Jan R. Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 FORGOT MY HOLSTER!!!!!!!! Lesson learned, have a checklist and use it! I loaded up the car the night before and thought I was all good. Met my buddy in the parking lot and saw his gear and almost puked! Luckily the MD allowed me to shoot from the low ready position, many thanks to him. Scores won't count, but it was good practice. Jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driver8M3 Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 welcome to the club! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan R. Posted April 12, 2011 Author Share Posted April 12, 2011 welcome to the club! Totally! First and probably not last time!!!! Jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Keen Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Checklists are great, but I've never been the type to write things down, much less remember where I wrote it. So I use a simple 4-step mental "checklist" or sorts. It goes like this ..... 1. the bullets go in the mags 2. the mags go in the gun 3. the gun goes in the holster 4. remember the flippin' holster and you got it made! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbbean Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 FORGOT MY HOLSTER!!!!!!!! Lesson learned, have a checklist and use it! I loaded up the car the night before and thought I was all good. Met my buddy in the parking lot and saw his gear and almost puked! Luckily the MD allowed me to shoot from the low ready position, many thanks to him. Scores won't count, but it was good practice. Jan I feel for you. I showed up an hour late for a match last month because I left my belt at home. Fortunately, I stopped to stock the cooler at a store 30 minutes from the house and realized something was missing when I opened the back of the jeep. I'm thankful my friends in law enforcement were sleeping in or busy elsewhere that morning! BB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poppa Bear Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 It is dependent on your division because Open guns do require a special holster. I shoot Limited with a CR Speed system. I used to shoot using a Bladetech DOH but switched over to a WSM II. The Bladetech sits in the side pocket of my range bag so that if I have a problem I can slide the DOH on as a replacement. If I have a major gun issue prior to the match I can remove the DOH attachment and shoot Production using my Glock 34. If someone else forgets their holster or has a major malfunction and they shoot a Glock then I have borrowed it out to them to use for the match. I do feel your pain though because last year I got about 5 miles from home when I realized my belt was still sitting next to the door. Shooting a match Limited but using Production equipment can slow things down a bit so I turned around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airedale Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Don't feel too bad....when Mrs. Airedale was shooting, we drove an hour to a match and I forgot her belt/holster rig. That was after she made us late leaving and I had made a comment about it. Long drive home. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustinT Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Someone, no names mentioned, left his pistol at home and only realized it after helping setup and putting his belt on. Fortunately, this person made it home and back before his name was called for the first stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outerlimits Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Living 8 miles from the range helps-had to go load ammo once-for a re-shoot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlmiller1 Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 I got 50 miles away from home & realized my belt was still sitting at the house. Turned around, drove all the way back home, then all the way back. Fortunately it was the night before the match. Good thing I noticed as the match was just under 200 miles from my door. WHEW, that would have been a real bummer had I not realized my error! Now I make a computer list, check stuff off as I walk past the puter towards my truck, it helps a lot! MLM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DyNo! Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Checklists are great, but I've never been the type to write things down, much less remember where I wrote it. So I use a simple 4-step mental "checklist" or sorts. It goes like this ..... 1. the bullets go in the mags 2. the mags go in the gun 3. the gun goes in the holster 4. remember the flippin' holster and you got it made! Yup, mine is - GUN, AMMO, MAGS, GEAR. Take it a step further and visualize what happens when you arrive at the range (Since I always seem forget this for practice sessions): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steel1212 Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Yup, gotta have the gun, the ammo, the mags, the holster, everything else can be bought at wally world lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Keen Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 (edited) Yup, gotta have the gun, the ammo, the mags, the holster, everything else can be bought at wally world lol. Exactly ...... I use my list of 4 all the time, and there's 2 more biggies (eyes & ears) but like you said, you can beg, borrow, or buy them along with so many other things (cleats, towel, hat, sun screen, etc.) Guns, ammo, belts, and mags are waaaay too unique to each shooter to really do your best that day with borrowed eqpt. EDIT: I'm going to have to add my Rudys to that list of personal specialty items, because since I've been wearing Rudys, I can't ever go back to wearing inferior shooting