the gun. Losing your grip and dropping a gun isn’t a good thing.

At any rate, thanks for having the nerve to share the experience.

i’m now going in search of the instructions to remove the magazine safety…

I bought the High Standard.

It looks like I made the right choice … all of the controls do what you expect them to do, without any back talk.

(Browning Highpowers have a magazine disconnect
“safety” and you cannot let the hammer down without
a magazine inserted.)

“That’s the one thing I really don’t like about my Glock, since it forces me to pull the trigger in order to field strip it.”

Can I have it?

This is not a problem for me — I simply make sure the chamber is empty before I do it.

(Oh, and if you field-strip XDs, M&Ps or some SIGs you’ll find the same thing.)

Because of this, all my firearms go through an overly rigorous inspection each time I have to dry fire or for whatever reason. Never hurts to be overly cautious.

Not impressed with over-lawyered guns.

As far as loaded magazines in the house, I keep loaded mags around for things that I might need for defensive purposes. A couple for the Sig P226, and a couple for the AK’s…. the .22’s are stored with empty mags, because I only ever shoot them at the range and can’t anticipate a need for them in an emergency.

If I had known the reassembly procedure for the Ruger 22/45, I probably would have bought something else. Requires that you pull the trigger, with a mag inserted, with the gun pointed in various directions. I don’t clean it near as much as I would otherwise.

Next time, before you decock, put the safety on that P22. It’ll prevent the discharge even if your finger slips, and yes – you’ll still be able to manipulate the trigger and lower the hammer with the safety on.

I tend to do this instead of inserting a magazine, because, well, see above.

Thanks for posting. I think you are good to go on this. Tell your wife Robert said you were absolved of all sin.

I spent that night at home with an empty Glock in my hand almost the entire evening, training myself to keep my finger on the frame.

Technically, you didn’t follow all four rules, since your finger was on the trigger.

Because i intended to pull the trigger.

That’s the one thing I really don’t like about my Glock, since it forces me to pull the trigger in order to field strip it. Because of that, I’ve gotten into the habit of cycling it three or four times before I disassemble it. On the last one, I hold it open and stare at the back of the barrel for 5-10 seconds to be absolutely sure it is empty before pulling the trigger.

That’s also why I never lower the hammer on a loaded 1911. All it takes is some extra slick fingers one day for me to put a hole in my floor, and the ceiling of the apartment downstairs.

Also I’ve had a pair of NDs, both happened to be on hot ranges on guns I thought were unloaded, or forgot I had loaded. Other than a bit of suprise, and damaged pride, no harm, no foul.

It made the little .22 much more reliable, not 100%, but the hammer doesn’t fall and fail to ignite the primmer nearly as often.

And it makes dry firing with the safety on a much better proposition.

Fortunately, no one was hurt.

Good on you for posting this.

And, yeah, not too impressed by the P22. It’s got its place, but there are better, cheaper 22s out there for most uses.

Good luck placating the Wife, saysuncle.

My thumb ended up right up against the hammer when it went off. The blood-blister was a thing to behold.

Either you don’t have enough magazines, or I don’t have enough ammunition

On the walther P22 there is no decocking function, and there is also no positive lock. The only safety beyond the mag disconnect is a slide-mounted hammer block, which engaged allows the pistol to do everything else normally (chamber, extract, drop hammer) except fire.

That is, then it can be trusted. Some P22s loosen to the point where the safety will engage itself… wouldn’t be too far off having one where the safety DISengages itself under pressure from the hammer.

I have one. Tremendous concept, lousy execution.

If I’m reading your post right the mag disconnect requires you to pull the trigger in order to release the hammer?

Bruce, it can be. but try finding an empty mag in my house.

Oh yeah, the pissed off wife too.

And you know they never forget anything, right?

I’d call it an unintentional discharge (UI). Could be negligent, could be accidental but it was unintentional.

You have to think about how the naming of such things will appear in court or the newspapers.

A pistol either needs a striker, a decocker, or some means to positively lock the hammer back, *period*. The only reason it’s not gone is that I’ve never sold a gun and don’t intend to… the little bugger may find itself with a suppressor on it’s nose as well.