Title pretty much says it all - how do your clubs handle shooters who repeatedly fire their release trigger guns unintentionally? I’m not even sure our club has a policy? 
Thanks.
Thanks.
Release Trigger Accidents - How Does Your Club Handle?
Tom in Pittsburgh
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Years ago at an away shoot for our summer league witnessed a guy from the other club shoot his right big toe off. He would always rest his gun on his right toe on one of those leather rests you attach to the shoe laces. He put a shell in his ou and would close it while it was resting on his foot when it was his turn to shoot. Needless to say it convinced me to never ever think about a release trigger.
That's not a problem from having a release trigger, it's a product of the shooter being a complete moron! Putting a loaded and closed gun on your foot is asking for what he got.
What did that have to do with a release trigger?
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So let me get this straight.
The shooter you speak of rests his barrel on his toes/foot. Then he loads a chamber while on that foot/toe proceeds to close the now loaded gun while barrel still setting on that foot/toe and finally without ever moving that barrel off that foot/toe then sets the trigger on his release???
That is one unhandy and troublesome technique that Iam not sure that Iam coordinated enough to perform. Needless to say, I wouldn’t want to perform it 25 times in a row!
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I shoot release trigger, my pre shot routine, close action, shoulder shotgun pointing over the trap house where my hold point will be, check shoulder position, and bead alignment, set trigger, call for target, It all boils down to dont put your finger on the trigger
until you are ready to fire.
until you are ready to fire.
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We don't have many people using release triggers down here, probably because we flay them living in the car park.
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The real question here is:
" what is the opposite of a flinch ? "
" what is the opposite of a flinch ? "
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Ah NO ! I've been in this game for well over half a century and for years ,I hardly ever saw an accidental discharge . Since release triggers came along I have seen many and almost tall were from release triggers . When you see a pattern on the back of a trap house, it much more than likely it came from a release trigger !
What club do you shoot at?Title pretty much says it all - how do your clubs handle shooters who repeatedly fire their release trigger guns unintentionally? I’m not even sure our club has a policy?
Thanks.
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I also see some shooters with finger on trigger ( it apperas sometimes) before they close gun and bring to shoulder to shoot after calling for their bird. Its difficult to tell, as we don't watch other shooters' this close-but it still happens. IMO, one negligent discharge, and you are off the line. Other rules are broken too- like keeping your gun closed while walking from a station back to your vehicle, or to check the "scoresheet". I have mentioned this to the occasional shooter about the fact- that no one carries a gun unbroken, or OPEN anytime they are not on a station ready to shoot.
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Come on now “slide”, I’ve had the traphouses plastered five times at my club and grass mowed a few more and sidewalks hammered inbetween those two quotas and only one to my knowledge was a release trigger.
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A friend, and fellow TS.com member was for many years the manager of a local sportsman’s clubs.
One of the elderly shooters (and I believe, an original founding member) had an accidental release discharge.
I was on the trap line, and witnessed it. The shot went into the ground between the elderly shooter and an adjacent shooter.
My friend counseled him.
Not long after that episode, I’d bought a new (1994) Ford Explorer, and had parked it in the club parking lot for Sunday shooting. The old geezer backed into my brand new vehicle. When I respectfully confronted him with the collision damage, he was clueless about it, not even realizing he did it. I’m convinced that he was suffering from dementia by this time. And yes, his insurance company DID pay for the repairs.
I believe it was during that approximate time frame that the old gent had ANOTHER accidental release trigger discharge. My friend, the manager told him to leave, and to never come back.
This old gentleman was a well-known club member, shooter, and very successful local business man. But he had continued shooting beyond the date of expiry of his competence. It was by the grace of God that nobody was injured. And my friend took no pleasure in throwing him out.
From my perspective, accidental discharges are anything BUT funny. They are dangerous, and scary. And at the very best, SHOULD be an embarrassment to the perpetrator, and cause for some serious soul-searching. If it’s something that happens with ANY frequency, it’s probably time for an enhancement of club safety protocols, and more vigilance and “enforcement” of safety standards by all other shooters.
The last thing any club needs is a shooting related injury (or God Forbid!) death.
jh
One of the elderly shooters (and I believe, an original founding member) had an accidental release discharge.
I was on the trap line, and witnessed it. The shot went into the ground between the elderly shooter and an adjacent shooter.
My friend counseled him.
Not long after that episode, I’d bought a new (1994) Ford Explorer, and had parked it in the club parking lot for Sunday shooting. The old geezer backed into my brand new vehicle. When I respectfully confronted him with the collision damage, he was clueless about it, not even realizing he did it. I’m convinced that he was suffering from dementia by this time. And yes, his insurance company DID pay for the repairs.
I believe it was during that approximate time frame that the old gent had ANOTHER accidental release trigger discharge. My friend, the manager told him to leave, and to never come back.
This old gentleman was a well-known club member, shooter, and very successful local business man. But he had continued shooting beyond the date of expiry of his competence. It was by the grace of God that nobody was injured. And my friend took no pleasure in throwing him out.
From my perspective, accidental discharges are anything BUT funny. They are dangerous, and scary. And at the very best, SHOULD be an embarrassment to the perpetrator, and cause for some serious soul-searching. If it’s something that happens with ANY frequency, it’s probably time for an enhancement of club safety protocols, and more vigilance and “enforcement” of safety standards by all other shooters.
The last thing any club needs is a shooting related injury (or God Forbid!) death.
jh
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I'm not sure how clubs handle repeat issues, but I was shot in the back by a shooter using a release trigger. We were shooting caps (me two yards shorter) and a good friend shot the concrete in front of him and several pellets hit me in the back and back of the head. Yes, we're still friends.
But safe as pull? What baloney. If they were such a good idea why didn't John Browning add them as an option to his 128 gun patents?
But safe as pull? What baloney. If they were such a good idea why didn't John Browning add them as an option to his 128 gun patents?
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