slavex Posted March 18, 2005 Share Posted March 18, 2005 A couple years back at one of my first big matches I was lucky enough to witness something I hope to never see again. A shooter was seated on a stage, waiting for the beep. Gun was holstered, in a CR rig I believe, behind a desk, on an office type chair. On the beep the shooter got up and went around the desk to the left. His gun caught the edge of the desk and came out of the holster. It did a complete 360 degree revolution and he caught it muzzle pointing up at about 70 degrees, and the grip the wrong way (think the gun upside down, as it also twisted during the flip). He righted the gun and continued and shot the stage. Everyone, including me, was dumbfounded as to why he wasn't stopped. Another shooter was videotaping the stage, and was also an RO. He stepped forward, told the stage RO what happened, and they had a discussion. The tape was watched on site, but even in still frame it couldn't be proved that the gun did anything more than twist sideways and point up at 70 degrees. But a call was made and the shooter DQ'd. However he took it to arbitration and won, as the stage RO admitted he couldn't see the gun, as he'd gone the same way as the shooter and was slightly behind him when it happened. Being a new shooter at the the time, I had no idea what to say. Needless to say I was shocked, and stunned by the incident, and will probably remember it for the rest of my life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtypool40 Posted March 18, 2005 Share Posted March 18, 2005 We had a "reporter" come out to a cowboy match, load up, and then for the cameras draw and spin the guns. Yeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr OUTTA HERE!!!! Thanks for coming, we have some lovely parting gifts for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schoonie Posted March 18, 2005 Share Posted March 18, 2005 That's the down side to ROing, sometimes you just can't see the gun. When something happens while the vision is blocked the shooter can get an undeserved break! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolan Posted March 20, 2005 Share Posted March 20, 2005 Several years ago at our local indoor PPC league match the owner of a local sporting goods/gun store joined our league. After the first course of fire he's feeling pretty good about his score, so he dumps the empties out of his revolver, closes the cylinder and SPINS the gun twice as he holsters. His response, "What!?! It's empty!" Nolan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Dame Posted April 7, 2005 Share Posted April 7, 2005 Hey, I remember seeing that one too but I saw it from a different angle. I can assure you that the gun did a 720 and he learned a valuable lesson that day. There's a thread about the whole vidoe evidence thing some where around here. The weird thing is that I stopped and looked right at the RO for a second, he didn't do or say anything, so I ran down range and finished off the stage. I second the "never see it again" comment. When I was at the Florida Open this year I ended up having dinner with one of the members of the arbitration committee. I was kind of hoping he didn't remember me but that wasn't the case. The moral of the story, get your hand on your gun before you start moving or put the lock on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightloop Posted April 7, 2005 Share Posted April 7, 2005 Some folks never learn... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRT Driver Posted April 7, 2005 Share Posted April 7, 2005 There was a stage a couple years ago around Christmas where the start position was sitting on Santa's Lap (a stuffed Santa suit). Not a good start position, IMHO. A shooter got the LAMR and holstered in his brand new holster. You know the one that only covers the trigger guard. He sat down, the pistol twirled around and hit the floor on the hammer. After the dust settled from everyone diving to hit the floor, he calmly got up, looked at the holster, said a few things, and bagged the pistol after the RO cleared it. I don't think that holster has seen the light of day since and none of us will lsit on Santa's lap again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolan Posted April 7, 2005 Share Posted April 7, 2005 More years ago than I care to recollect (Ernie Hill Fastrac era), there was a stage at the Golden Gate match that DQ'd more shooters than I've ever seen DQ'd in a single match. The Start position was with both hands touching a plastic 30 gallon barrel. At the Start signal you had to carry the barrel up a couple of steps onto a platform, raise the barrel up and drop it into an open 55 gallon barrel to activate some targets. Shooter after shooter grabbed the barrel, raced up the steps and scooped their gun right out of their holsters with the crook of their arms as they raised the barrel. I don't remember seeing very many spectators on that stage after the first droped gun! Nolan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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