Its the last weekend of the gun deer season, or any deer season for that matter, here in wisconsin. My good friend Timmy and I were going to drive a chunk of public land not too far from my house. We were on the roadside getting our stuff from the truck. I was carrying my muzzle loader and Timmy had an older remington semi auto .308. I was loaded up, dressed, and waiting beside the passenger door. Timmy goes to load his gun by sliding one shell in the chamber and then closing the action by letting it snap closed (in this way he can then insert the magazine with four in it and have a total capacity of 5). I wasn't paying a whole lot of attention to him, focusing on making sure that my reloads were in order, when the gun went off in the dirt about 4 feet from the both of us. We both look at each other like wtf?? I told him to give me the gun so he hands it over and the safety is still on!!! The gun malfunctioned. I know he didn't bump the trigger because his left hand was on the fore stock and his right hand had just released the bolt and like mentioned before the safety was on the whole time. All I had to say to him was thank you for minding you muzzle direction. Pretty scary. Has anyone had an experience with something of this nature?? I know i'm putting this in the wrong forum but I like you guys and have sort of come to trust you all.