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Today I was at a gun auction held at a major auction house here in Indiana. i bought several firearms using the usual process... I got there early, and picked up and examined the guns I had labeled as "of interest" to me. So did a couple of hundred other folks. Then we sat thru the bidding process, where each gun was displayed and carried around the room while folks bid (or not) on it. Then at the end of the auction when the payment and legal-check was done, I stuck the gun in its box and, with the others I bought, brought it home.
At home I was showing the days purchases to my wife and a neighbor, when I took the 40 caliber handgun out of the box and pulled the slide back, a live round was ejected...I was so suprised I let the slide go, chambering another round. This time I dropped the magazine and pulled the slide to eject the last round. Total round count 9. But the gun had been loaded with one in the chamber thru the whole days operation...no telling how many people handled it. We are just lucky there was no accidental discharge.
I have notified the auction company and hope they will take steps to prevent another occurence of this possible shooting accident in the future.
At home I was showing the days purchases to my wife and a neighbor, when I took the 40 caliber handgun out of the box and pulled the slide back, a live round was ejected...I was so suprised I let the slide go, chambering another round. This time I dropped the magazine and pulled the slide to eject the last round. Total round count 9. But the gun had been loaded with one in the chamber thru the whole days operation...no telling how many people handled it. We are just lucky there was no accidental discharge.
I have notified the auction company and hope they will take steps to prevent another occurence of this possible shooting accident in the future.