10-27-2015, 12:55 AM
I am having to write up my story and report it to our range board, since this was a serious infraction. The feedback I get is that the other member (a new member) has a number of inconsistencies in his version, and the Range officers corroborate mine as far as my safety procedures they observed that day. It's likely the new member will be terminated if he doesn't come clean. But the training procedures will likely become more strict (which they should be for newbies). Our club is 102 years old and there was NOTHING for miles around when it was originally built. Now there are subdivisions on all sides of it and we can't risk the chance of a stray bullet getting off the range property. The last known instances (where there was a complaint lodged) was when the Police were using the range to practice! At my other range yesterday, there was a member I didn't recognize shooting a revolver and he did like I have seen many revolver shooters do - he rotated the barrel up at a 45 degree angle while cocking it and had his finger in the trigger guard while he lowered it to complete the hammer cocking sequence and aim. I had to mention to him his unsafe way of cocking his revolver and he didn't even realize it. I admit that even when removing my carry pistol at the end of the day, I sometimes sweep another part of my body - it's just so easy sometimes to get a little sloppy.
My "6.5" = 24" AA Overwatch upper 1/9 twist, NC based US Tactical lower, standard A4 6 position stock, AR Gold Trigger, JPS SCS buffer, Vortex 6-24 x 50 FFP PST with EBR-2C MOA reticle

