in my life i only once had an incident - when i loaded my up/under shotgun with 2 shells and smacked it back - barrels were horizontal to the ground, and somehow one shell fired. may be i smacked shotgun too strongly back together. barrels were pointed right in between 2 other hunters.My buddy brings a friend to the trap range to give him a try at it about 15 or so years ago. Super nice guy and a lot of fun.
He’s on station and loads his pump gun but unfortunately his booger finger is on the trigger and when he closes the action the gun goes off right next to his foot into the lawn. After shitting ourselves and nobody was hurt he earned the nick name Digger.
I haven’t seen them in a few years but I’m betting the name is his for the rest of his life.
that was kinda unpleasant, and since then i always would point barrels down or into the sky upward when closing the gun. an impossible shit just happens, sometimes.