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Speshlee after 22 years!

ovenpaa wrote:Ah, now that is down to the RCO's specific view on how to deal with a STOP STOP STOP. In my briefing I tell people to stop shooting keep your finger clear of the trigger and keep the rifle pointing down range at the target, do not un-chamber, remove the bolt or magazine until instructed to do so.

this is my procedure to , whilst I agree that sometimes it seems insulting to trained 'professionals' as RCO you are responsible for the range and your instructions need to take into account the lowest common denominator (probably a 130 year old st huberts member!)

SevenSixTwo wrote:Speshlee after 22 years!

Or in my case, 40 years .

Eh? Since when did you need to notify the RCO and ask for help in clearing a routine stoppage?

If the stoppage was a severe one (hard extraction) I'd let the RCO know that I'd be doing something unconventional (getting up on a knee, tapping the bolt open, etc) - but I certainly wouldn't be putting my hand up to sit and wait for someone else to sort out my problem.

christel wrote:SevenSixTwo,

Been there, done that. Utterly confused myself. Always been taught that when the Boss shouts stop...one pulls the bolt back and steps away from the rifle.

Where I shoot these days the rules states clearly that when the RCO shouts stop, one stops and steps away from the rifle.

So there I am pulling the bolt back and getting a telling off...

As my wife is fond of saying to me when I growl about Yanks or something done a different way, "you ain't in Kansas any more Toto".

Blu

Blu wrote: "you ain't in Kansas any more Toto".

Blu

There is a Danish saying....dear child has many names...

Toto, never been called that before :lol:

christel wrote:

Blu wrote: "you ain't in Kansas any more Toto".

Blu

There is a Danish saying....dear child has many names...

Toto, never been called that before :lol:

It's a line from the movie The Wizard of Oz and a very irritating one when my wife uses it.

Blu

Blu wrote:
It's a line from the movie The Wizard of Oz and a very irritating one when my wife uses it.

Blu

Yup, I know and I can imagine

Gaz wrote:Eh? Since when did you need to notify the RCO and ask for help in clearing a routine stoppage?

If the stoppage was a severe one (hard extraction) I'd let the RCO know that I'd be doing something unconventional (getting up on a knee, tapping the bolt open, etc) - but I certainly wouldn't be putting my hand up to sit and wait for someone else to sort out my problem.

I don't want to sort out your problem , I do however wish to be informed as it's my name on the paperwork and my arse on the line so to speak.

you hopefully know your equipment better than me and will be able to sort it better than me but I've got to be honest , if I saw you fecking around with your kit on the point i'd be hovering pretty quick wanting to know whats going on , not unreasonable in my opinion ?

tackb wrote:

Gaz wrote:Eh? Since when did you need to notify the RCO and ask for help in clearing a routine stoppage?

If the stoppage was a severe one (hard extraction) I'd let the RCO know that I'd be doing something unconventional (getting up on a knee, tapping the bolt open, etc) - but I certainly wouldn't be putting my hand up to sit and wait for someone else to sort out my problem.

I don't want to sort out your problem , I do however wish to be informed as it's my name on the paperwork and my arse on the line so to speak.

you hopefully know your equipment better than me and will be able to sort it better than me but I've got to be honest , if I saw you fecking around with your kit on the point i'd be hovering pretty quick wanting to know whats going on , not unreasonable in my opinion ?

Correct me if I'm wrong but ... isn't that more or less what Gaz said?

Mezzer