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Talk about resurrecting an old thread...but
When I was on the committee, this did happen to me. In the early 90s we were up at Camp Butler for an NRA across the course match. I was firing from the prone, using iron sights on my work M24. At one point during a string I chambered a round (weapon off safe) and as I closed the bolt the weapon fired. This was in front of plenty of witnesses to include other SOTIC instructors. Was my finger on the trigger? Nope. I'm a lefty and I was reaching over the rifle to manipulate the bolt (try it if you're having trouble picturing this). My right hand was in a shooting glove and held tight against the front of the stock by my shooting sling. This was the only time this ever happened to me in spite of shooting dozens of M24s and Rem 700s, including a 700 I have owned since 1985. BUT, this did happen and the news story rang true with me.
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