Thread: One up the spout

I remember reading in a book somewhere about someone carrying their rifle in this state, closing the bolt on a live round with the firing pin decocked. They were sliding down a bank on their bum with the rifle slung on their shoulder, the back end of the bolt hit a rock from the bank and old mate who was waiting to follow behind ended up getting shot in the stomach.

The fact of it is you can't have a discharge from an chamber is empty. But plenty of people have had a firearm discharge when they thought the safety was on, the safety was on, were checking if it was on, didn't realise the firearm was cocked etc.