Trigger Finger Discipline @ Public Ranges??

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Something I've noticed @ my public indoor range and wondered if anyone else has seen this. Someone in the lane next to me shoots to slide lock and while reloading does not take their finger off the trigger, or even out of the trigger guard. If the slide slams forward (muzzle down range), BANG! I've never said anything or even notified the range officer but I do back out of my lane (flimsy lane dividers) until the reload is completed. I'm pretty low key and mind my own business but, IMHO this is dangerous. Has anyone else experienced this and if so how did you handle it?
 
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Happens more than I'd care to believe at private membership ranges.... usually a gentle low key reminder will suffice.
 
Indoor ranges I've been to all had solid dividers but our outdoor club has loooooong open pistol benches. As long as the muzzle remains pointed downrange I'm really not paying attention to the details of others beyond that.
 
Usually it's just family or a few friends with me. I don't hesitate to yell at family and point it out to friends. Yesterday I yelled at the wife for having the pistol pointed down at the cement slab instead of down range, even though she had her trigger finger outside the trigger guard and along side the slide.
 
Maybe it's b/c I've been shot at during my LEO days but I always pay close attention to who's next to me, L & R. I've seen a new shooter get excited and spin around, gun in hand, before being stopped by the range officer. Once a young guy sat down behind me and started to load his gun before I politely said something.
 
Old cop said:
Something I've noticed @ my public indoor range and wondered if anyone else has seen this. Someone in the lane next to me shoots to slide lock and while reloading does not take their finger off the trigger, or even out of the trigger guard. If the slide slams forward (muzzle down range), BANG! I've never said anything or even notified the range officer but I do back out of my lane (flimsy lane dividers) until the reload is completed. I'm pretty low key and mind my own business but, IMHO this is dangerous. Has anyone else experienced this and if so how did you handle it?
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Well years back that was common with some target tuned .45 1911s.

The trigger was so light on some of those guns it would slam fire when the slide closed. Holding the trigger back allowed the disconnecter to keep the gun from firing.

Guns of today bad range discipline!
 
When I was in the Army, range safety was drilled into our heads pretty much every single day. It's always stayed with me. These days, with the volunteer force, the majority of shooters haven't had that indoctrination. Most mean well, but you usually only get one mistake with a gun. The range I frequent enforces range safety, but nothing's foolproof. I can tell when a shooter knows what he/she's doing and when he/she doesn't. I made it thru a year in Vietnam. I'm not going to get drilled here by some amateur taking selfies with one hand and shooting with the other.
 
A few years ago, working p/t at an LGS/Indoor Range, I saw stuff on the range that defies any concept of safety or sense.
A complete safety briefing is given to every single person using the facility the first time. Often, I believe it was like talking to a brick wall.
IMHO - there really are people who shouldn't own a sharp stick, let alone a firearm.
 
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