Taddling on myself...dumb under stress at 3 gun match

[Tyler Durden]

yeah, during one of the stages with my Remington 1100, the gun went dry, and the bolt locked back like usual.  Well, I threw a shell into the chamber...and then I followed up by throwing another shell in the chamber.  yeah, I just created a double feed situation.
 

I had to flip the shotgun over to get the extra shell out of the chamber... in doing so, it fell to the ground.  I loaded up a few more shells into the mag tube and went onto shooting and was just about done, but left one target standing.  the gun was dry so I had to retrieve the shell that had previously fallen to the ground.

you do some dumb stuff  under stress.
 

[fightingquaker13]

And that is why these competitions, and for that matter paintball, are great learning experiences. Same with sporting clays and skeet for hunting.
FQ13

[alfsauve]

Competition is a great learning exercise.   I've done some dumb things as well.


Question though:  In most action competition, isn't dropping a gun a DQ?

[MikeBjerum]

Question though:  In most action competition, isn't dropping a gun a DQ?

Yes, but I think he meant the shell fell to the ground ... Isn't there a song in there somewhere ... A shell fell softly to the ground ... 

[tombogan03884]

Yes, but I think he meant the shell fell to the ground ... Isn't there a song in there somewhere ... A shell fell softly to the ground ... 

Throw in something about pick - up trucks, jail, and trains and you may have a hit.   

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[MikeBjerum]

[Solus]

Tyler, ...about taddling on yourself...

I have noticed that here on this forum and in personal experience that I tend to trust the view and opinions of those who DO tell of their mistakes, let you know when they don't know about something and let you know the limits of their experience on a topic. 

They are the ones who will be giving opinions and facts as they know them to be true.

We are lucky here on this forum because it is full of folks who have a lot of mistakes to tell about.   

There are exceptions to my "respecting" those who are honest about their mistakes.....Tex comes to mind   

[Magoo541]

Along the lines of what Solus said above, recounting your mistakes does a couple of things.  First in engrains it in your memory, second it makes you some what accountable, third keeps you humble, and finally it motivates you to keep it from happening again.

Ask me how I know...

I've never shot a competition but there are other areas I use this technique.

[Big Frank]

Better for it to happen in competition than to happen in self defense.

[ronlarimer]

yeah, during one of the stages with my Remington 1100, the gun went dry, and the bolt locked back like usual.  Well, I threw a shell into the chamber...and then I followed up by throwing another shell in the chamber.  yeah, I just created a double feed situation.
 

I had to flip the shotgun over to get the extra shell out of the chamber... in doing so, it fell to the ground.  I loaded up a few more shells into the mag tube and went onto shooting and was just about done, but left one target standing.  the gun was dry so I had to retrieve the shell that had previously fallen to the ground.

you do some dumb stuff  under stress.
 

I posted video on my blog of me pulling a holster off my belt on the draw. We all do dumb things, it just matters how we respond. Also the end of every magpul DVD includes bloopers as proof of this fact.