Buzzman,
I remember reading a post here by a member who severed the end of one of his fingers at the knuckle. Pretty graphic stuff. He was troubleshooting a magnum springer and managed to pull the trigger while the barrel was in the down and cocked position. Barrel snapped up and cut the end of a finger clean off. I saw this right after I bought my first break barrel springer, and I'll admit that it spooked me.
In the end seeing that was a good thing, because it cemented in my mind what not to do when handling a springer, and it caused me to follow proper safety procedures to the letter every single time I'm handling or shooting one of my rifles. I now have six springers, and I safely and respectfully enjoy shooting them all.
My advice would be to learn from other's mistakes, follow safety procedures religiously and to the letter, and go out there and enjoy safely shooting those airguns.your