asu174 Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 (edited) Wednesday's subgun match was the first time I have ever not turned in a scorcard. Arizona. I usually shoot the "night" matches around 5PM when it is still light out- and generally not in the winter. I was running late and as I was pulling in at 5:30PM, I realized I only had my sunglasses for eye protection. I figured that the stages were pretty well lit, so I might do okay. I start with MP5 mags coupled. Buzzer goes off, I fire two shots. "Click" on the third. Rack it. "Click" Rack it again, "click". Pull the mag and realize I never topped off one of the mags from my last match here about 3 months earlier. Couldn't tell based on weight since it was a double mag setup and I hadn't handled it in so long. Switch mags, move on. Final stage of the evening. There is a fault line spray painted in the dirt, which has been well trampled by this time. I can BARELY see it with the sunglasses on. Start the stage. Have a stuck round in the chamber, but don't realize this until about 4 unsuccessful "rack" attempts of live rounds into the back of the stuck round. Fix the malfunction, but I am already about 3 feet past the fault line. I back up, knock down the steel and move to the Texas stars. The unpainted steel Texas stars are impossible to see. I dump a couple of mags at them and call it a night. I think my time was around 160 or so on a 30-40 second stage. The stuck round was a .380 case loaded with a 9mm round that somehow cleared my case gauge. I would have caught it while I was loading it in my mags HAD I BEEN ABLE TO SEE WHAT I WAS DOING. Lesson learned: keep clear glasses in the range bag. Edited December 20, 2010 by asu174 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-Bros_JLR Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 I got caught with my sunglasses only one night while I was shooting a new pistol I acquired. Can't imagine that happening in a competition! Well done for sticking with it though!! Now I try to keep my interchangeable shooting glasses in whatever rig I'm driving! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 That was a very popular tune by Corey Hart. (Sunglasses at Night) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlamoShooter Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 Brother Let me demo my night-time sunglasses, Because I do ware my sunglasses at night. I retired from the Rudy team , but I still loan out glasses to make a point. The Photocromatic X will never let you down night or day. or dark house day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twikster Posted December 24, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2010 I don't understand. Why would you wear the sunglasses while loading rds into the mags? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asu174 Posted December 24, 2010 Author Share Posted December 24, 2010 Hot range, eyes stay on at all times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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