Shooters
First I want to again thank Asa for bringing to light what can happen at Ranges that seem to follow safety procedures and let one slip away with a loaded rifle. Never had that happen at San Gabriel but even if it was my best friend I would ask him to leave the Range and we would have a talk later. Safety is Job 1 for any Shoot Director. I value all my shooters and crew. Yes I am a hard case at my shoots but most are used to me and very seldom do I have to say anything. I have some very thoughtful shooters and they keep each other in line.
Sunday we tried something different. In the afternoon agg I had the Shooter on bench 1 and on bench 20 walk the line checking for bolts out. They reported to the RO all were clear then the the target people were sent out. What we have done in the past was the RO would look both ways looking for bolts out. I never liked that because if a guy had a bolt on the left side looking left and most bolts on the right side looking right you might not see a bolt in the gun farther down the range.
Well it worked fine about an extra 15 seconds but most shooters thought it was a good idea. We will continue asking shooters to walk the line for bolts out from now on. Let it be Written. Let it be Done.
Stephen Perry
First I want to again thank Asa for bringing to light what can happen at Ranges that seem to follow safety procedures and let one slip away with a loaded rifle. Never had that happen at San Gabriel but even if it was my best friend I would ask him to leave the Range and we would have a talk later. Safety is Job 1 for any Shoot Director. I value all my shooters and crew. Yes I am a hard case at my shoots but most are used to me and very seldom do I have to say anything. I have some very thoughtful shooters and they keep each other in line.
Sunday we tried something different. In the afternoon agg I had the Shooter on bench 1 and on bench 20 walk the line checking for bolts out. They reported to the RO all were clear then the the target people were sent out. What we have done in the past was the RO would look both ways looking for bolts out. I never liked that because if a guy had a bolt on the left side looking left and most bolts on the right side looking right you might not see a bolt in the gun farther down the range.
Well it worked fine about an extra 15 seconds but most shooters thought it was a good idea. We will continue asking shooters to walk the line for bolts out from now on. Let it be Written. Let it be Done.
Stephen Perry
