Frank Sharpe of Fortress Defense sent this photo of a very unusual stoppage experienced by one of his students this past weekend.
During last weekend’s Level II Pistol Course, a student’s 1911 grabbed hold of her cover garment during slide-cycle. She drew her back-up and continued with her primary pistol dangling from her shirt.
We almost had to beat the slide forward with a hammer to free it – the gun was out of action, completely seized up.
You do this stuff long enough and you’ll see everything.
Three things:
1. It looks like he was having more fun than we were. (Although I’m sure some would argue teaching kids and newcomers to shooting is a very different kind of fun and very rewarding at the same time.)
2. What are the odds? The shooter should have bought a lottery ticket. And just another darn good reason to have yourself a back-up gun, because when the chips are down, Mr. Murphy loves to show up and party.
3. See everything. Hah! Never!