What's the most unsafe thing you've seen at a match?

[Silver_Surfer]

On 11/21/2020 at 1:28 PM, Farmer said:

Not at a match but dip sh*ts like this really set me off. 

Condition 2?

[Farmer]

13 hours ago, GOF said:

One AD with that comp and he won't be doing any 'sit downs' for awhile

Was wondering if that’s how the hole got there. 

[BillChunn]

On 11/26/2020 at 1:15 AM, Farmer said:

Was wondering if that’s how the hole got there. 

You don't want to know....

[SGT_Schultz]

On 11/16/2020 at 2:54 PM, JFlowers said:

Steel Challenge match, young shooter goes to holster, gets shirt tail caught as he does, puts round into the ground.  Luckily no on was hurt.

 

Untucked shirt around the holster is a HUGE issue with me precisely because of that.  Even worse, almost all that I see wearing a shirt like that are carrying a striker-fired pistol which is guaranteed to fire if the shirt gets in front of the trigger.

 

It's getting to the point that I'm thinking about requiring anyone dressed like that to tuck the shirt inside his pants before I give the make ready command.

[cnote]

On 11/21/2020 at 5:28 PM, Farmer said:

Not at a match but dip sh*ts like this really set me off. 

he doesn't pull down his pants to use the portapotty either

[davsco]

2 hours ago, SGT_Schultz said:

 

It's getting to the point that I'm thinking about requiring anyone dressed like that to tuck the shirt inside his pants before I give the make ready command.

YES, seen that happen, always tell the shooter to tuck it in.

[Farmer]

Don’t know why you’d want your shirt or anything else in the way of your holster  when your trying to compete. Of course people now days all dress like a bunch of shlepp’s anyway. 

[SGT_Schultz]

2 hours ago, Farmer said:

Don’t know why you’d want your shirt or anything else in the way of your holster  when your trying to compete. Of course people now days all dress like a bunch of shlepp’s anyway. 

I don't know but it's something I see most often with the tacticool or the casual competitors.

 

I also see it more in IDPA than in uspsa 

[matteekay]

2 hours ago, Farmer said:

Don’t know why you’d want your shirt or anything else in the way of your holster  when your trying to compete. Of course people now days all dress like a bunch of shlepp’s anyway. 

 

I've threatened to shoot an entire PCC match in a suit and coat using a Thompson with a drum...

 

Just need a spare $2k to pick one up.  

[Sarge]

2 minutes ago, matteekay said:

 

I've threatened to shoot an entire PCC match in a suit and coat using a Thompson with a drum...

 

Just need a spare $2k to pick one up.  

When I first joined there was an entire group who called themselves the zoot suit shooters. They all dressed the roaring 20’s gangster part. Even their wives joined in.

[matteekay]

1 hour ago, Sarge said:

When I first joined there was an entire group who called themselves the zoot suit shooters. They all dressed the roaring 20’s gangster part. Even their wives joined in.

 

Acknowledging that we're off-topic...

 

I wish more shooters did things like this. I get that we're all trying to optimize for performance but having fun with the sport is also totally valid (especially at locals). Then again, I'm a revolver shooter so I don't expect win anything anyway...

 

Edited November 30, 2020 by matteekay

[davsco]

31 minutes ago, matteekay said:

 

Acknowledging that we're off-topic...

 

I wish more shooters did things like this. I get that we're all trying to optimize for performance but having fun with the sport is also totally valid (especially at locals). Then again, I'm a revolver shooter so I don't expect win anything anyway...

 

 

bad santa, or is that good santa

[matteekay]

1 hour ago, davsco said:

bad santa, or is that good santa

 

If I remember my points down from that stage... bad Santa. Real bad Santa. 

[Farmer]

[facelessman]

I was RO'ing a during a stage at a match I was not a "local" at, so I didn't really know anyone. WSB was an unloaded gun on barrel in front of shooter, and all mags on barrels throughout the stage. Shooter comes up decked out in techwear racing jersey with his name on it "John Doe" and his sponsor "John Doe Custom Guns". He's shooting what appeared to be a custom built 2011, with all the bells and whistles. After double checking down range was clear (now that I think about it, this was right after that infamous video of someone shooting a stage while someone was downrange brassing up. So th pre-match brief included that bit of info). I give him the ol' make ready, and he draws his gun, puts it on the barrel, points it straight down range, looks at it puzzled, then spins it 180° pointing back up range... I yell stop, and he looks around confused as to what just happened.

