Careful, You'll Burn Yourself!

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Leave it to me to always find a way to do something stupid that almost gets me killed. Or, in this case, burned. Last weekend, my girlfriend wanted to go out to the shooting range to practice shooting her new 9mm pistol (an early Christmas present to her). She had recently completed a self-defense class and was eager to get some more shooting time in. I never turn down an opportunity to hit the range, especially since it was a great opportunity to try out my new semi-automatic rifle. After shooting it for a while, I wanted to try something out to see what would happen. The rifle has a flash suppressor/muzzle on the end of the barrel, and I decided to remove it. I thought that maybe it would just make the sound of the gun louder. I wanted to see if it changed the accuracy of the rifle in hitting the targets. Nope. Well, it did make the sound a lot louder, but there is a reason it is called a flash suppressor. lol. As I fired the weapon, flames shot out the end of the barrel. I singed all the hairs off of my arms. It wasn't so bad when I was in single-shot mode, but when I switched to fully semi-automatic and rapid fired the gun, that's when the fun started. It felt more like I was shooting a flame-thrower instead of a rifle. Luckily, it looked worse than it was. Aside from some singed hair on my arms, no other damage or harm was done. But I will know next time not to mess around with the accessories to my rifle! Have you ever done something stupid before that you instantly regretted? Of course, my girlfriend was standing off to the side laughing the entire time! I'm glad she found my pain to be so humorous!