QuercusMax
04-06-2012, 02:12 PM
No, I'm not at a crime scene, and this is not the first chapter of my new crime novel (although it does give me an idea).
While going through my normal "make sure it is not loaded" drill that I do every time I pick up any gun before handling it, I ejected the magazine on my MK9, locked the slide back, and checked to make sure that there was not a round left in the chamber.
In this case, I had left a snap cap in the gun from dry-firing exercises some days ago, and it did not fully eject when I pulled the slide back and locked it.
While removing the snap cap, I somehow released the slide stop, causing the slide to slam shut. At the time, my left thumb was touching the frame near the witness mark, where the frame is very sharp when not covered by the slide. Unfortunately the force of the slide slamming forward pushed my thumb along that sharp edge, which functioned like a meat slicer, almost taking off the very tip of my thumb. :eek:
Clearly I need to re-examine my technique and procedures, but thought I would post this as a caution to others. Strong Kahr springs when combined with sharp metal edges can be hazardous!
I should have taken some pictures before I cleaned everything up ... blood all over the frame, slide and magazine really did look like something from a crime scene (which I never hope to see again under any circumstances!).
While going through my normal "make sure it is not loaded" drill that I do every time I pick up any gun before handling it, I ejected the magazine on my MK9, locked the slide back, and checked to make sure that there was not a round left in the chamber.
In this case, I had left a snap cap in the gun from dry-firing exercises some days ago, and it did not fully eject when I pulled the slide back and locked it.
While removing the snap cap, I somehow released the slide stop, causing the slide to slam shut. At the time, my left thumb was touching the frame near the witness mark, where the frame is very sharp when not covered by the slide. Unfortunately the force of the slide slamming forward pushed my thumb along that sharp edge, which functioned like a meat slicer, almost taking off the very tip of my thumb. :eek:
Clearly I need to re-examine my technique and procedures, but thought I would post this as a caution to others. Strong Kahr springs when combined with sharp metal edges can be hazardous!
I should have taken some pictures before I cleaned everything up ... blood all over the frame, slide and magazine really did look like something from a crime scene (which I never hope to see again under any circumstances!).