Post by rkcohen on Jun 17, 2015 16:40:35 GMT -5
©06/15, rk cohen
mullet’s safety observations...
sometimes, pearls are where you find them.
while working with the ro crew the other day, we had the chance to do some “value added” training for the new guys coming on – a one of those “light bulb” moments that you’re not so sure of..
as the range was cold, the only way a firearm can be brought to the firing line is if it is in an unopened case.
of course we always want to ensure the muzzle is pointed downrange so that when the case is opened, no one is “swept” by the end with the hole – “sweeping” is not a safe practice!
a new member was placing his case on the bench, the senior ro took the new guys over and started the drill: “is this safe? is this allowed?”
our new member was more than happy to assist in the train-up and when asked to crack open his case he did so – only a bit in order to see which end the muzzle was pointing.
in this particular instance – the muzzle was pointing backwards meaning that the gun would have to be turned.
the senior ro posed the question: “since you may not touch the firearm until we go “hot,” how does he maneuver the piece into compliance?”
a moment passed – “he can close the case and then turn the case so that when the range is hot and he handles the gun – it will already be pointing down range.”
beaming like a new lab puppy, the new in-training ro was rewarded with an “atta-boy”
while all this was going on, our young friend mullet was watching and taking it all in.
the senior ro asked how might the movement of cased firearms be better facilitated?
one of the new team members said “mark the case - if it’s a single gun case, always put the muzzle end in the case the same way.”
mullet had a certain look on his face the senior ro couldn’t let go of and asked him what he was thinking….
“we got a fella at the park that does that now – almost all the time!”
we all flinched a bit when the ro asked him how that was done…
mullet replied as if teaching a young warrior how to read signs, “oh that’s easy – it’s one of those fancy aluminum rigs – the last time he used it, he put his rifle in the case and it went off – so now he always puts it in so’s the muzzle points towards the hole at the end of the case!”
most of us stood there, dumbfounded, with our jaws gone completely slack..
one of our older members walked by the senior ro and simply stated “you had to ask..”
mullet’s safety observations...
sometimes, pearls are where you find them.
while working with the ro crew the other day, we had the chance to do some “value added” training for the new guys coming on – a one of those “light bulb” moments that you’re not so sure of..
as the range was cold, the only way a firearm can be brought to the firing line is if it is in an unopened case.
of course we always want to ensure the muzzle is pointed downrange so that when the case is opened, no one is “swept” by the end with the hole – “sweeping” is not a safe practice!
a new member was placing his case on the bench, the senior ro took the new guys over and started the drill: “is this safe? is this allowed?”
our new member was more than happy to assist in the train-up and when asked to crack open his case he did so – only a bit in order to see which end the muzzle was pointing.
in this particular instance – the muzzle was pointing backwards meaning that the gun would have to be turned.
the senior ro posed the question: “since you may not touch the firearm until we go “hot,” how does he maneuver the piece into compliance?”
a moment passed – “he can close the case and then turn the case so that when the range is hot and he handles the gun – it will already be pointing down range.”
beaming like a new lab puppy, the new in-training ro was rewarded with an “atta-boy”
while all this was going on, our young friend mullet was watching and taking it all in.
the senior ro asked how might the movement of cased firearms be better facilitated?
one of the new team members said “mark the case - if it’s a single gun case, always put the muzzle end in the case the same way.”
mullet had a certain look on his face the senior ro couldn’t let go of and asked him what he was thinking….
“we got a fella at the park that does that now – almost all the time!”
we all flinched a bit when the ro asked him how that was done…
mullet replied as if teaching a young warrior how to read signs, “oh that’s easy – it’s one of those fancy aluminum rigs – the last time he used it, he put his rifle in the case and it went off – so now he always puts it in so’s the muzzle points towards the hole at the end of the case!”
most of us stood there, dumbfounded, with our jaws gone completely slack..
one of our older members walked by the senior ro and simply stated “you had to ask..”
