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Not one of the rest of them would even talk to the other shooters
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Was this before or after the match? If it was before, I don't blame them at all. Competitors have all types of different ways of getting ready to shoot and very few of them involve shooting the breeze with random folks. Hell, a lot of them do a full-match visualization type thing where they may as well be on another planet.
If you guys think practical pistol folks are touchy, you should go to an olympic smallbore match sometime and try to start conversations. You will be cursed out in many languages. The same goes for even approaching another competitor's gear. It took them a damn long time to get everything just how they want it and if you look like you are going to touch something they will not be happy. That's just the way it is.
Would you jabber at Brian Urlacher and fondle his equipment before a Bears game when he was trying to get ready?
I would not, and I would not have a problem with him launching you into the stands if you tried to.
Live with it. These guys are serious about their sport.