Accidental Discharge

[sestoppelman]

I can show you a hole in a fence and an air conditioner that has a bullet from a 300 RUM that went off as the bolt was closed, trigger and safety not touched. This happened in 1999 at the old inter mountain outdoors. In Idaho. My good friend was the guy who closed the bolt. No, he didn’t do the right thing, but it happened.

Read what I said in post 32.
Your experience is whats known as anecdotal. Lots of that surrounding the trigger story.
And your buddy was chambering a live round inside a store?!?!

 

[JvW]

The double was a Verney-Carron .500 NE, by the way.

 

[IvW]

Do tell!

VC I believe....

 

[Kevin Peacocke]

All doubles should have intercepting sears and part of the loading drill demands that the safety is on during the process. So the negligent discharge then boils down to the safety being left off. Yes, it would be interesting to know what double this was. It would also be interesting to know what doubles this has never happened to. Is my understanding correct that this can never happen to a Krieghoff?

 

[CoElkHunter]

Ruger #1 AD anyone? After shooting a pronghorn, my hunting buddy evidently loaded another 7RM cartridge in his rifle. He went back to the truck to put his gun away and get his skinning knife. When he set the butt of his rifle on the floorboard in the cab, he apparently had his finger on the trigger and fired off a round through the roof of his fairly new truck. But wait, there’s more! The Nosler bullet continued through the bottom of his pop up cab over camper, through the mattress and then through the camper’s roof. After seeing the holes, I only use Noslers’ now. True story, “Hell, I was there!”. Ha! Ha!

 

[KMG Hunting Safaris]

Regarding the pregnancy jest, I'd change the word 'unwanted' to unintended or unplanned. My oldest daughter was unplanned. She certainly wasn't unwanted, not from the very first moment of knowledge.

Decided to have the snip last November. Better to take the rounds out of the chamber than leave it on safety, I always say.

 

[KMG Hunting Safaris]

 

[IvW]

Kak gunsmith...

 

[VertigoBE]

Kak gunsmith...

and this explanation: "the triggers were set too light after some work was done to them..."
Who would want to lighten up the factory triggers from a VC in .500NE ???

 

[IvW]

I also loose more respect for VC everyday.....if it was a Heym nobody would have had the urge to tinker with it.......

 

[VertigoBE]

I also loose more respect for VC everyday.....if it was a Heym nobody would have had the urge to tinker with it.......

From all the stories I have read and heard in just about 1 year of being here, whether it be the quality of their rifles, their after sales customer services or other, I have the same sentiment. I don't think I'll be considering VC as a viable option in the future.

 

[baxterb]

Read what I said in post 32.
Your experience is whats known as anecdotal. Lots of that surrounding the trigger story.
And your buddy was chambering a live round inside a store?!?!

not in the store. Behind it. The customer tried to load it in the store - if you can believe that.

yes, Gun handling is primary, and yes the incident may be anecdotal, but it doesn’t mean it did t happen.

I could also tell you about another incident with a 700 300 RUM that did the same thing. But that might cause it to become a trend.

 

[Philip Glass]

VC I believe....

Interesting.

 

[PHOENIX PHIL]

I also loose more respect for VC everyday.....if it was a Heym nobody would have had the urge to tinker with it.......

Not sure why this is a black mark for VC, they're not the party responsible for the trigger work that was done.

 

[Bonk]

Ruger #1 AD anyone? After shooting a pronghorn, my hunting buddy evidently loaded another 7RM cartridge in his rifle. He went back to the truck to put his gun away and get his skinning knife. When he set the butt of his rifle on the floorboard in the cab, he apparently had his finger on the trigger and fired off a round through the roof of his fairly new truck. But wait, there’s more! The Nosler bullet continued through the bottom of his pop up cab over camper, through the mattress and then through the camper’s roof. After seeing the holes, I only use Noslers’ now. True story, “Hell, I was there!”. Ha! Ha!

Technically that was an ND but I get your point.

 

[PARA45]

I have a Remington 700 ADL, I purchase in the early 80s. That rifle has fired twice (unloaded thank God) after closing the bolt, and once after disengaging the safety. This rifle has never been altered or tinker with. I don’t know if it’s defective or what. This rifle has been in my safe ever since. Maybe one day I’ll put a Timney trigger, we’ll see.

 

[Bonk]

I have a Remington 700 ADL, I purchase in the early 80s. That rifle has fired twice (unloaded thank God) after closing the bolt, and once after disengaging the safety. This rifle has never been altered or tinker with. I don’t know if it’s defective or what. This rifle has been in my safe ever since. Maybe one day I’ll put a Timney trigger, we’ll see.

It's creepy owning a rifle that does stuff like that, isn't it?

 

[shootist~]

Timney triggers are easy to install in a Rem 700. I added one to my one and only 700 after rebarreling. However, it ran perfectly with the gunsmith lightened original at 2 pounds.

 

[wesheltonj]

I have a friend that has two gun safes full of 700’s and everyone of them had their trigger replaced with Jewell Triggers.

 

[IvW]

Not sure why this is a black mark for VC, they're not the party responsible for the trigger work that was done.

Well if it was done correctly the first I guess nobody needed to try and fix it....they are beautiful on the outside but inside is a different story.....