Many years ago, I had an "AD" from my 700 BDL.
I had laid the rifle down on the passenger seat of my truck and dropped the hatch to unload the magazine. Then I picked up the forend with my left hand and palmed the bolt upwards to eject the round in the chamber. When I did that, the gun fired, punching a hole through the inner and outer walls of the truck's cab, just behind the driver's door. The gun had NOT been fired that day but I don't recall if the trigger had been touched since I had loaded it earlier in the day. The fact that I "palmed" the bolt handle instead of actually holding it with my fingers may have kept me from getting a broken hand. When the gun fired, the bolt slammed backwards, sliding across the heel of my palm without really pushing my hand backwards much.
To say I had something scared out of me would almost be accurate. Almost.
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