A gun owner on another forum posted his ND experience and the aftermath. A good reminder to practice proper handling skills. The picture in the first post is quite graphic.
http://www.theoutdoorstrader.com/threads/388340-My-1st-ND-Very-nasty-picture-not-for-weak-stomach
Wow!!!
Good Lord… 
A reminder to be VERY careful. Stay safe guys!
Ouch!
the critical defense hollowpoint didnt help either…wow!
safety first is right, good reminder.
Why is it every time someone shoots themselves they say it just went off? With a revolver is physically impossible for it to just go off. Mistakes happen but if you are going to bring attention to your mistake don’t start off but making an excuse.
Got a feeling he’ll be reminded of that mistake the rest of his life. Bad place to take a hit and keep the complete use of your hand.
Hahaha
Shooter just finished firing a string and was going to clean the revolver. Round 5 didn’t fire (and wasn’t noticed!!!), and as he went to open the cylinder he violated Rule 2. Hangfire???
I know, I too am skeptical of “it just went off” stories. The above - including the violation of Cooper’s Rules - is one way I can imagine it happening.
john
no joke, i have a boxers fracture from when I punched a dude in the back of the head over a decade ago and it still gets sore when its cold out. cant imagine the lasting effects of this. on the bright side, I bed his SHO draw times go through the roof.
OUCH!
Im not sure I buy this “just went off” part, but that is a great reminder of what can happen…
If he just finished firing a string, he should’ve gone to the range as opposed to his living room. 
If you read through the thread, the guy acknowledges he fucked up but simply cannot recall ever consciously having his finger anywhere near the trigger. Not particularly surprising in these situations. Likely nothing more than a habitual unconscious act, the memory of which is blurred or blocked by the shock of the subsequent events.
Again, follow the four rules … all the time. Even if you slip on one, the other three may protect you from anything more than embarrassment. Slip on two and … well, here’s one possible result.
That doesn’t sound right.
If the 5th round didn’t fire, it would have to go all the way back around again before being under the firing pin.
Maybe he fired 4 and thought he fired 5 and “dry fired” at home for some reason.
Unless the fifth round was a really long hang fire.
Is it possible to have some other weird primer malfunction such that the floating firing pin got wedged into a dud primer and when he went to open the cylinder the lateral force on the primer caused it to detonate?
I am leaning to door number 1.
That looks like it hurts like a sumbitch. Hope it heals well.
I am trying to figure out exactly WTF he did.
Gah, it’s terrible.
That’s what I get for speed reading posts between classes:) - jm
Yeah, I only read page one but with everything that’s been said, how did his hand get perfectly in front of the muzzle?
Edit, he said he clears the weapon by “cupping the muzzle with his left hand to catch the rounds as the come out”
I read deeper in the thread and his “It just went off, I didn’t have my finger near the trigger” turns into “yeah, I probably just f*cked up” paraphrasing but that’s the summary.
He acknowledges that he has big meathooks and “cupped” the LCR is his hand as he went to release the cylinder and unload the weapon. And that he quite obviously violated the “don’t point the muzzle at anything you aren’t willing to destroy” rule.
Yeah sorry read deeper and found that.
He states: “my hands are big and the LCR is small and I cup the whole pistol to catch the rounds as they fall out.”
I haven’t shot an LCR but do the rounds fall forward in some weird manner? I still don’t understand palming the muzzle. My 340PD never required anything forward of the cylinder for catching casings.
Sad & tragic as that won’t buff right out.
NEVER let your muzzle point/cover something your not willing to destroy.