glasses! Yup, mine is - GUN, AMMO, MAGS, GEAR. Take it a step further and visualize what happens when you arrive at the range (Since I always seem forget this for practice sessions): Hey, how did you know? ...... I went to the range tonite, and forgot my stapler so I used a screw gun, and drywall screws !! Worked very well. Edited April 13, 2011 by Chris Keen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Chris taught me about his list as well but for me the best solution is to come home from shooting and reload the range bag immediately as if I were going right back to the range. I loop my rig through the handles on my shooting bag so all I really need to do is pick up the bag and go. I took my mags out of the bag to mark them and let them dry one day. I decided to go chrono the next day and man was it a long chrono session loading one round at a time in the gun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CZinSC Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 you can beg, borrow, or buy them along with so many other things (cleats, towel, hat, sun screen, etc.) I wear a size 15...if I forget my cleats...I'm pretty much S.O.L. They stay in the car, always. You know what they say about guys with big hands and big feet......we wear big gloves and big shoes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SethML3602 Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 So just so you know most Wal-Mart's carry a low quality holster that is kinda unfit for anything limited. Just a FYI. On another note I live about 2 miles from my range and was never really worried about it. Drove to Area 4 match 4-5 years ago and forgot my ENTIRE RIG. I live in OK the match was in LA needless to say I have 2 rigs now. An expensive mistake and I haven't made it again. I either had to buy the stuff or waste my entrance fee. Either way was expensive. Also forgot my bullets when going to another match, luckily a very nice older gentlemen shot .40 also and brought 1000+ rounds and GAVE me enough to shoot(offered but he wouldn't take he money) I will never forget him because that match I won my class for the first time(C Limited) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlatFender Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 I keep everything in my range bag, all the time. Gun gets cleaned, cased, and back in the bag. Holster, belt, mags, pouches, everything lives in the bag. As long as I have the bag, I've got my gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blaster113 Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 I've forgotten all kinds of stuff when I show up for club matches; thankfully the drive was only 20 minutes each way. forgot my shoes one time and shot the match wearing slippers (flip flops). this was many years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryShoots Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 I had all these great ideas about shooting video of my stages. I bought a gorilla pod for my camera(these things rock) I got filters for it, a couple tripods. Packed it all up nice in a big bag to take to a match. Got there and set it up in all kinds of cool places. I shot great and I'm thinking the whole time "these vids are going to be awesome" Each stage I jit the little remote REC button right before the load and make ready... I get all the way home and open the camera to put the videos in my computer... No Memory Card = no videos!!! Gear wise I've never forgotten the gun/holster/mags or ammo thus far (knocking on wood) but I did bring the wrong caliber ammo for the wrong Glock to a Steel Challenge match before. Spent a whole minute at the line trying to feed a G17 a .40 round... I still have the round looks kinda like a 357 sig o.0 dumb da dumb dumb failboat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Round_Gun_Shooter Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 (edited) Been there. Now I leave all but belt, gun and ammo in truck (although I have spare ammo stored there too) All I have to remember is gun, ammo, and mags and MATCH FEE but if you went through my range bag, you would find enough to cover the fee too Edited April 20, 2011 by Round_Gun_Shooter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Ryder Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 I keep my gear bag in a constant state of readiness. When the misses starts foaming at the mouth, I just pick up the bag and go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanky Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 (edited) I picked up a bag off the table At Texas open that is big enough to hold everything including my rig and my cleats. And yeah, I drove about 75 and had forgotten my whole rig. Rode with someone so I couldn't go back. Made it worse since I'm lefty but I did borrow a right handed holster and a couple mag pouches and made do. Edited April 20, 2011 by spanky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaTact Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 I feel your pain. I forgot my whole frikking range bag one time. Fortunately it was for a range session during lunch hour and not a match. Talk about lack of awareness... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeMartens Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 done it, twice Drove out to Overland Park, KS from Indianapolis picked up my dad and we drove to Tulsa for the first Pro-Am. Forgot my belt with holster and mag pouches for my then recently aquired Brazo's that I had planned on shooting. I had stuff to shoot a single stack and 10 round mags, but that was not the plan. Luckily I posted on here that I was an idiot, and had 2 people offer me their rigs to use!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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