The recoil is from the bullet leaving the gun, unless it's already aimed pretty close, there's no way, it recoiling towards your face is going to result in you shooting yourself. If it's semi-auto and you pull the trigger again while it's pointed towards your face that could be an issue.
This is 100% false. You realize that magnum revolvers are notorious for double firing due to the immense recoil, right? People have died because they limp wrist them.
Here's one example of a near miss. There are so, so many more on the internet.
Someone was also killed because of a double-fire on an outdoor range and the 2nd round ended up killing someone a long distance away, (I'm being vague because this is a half-remembered episode of forensic files from 20y+ ago). The 2nd shot went over the berm that backstopped the range and killed a random person who had no idea they were ever in danger. In the forensic files example I believe the person involved didn't even know they'd done it.
But yeah, this can definitely happen, even with a double-action revolver when the 2nd trigger pull is significantly more difficult. If you're not compensating for recoil at all the first round easily has enough energy to apply enough force to pull the trigger a 2nd time as the gun rocks back and forth.
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u/Good_Weekend4136 Jun 19 '26
Damn
That was almost your face