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March 23rd, 2015 at 5:51 pm
I didn’t see the guy working on the target stands until way too late in the video. Upon review, he was clearly visible and in the line of fire from before the shooter started. So both the shooter and the referee missed seeing him, too, until way too late. Which made me feel a bit better about not seeing him in the video until way too late….
March 23rd, 2015 at 5:56 pm
Note that the RO’s name appears to be emblazoned across his sponsorship jersey.
I’d recommend against being squadded with or under him. Ever.
March 23rd, 2015 at 8:18 pm
Cant believe no one got hurt. Very much an RO failure – and astonishing that the person downrange didnot notice himself for so long – however, why did the stage mix the vision blocking walls with the orange mesh ones.
I once had a taper nonchalantly walk right past me downrange as the RO gave the make ready signal.
While its the RO fault, as a shooter I have craned my neck around walls before loadng to clear the stage myself when the RO does not. Because whoever fault it is, its gonna be my bullet.
March 23rd, 2015 at 8:20 pm
And you know, the guy downrange should hit the goddamn ground immediately.
March 23rd, 2015 at 8:39 pm
SPQR has it right – diving for the ground would have been the right instinct. If all your brain can muster is a passive-aggressive ‘what’s going on!’, then you probably need to stay away from dangerous situations.
March 23rd, 2015 at 9:25 pm
They RSO is Bob Bales, sponsored by ExtremeShooters.com.
March 23rd, 2015 at 9:26 pm
They RSO is Bob Bales, sponsored by ExtremeShooters.com.
(hyperlink didn’t want to work)
https://www.facebook.com/ExtremeShootersLLC/posts/551476944955527
March 23rd, 2015 at 9:28 pm
Well, they’ve “disappeared” the post on their FB page.
March 24th, 2015 at 9:39 am
Listening to the audio, I’m not sure the taper knew there was shooting going on in his bay until the shooter came around the barriers. Looks/sounds like there was shooting in the bays to the left and right before this one started, and with muffs and not being able to SEE the shooter it probably didn’t register.
But who knows.
March 24th, 2015 at 10:36 am
From the gunfire I could hear, it appears that all of the ranges are close together. IE: No one takes their hearing protection off in between shoots. While the paster may have been obscured by the barricades and targets, the gunfire may have muffled the sound of the verbal commands.
I’m fortunate because at the ranges that I compete at, most of the matches have some distance between them. (And some very tall dirt walls that muffle the sound.) Therefore I often take off my hearing protection in between. I say that I’m fortunate because I was pasting at a match (sans ear protection at that time) and I heard the RO state “Shooter make ready!”
Talk about a pucker factor of 10! (Obviously since I heard the command, I yelled that I was down range and cleared out as fast as I could. Disaster averted.)
March 24th, 2015 at 11:18 am
He’s not pasting targets. Look at his hands and you will see he has a roller to pick up brass. I have more trouble with brass hogs wandering around a stage over a .45 ACP brass.
I start at the back and sweep everyone out before me. If the stage has walls that block your view, I go back a second time.
There a quite a few older guys who have little or know hearing. You can’t rely on them hearing your commands if they are more than a few feet away.