The Down Range Forum
Member Section => Shotguns => Topic started by: Tyler Durden on December 14, 2011, 11:49:40 PM
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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.
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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.
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And that is why these competitions, and for that matter paintball, are great learning experiences. Same with sporting clays and skeet for hunting.
FQ13
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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?
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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 ... ;D
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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 ... ;D
Throw in something about pick - up trucks, jail, and trains and you may have a hit. ;D
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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. :D :D
There are exceptions to my "respecting" those who are honest about their mistakes.....Tex comes to mind :D :D
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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... ;D
I've never shot a competition but there are other areas I use this technique.
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Better for it to happen in competition than to happen in self defense.
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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.
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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.
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Mistakes are what you make when you don't have experience.
Experience is what you earn from making mistakes.
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Mistakes are what you make when you don't have experience.
Experience is what you earn from making mistakes.
And sometimes stuff just happens. ;)
FQ13
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Great job in participating. I am hoping to get more involved in competitions next year. Finally earned some vacation time. Great learning lesson Tyler and thanks for sharing.
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Doing USPSA I have had so many bloopers.. :) When I started 3 Gun it just multiplied : ;D I can blow a shotgun reload in nothing flat. Heck just trying to keep the slug count in my head, stage the bird shot just right, and then have a miss and foul up the whole mess.. yep, great learning experience.
I had a good one early last year. I came to a long range stage, so I got down in prone and slung up (high power shooters know what I mean). I emptied the mag, and then reached for the new one. I had forgotten to move the carrier to my RIGHT side, behind the pistol holster, where I could reach it with my right hand. I had a devil of a time trying to reach it before I just had to unsling to get it with my left. Now THAT cost me some time.. Now I use two of them, one on each side.
-Bidah
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the first year I shot Kyle Lamb's North Carolina Tactical match they had a house clearing with facial recognition of no shoots...high round count, at least 5 rooms to clear... started with only 20rds in the carbine, then transitioned to pistol...the 8x10 full face photos of the no shoot targets were in manila folders, but had a photo on the outside of the folder other than what was inside the folder... in addition there were several full time no shoots... Ronald Regan, Charleton Heston, and a baby... the no shoots were Christian Slater, Brad Pitt, Arnold, Antonio Bandaras and a couple others....things were going well until the buzzer sounded...grabbed the folder with Brad Pitt on the outside, opened it up and there was Bandaras as a no shoot....by the second room, the AR mag was empty so naturally when I transitioned to the pistol started shooting Bandaras and not Pitt....when I cleared the pistol, I turned to the Delta operator that was the RO and said, "I really F....that up didn't I?...he said not really sir, you made it half way thru"....
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^^^sounds interesting
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We are lucky here on this forum because it is full of folks who have a lot of mistakes to tell about. :D :D
HEY! Wait a minute. I just caught that. I resemble that remark.