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Gerry · May 4, 2012, 01:20 PM

Last year I witnessed a very experienced master class open division shooter DQ with a dropped gun. It was the very first stage and the guy drove about 150 miles for the match. He was a great sport though, and stayed the entire afternoon helping to patch.

It was one of those "start in chair with elbows on table with fingers locked behind head, loaded gun holstered" deals. He didn't have a good grip on it while standing from the chair, and I guess his C-More caught on the edge of the table. Of course he didn't touch it once it dropped and let the RO deal with it as per the rules, but it was still a DQ. We all felt so bad for the guy because there was only one other person there who was in his league shooting open.

May 4, 2012, 01:20 PM	#11
Gerry Senior Member Join Date: December 24, 2010 Location: Canada Posts: 382	Last year I witnessed a very experienced master class open division shooter DQ with a dropped gun. It was the very first stage and the guy drove about 150 miles for the match. He was a great sport though, and stayed the entire afternoon helping to patch. It was one of those "start in chair with elbows on table with fingers locked behind head, loaded gun holstered" deals. He didn't have a good grip on it while standing from the chair, and I guess his C-More caught on the edge of the table. Of course he didn't touch it once it dropped and let the RO deal with it as per the rules, but it was still a DQ. We all felt so bad for the guy because there was only one other person there who was in his league shooting open. Last edited by Gerry; May 5, 2012 at 06:22 AM. Reason: Correction: Elbows on table - not shoulders!