What is the worst thing/accident you have done with your AG?

Not gonna lie thought your we’re headed a different direction.... like shot my window or robbed a bank sorta direction.  

I left a springer neglected for 15 years in the creepy part of my parents basement damp dank conditions and theN Found it memories kicked in tried to cock it the spring failed in the cocked positing scared the crap out of me thought I was going to loose a piece of flesh. Lesson learned. 

Was bench resting my trusty RAW HM1000 .177 Field Target gun (with a heavy 10-50 scope on top) in the "swivel rest" on a shooting bench I had bought at Cabela's. Butt end of rifle was on the table but the "rest" is elevated. Walked away and unbelievably, a gust of wind spun the rifle over and OFF THE TABLE ON TO THE WOODEN PORCH FLOOR. Needless to say I was helpless as I watched it spin on to the floor. Landed flat. No damage to the rifle (they are built like a tank) and thankfully it hit flat and didn't even knock the scope off zero. The gun gods were kind that day. 

Needless to say the useless swivel rest is now "resting in peace" as far as I could throw it. I use a bag now. 

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Gary
Venice, FL

When i was around 14 years old i had a Gamo hunter, and was out shooting and it started to rain heavily so i went home in to my room and took a towel to dry the gun with, set the gun with the but on my tigh and wiped it of and BAM! The gun went of straight up in the roof and a nice 22 cal black hole was made... I had forgott to unload the gun when i left my shooting place. I was home alone and started to panic and didn't know what to do, i found some white tape and cut a piece that i put over the hole in the roof, i was lucky i didn't shoot myself in the head... 

I was working on a TX 200, was putting the action back in the stock. I FOOLISHLY installed the fore end screws first, and was interupted by a phone call before I installed the rear stock bolt. 

Came back to the TX 20 minutes later, and absent mindedly let a cocking stroke rip, which promptly broke the fore end tips cleanly, right thru the screw holes and at an angle.

It broke so cleanly, was able to glue it back together, and later had it repaired profesionally.

A truly DUMB mistake.

Unintentional shooting a nice 10 meter gun laminate stock by loading my Steyr LP50 magazine while it was too low on air that went full auto by itself just by sticking the loaded magazine into the gun. Never load Semiauto guns and pistols when they are too low on air even if you don't plan on shooting them.

Thanks Max and keep up the good work with your videos. I watch them all sometimes get side tracked and forget to go back and post a comment but I definitely watch them all just by clicking your profile topics started. 

Last year I got a new scope for my SW MP15 AR rifle. Went out to the range and set it up on a bench. Shot a few rounds off then a guy with this short barrel AR gun with a muzzle-brake attached came and set up on the bench to my left. Shortly after he fired of a few rounds and the blast and concussion from his gun was enough to drive me from my seat beside him. But his, freshly fired brass also ejected out and went down the front of my shirt, a little hot they were, at the same moment. So, needless to say, I jumped up and took a couple of steps back from the firing line in a hurry leaving my gun resting on sandbags. He fired a few more shots of and the concussion sent my gun tumbling off of the bench, it glanced of of the stool I was using and landed on the ground. Ouch I thought to myself my new scope is ruined. After straightening out our seating arrangement so I would not be eating his ejected shells I sat back down and fired off a few more rounds through the MP15 and found my scope zero to be right on.

After arriving home I saw that my turret cap was badly dented and I could not remove it by hand. So, I grabbed my trusty Nipex channellocks, wrapped the turret cover in leather and gave it a twist. It broke loose pretty easy and I grabbed it and twisted it off by hand. Taking a good look at what I had just done and was now holding in my hand I saw plainly that I had a serious problem. The whole turret had come off and any nitrogen that was in the scope was no longer there. So my brand new scope was trash. ;^( 

A couple of weeks later I got enough nerve up to call Primary Arms and see about getting my scope repaired. I explained exactly what had happened and made it plain that it was no fault of theirs. They told me to send it back and they would see what could be done. A few days later I got a call from them stating it was covered under warranty and no charges would apply. ;^) I got the scope back in less than two weeks in good werqing order. Kudos for Primary Arms great to deal with they were.