 

I've seen plenty of other unsafe incidents, but this always stands out to me because of how clueless the shooter really was.   

[MemphisMechanic]

Not going to lie, that one is pretty damn spectacular. Wow.

 

My favorite is from roughly 2012. We had that “hungry C-class who was eager to get into B-class” guy in SingleStack. The type who runs at GM speed and tries to keep up with their splits, resulting in a whole lot of mikes.
 

Missed his his cue to reload, and the gun locked open as he was pushing the 180 shooting a target on the move at a full sprint. He to track the target, begin the reload, AND turn the gun back downrange. All at once.

 

His brain freaked out, he tripped over his own confusion, fell, and did a tactical barrel roll combined with a drunken cartwheel. 
 

I’ve never been more happy to see a gun at slide-lock than I was while our entire squad was looking down that 45 caliber muzzle.

 

Edited December 4, 2020 by MemphisMechanic

[TonytheTiger]

45 minutes ago, facelessman said:

puts it on the barrel, points it straight down range, looks at it puzzled, then spins it 180° pointing back up range... I yell stop, and he looks around confused as to what just happened.  

Did he have any kind of explanation for this?

[MemphisMechanic]

2 minutes ago, TonytheTiger said:

Did he have any kind of explanation for this?

My money is on “I didn’t know that it mattered when the gun is unloaded.”

[TonytheTiger]

Perfect, no DQ then.

[ima45dv8]

Mechanic,

 

I had a guy go in hard to the last shooting position on a stage at a sectional match. He was the first competitor of the morning and the lush grass was covered with Dixie dew, and when he planted his foot to stop, he didn't... He skidded and did a slow barrel roll to stay in the shooting area, and never broke the 180. He popped up to one knee and finished the stage. It was a thing of beauty. 

 

  He was also the second-oldest guy in the match. 

 

Thanks for helping me remember Bob's run and his muzzle control!

[IHAVEGAS]

6 hours ago, ima45dv8 said:

He was the first competitor of the morning and the lush grass was covered with Dixie dew, and when he planted his foot to stop, he didn't...

 

Wet grass not good. 

 

A friend had one foot slide and one foot stick at an IDPA match, result was an ambulance ride and knee surgery. 

[Sarge]

Walk the plank stage. 2X10 covered in frost and cleats. Looked exactly like the old banana peel joke.

[MemphisMechanic]

On 12/5/2020 at 7:36 AM, IHAVEGAS said:

 

Wet grass not good. 

 

A friend had one foot slide and one foot stick at an IDPA match, result was an ambulance ride and knee surgery. 

IDPA means no cleats allowed, and old guys.

 

Add in some slick terrian and I can see that happening.

 

Obviously, I prefer cleats for really slick, muddy, or loose terrain. I’m glad USPSA permits them, even though I understand why IDPA doesn’t.

[IHAVEGAS]

1 minute ago, MemphisMechanic said:

IDPA means no cleats allowed, and old guys.

 

Add in some slick terrian and I can see that happening.

 

Obviously, I prefer cleats for really slick, muddy, or loose terrain. I’m glad USPSA permits them, even though I understand why IDPA doesn’t.

 

Didn't some of the professional sports outlaw cleats to prevent injury to the wearer? I might be remembering wrong or it may not be relevant (there is usually not all that much blocking and tackling at USPSA/IDPA matches), but I thought the deal with cleats is that sometimes they work too well. 

[Joe4d]

52 minutes ago, IHAVEGAS said:

 

Didn't some of the professional sports outlaw cleats to prevent injury to the wearer? I might be remembering wrong or it may not be relevant (there is usually not all that much blocking and tackling at USPSA/IDPA matches), but I thought the deal with cleats is that sometimes they work too well. 

I seem to remember a turf issue debate in foot ball. Most of the players prefered grass, due to its give. Some artificial turf grabbed to well and only the speedsters liked it. The rest were getting knee injuries.