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it is not an accident if you discharge your weapon when you did not intend to fire it.

If the gun fires without your intent then you screwed up, unless there was a malfunction of the weapon.

If you wish to lower the hammer when it is at full cock then grip the hammer firmly, depress the trigger, allow the hammer to gently lower, until it is at half cock, which is a safe position.

I've never had an "oops" with a wheelgun.

I did have a Remy 700 fire on closing once, but a little smithing took care of that. Of course, nobody was hurt! It even hit paper, since I was already on the sandbag.

I also had a sporterized 98 with a Greener crossbolt safety I didn't trust, so I tried pulling the trigger with the safety engaged. It went boom, but since I was halfway expecting it to, I don't know if that really counts or not.

Whether single-action or double-action, the way to disengage a ****** revolver is to let the hammer down with your thumb holding it so it goes slowly. You should have practiced this a zillion times before you go shooting, anyway, so it should be second nature.

I have never accidentally discharged a gun.

Yes, I suppose that lowering a ****** hammer is a prime time for an accidental discharge, but then I got to ask, what are you doing thumbing the hammer back in the first place.

ANY time your finger touches the trigger you should be prepared for the gun to fire, even if you KNOW it is unloaded, because humans make errors. If you are touching the trigger you should have already checked that the gun was unloaded beforehand, but you should STILL make sure you point the muzzle in a safe direction...just in case you are wrong.

I have never discharged any of my firearms. I do have a friend who was cycling through some rounds in his 1911 and about 4 rounds into it I think the gun went off. According to him his finger was not on the trigger. It put a hole into his garage wall into his neighbors bedroom window pane, a double closet door, gouged out a wall and went through a bedroom door before falling into the all way...It was a frangible round too.

As for is it easy...if you do not pay attention and practice safe firearm handling ALL the time it is. As for the best way...nice and slow pointed in a safe direction putting your free thumb in between the hammer and the frame.

Never had it happen. But you dont have to pull the hammer back on a double action in order to fire it.

G'day mate,i had a .22 lr that discharge on it own,my trigger mechanism was worn but lucky i practice safety at all times,I took my gun to a gun smith to get it repaired and it is good as new now.How it happened i got to my hunting ground i loaded my gun and i pointed the gun in the air my finger was nowhere near the trigger and the gun discharged so i put that gun back in the car and grabbed my other gun and hunted with that. cheers mate

Never had it happen.

Follow Col. Cooper's 4 Rules and you'll be safe.

They say the two worst sounds in the world are a bang that should have been a click and a click that should have been a bang.

damaged sear, slam fire.

norinco sks.

been debating on whether to get that fixed or not. pretty cool to have a legal arm wit ha malfunction that allows FA fire, but also dangerous as it will discharge of you dropped it or banged it into anything.

there is no easy way with revolvers and yes its very easy to discharge while trying to decock it.

Thank God it has never happened to me. I am a firm believer in safety when it is in regards to a gun.