So when at the range be aware of the guns the people that sit down next to you are shooting and save yourself some troubles.

When I was really young a friend gave me a bb gun. It looked like a M1 with a push to cock barrel. My older brother took it out back and was trying to shoot a bird off a wire not realizing with every shot he missed he was putting out the neighbors window. My dad took the gun away never to be seen again. So there you have it its his fault (dad) I have this terrible addiction 

When I was 12, I shot myself in the foot with my HW95.

I remember the day well. I was off school with tonsillitis, but from by position in front of the TV, I could see rats running around near the chicken coop out of the window. Even sick, I couldn't help myself, so got my rifle out and set about them. I recall shooting one right between the eyes from a distance of about 30 yards whilst sitting on a milk crate by the back door. I took a bit of a walk around the yard, and then stood to observe. I rested the gun on my foot - something that I used to (very, very foolishly) do regularly. Then I started to absent mindedly play with the trigger, something that I (again, very very foolishly) used to do regularly. Those of you that have ever handled a Weihrauch springer will know that when cocked it has an automatic safety. I guess I just had absolute faith in the safety catch...except this day, also absent mindedly, I had already disengaged the safety.

What followed was an Accupell passing right through my second toe (somehow, thank goodness missing the bone), a second trip of the day to the local doctors office (much to the amusement from everyone there), a trip to the local hospital for an xray (much to the amusement of everyone there, too), a few extra days off school and no sport for a few weeks.

Did nothing to dent my enthusiasm for the sport, and here I am 22 years later still loving it! And my parents were great...whilst it was foolish, and they knew it was foolish, they recognised that it wasn't an absolute disregard for safety. They trusted that I'd learnt my lesson, and let me get back to shooting as soon as I could walk properly again.

Ok, I'll play... decade or so ago, stuck at home and sick as a dog...

Decided that shooting a few targets (10M AP) ought to cheer me up. At some point in I feel a sneeze coming up... my better judgement must have been affected by the medication, as I thought I'd have time to take the shot... I didn't, and proceeded to destroy a picture frame about 2' off to the side... oups.

 

Edited! Never mind we found your sling video!

When I was around 8 or 9 I was in town at a friend's house. He had a pump master 760 that we had been messing around with. I loaded it up and pumped it up 20 times and was waiting for some sparrows to come back into the trees in front of there house. As I was sitting there he hurried up and grabbed the gun and told me to run, I told him it was loaded, he pointed it at me and i took off running. He must of been aiming at the back of my head because when I jumped at the end of the sidewalk he shot and hit me just at the top of my shoulder blade. When I went down he came running up to me saying he thought it didn't have a pellet in it. Luckily it hit bone and did not go any deeper. He had his sister dig the pellet out of my back so he wouldn't get into any trouble. Ended up getting infected because who knows where she got whatever she dug the pellet out with. 

Always treat any gun as if its loaded might seem like it could be funny joke but can be very dangerous.

When I was around 8 or 9 I was in town at a friend's house. He had a pump master 760 that we had been messing around with. I loaded it up and pumped it up 20 times and was waiting for some sparrows to come back into the trees in front of there house. As I was sitting there he hurried up and grabbed the gun and told me to run, I told him it was loaded, he pointed it at me and i took off running. He must of been aiming at the back of my head because when I jumped at the end of the sidewalk he shot and hit me just at the top of my shoulder blade. When I went down he came running up to me saying he thought it didn't have a pellet in it. Luckily it hit bone and did not go any deeper. He had his sister dig the pellet out of my back so he wouldn't get into any trouble. Ended up getting infected because who knows where she got whatever she dug the pellet out with. 

Always treat any gun as if its loaded might seem like it could be funny joke but can be very dangerous.

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That's a horrible story! Could have ended so badly. Glad you survived that!

was building my .308 Cothran slug gun and with a full 3300 psi charge and NO breech on Let a cycle rip here in shop! That .250 TP port in valve and a crazy heavy hammer hit with a rear cocker unit with WAY to heavy of spring on it Ripped the action tube right out of my hands and flew over to other side of work bench like a rocket! Ears rang for quite a while afterwords. Those valves can move major air when hit hard!!!!!!.