This may be a surprise to you but people can be careless.This is still happening and more of them lately while watching competitors run to a position to engage an array. Hell, some do it while clearing a malfunction. Is it really that hard to get the finger out in those situations? When I started 5 years ago, this was a priority to learn.
This may be a surprise to you but people can be careless.
That being said I do enjoy videos on YouTube of shooting competition fail videos.
Would be interesting to talk to officers about their training, a friend was on the Evansville swat team and discussed the importance of knowing the folks coming through the door behind you with weapons in hand had good muzzle and finger control - but I neglected to ask him about how their training accomplished this.
Yes and even with years of shooting, training and burning finger in my brain, it can still happen. 4 or 5 years ago while taking a course from a fellow trainer, I launched one during a reload. A big rookie mistake. So if we are honest, we need to know it can happen to any of us.Repetition, then repetition under stress, then more repetition until it is executed subconsciously. Same reason I hit the phantom decocker on a Glock after working with Sig TDAs for so long. Decocking after coming off target became subconscious, the fact Glock doesn't have such a lever there was irrelevant to that part of my brain. I wouldn't do it now, most likely, because I've been back to Glock for so long.
Of course. None of us are zero defect. I think I've made that point in other places in regards to too light triggers on carry guns, the need for redundancy in safety when appendix carrying, etc.Yes and even with years of shooting, training and burning finger in my brain, it can still happen. 4 or 5 years ago while taking a course from a fellow trainer, I launched one during a reload. A big rookie mistake. So if we are honest, we need to know it can happen to any of us.
I have seen this finger issue at Buckeye blast, KY sectional, Ryan Rocks, and at Illinois, and they were definitely not aiming at a target. I just SMH.I agree this happens more than it should, but as an RO it is hard to make the call because the rules (particularly 8.5.1) leave a gray area that the competitor can and will argue against and win. If it's during a reload it's cut and dry but any other time it is not. If you call it on movement the competitor can and will argue that they were "aiming" at a target and no one can really argue it unless there really aren't any targets to aim at. As the sport gets more fast paced this will continue to get worse. The way some of these courses of fire are setup you could potentially always have your finger on the trigger unless reloading. I watched this a lot on the stage that we just worked at the Illinois sectional but the competitors were always aiming at a target.
You shot all them matches this year? I thought you had quit. Been so long since seeing youI have seen this finger issue at Buckeye blast, KY sectional, Ryan Rocks, and at Illinois, and they were definitely not aiming at a target. I just SMH.
You shot all them matches this year? I thought you had quit. Been so long since seeing you
Shooting sports have not allowed video yet, but when they do, the reveal will surprise a few of you.
You can't use video for evidence proving or disproving a call that was made or not made. I believe that is what he was meaning.What shooting sports won't let you film? I've headcammed matches and there's always someone having someone film his/her run in a squad.
Official replay film not used in the shooting sports.What shooting sports won't let you film? I've headcammed matches and there's always someone having someone film his/her run in a squad.
Was it to the point where if you were the RO that you would make the call? The term "aiming" is a pretty loose term as a guy could claim he is "aiming" at a target through the wall. I do this and as soon as the target is visible I am breaking a shot and I cannot do that without my finger inside the trigger guard.I have seen this finger issue at Buckeye blast, KY sectional, Ryan Rocks, and at Illinois, and they were definitely not aiming at a target. I just SMH.
Was it to the point where if you were the RO that you would make the call? The term "aiming" is a pretty loose term as a guy could claim he is "aiming" at a target through the wall. I do this and as soon as the target is visible I am breaking a shot and I cannot do that without my finger inside the trigger guard.
I do understand that there are guys out there that are just flat unsafe a lot of the time but like I said I feel as an RO that it is a hard call to make with the current rule wording.
You usually start this crap in the winter. You need to be busier