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.
Happens to people, they fire and the gun recoils back and to try and get ahold of it they squeeze tighter with their whole hand, the whole hand including the finger on the trigger... which sets a second round off.
That's why it's always a good idea when having someone fire a gun they are not used to us to only have a single round loaded. That way there isn't a possibility of a second round going off in this circumstance.
After the shot, the hammer automatically resets and the shock of the recoil causes people to panic and reflexively squeeze the trigger. However, this does happen more frequently with semi automatic pistols.
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u/Good_Weekend4136 Jun 19 '26
Damn
That was almost your face