Gun was pretty new and slightly damaged. There was a
kink in the loading tube. There was also something I did not notice. A sharp
"burr" on the hammer that kind of knicked / cut into my thumb that caused me to release it allowing the gun to go off. Straight out into the air.
Thank goodness the cabin was miles in the middle of no place in a northern Mississippi woodland.
Back story of course:
We were being a bunch of TRUE Bubba's , passing around the mountain spirits and handling guns. Duh................ 20 to 25 yr olds.
A definite NO NO. Young and dumb we were back in those days. Three to four hour drive in heavy traffic after all day of work had most
of us worn out and near seeing double time we got to camp and started getting tuned up.
All playing poker, sipping shine and firearms all layed out all over the patio and garage. STUPID as Forest Gump said.