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<blockquote data-quote="DirectDrive" data-source="post: 2035370" data-attributes="member: 116300"><p>I've read most all the reports on this bear attack.</p><p>Multiple things went wrong here.</p><p></p><p>What I believe to be true....</p><p></p><p>1) The guide, Mark Uptain did not show the client how to use the Glock G20.</p><p>2) The guide chose not to have a round chambered. Investigators reported no round in chamber.</p><p>3) The Glock G20 was carried to the scene in a backpack. This was reported.</p><p>4) When the attack commenced, the client retrieved the G20 from the pack but could not operate the Glock G20 and in his state of fright he ejected the mag and then tossed the empty pistol to guide Mark Uptain.</p><p>Then the client fled.</p><p>It was reported by investigators that the G20 was found with no mag inserted.</p><p></p><p>A bad situation on so many levels.</p><p></p><p>I have a rifle shooting buddy that could not operate my Glock the other day at the range.</p><p>He's not an experienced pistol shooter and has a habit of meeting the trigger shoe at the first joint in his trigger finger.</p><p>Glocks have a trigger blade safety. A dingus that projects out from the face of the trigger shoe.</p><p>Meeting the trigger with his finger joint, my friend repeatedly had a dead trigger...he was not disengaging the Glock trigger blade safety. </p><p>So, it's possible that an untrained person could have a fully charged Glock and be able to fire it.</p><p>This scenario never played out in the Uptain bear attack because there was no round in the chamber to begin with.</p><p></p><p>In Griz Country, have someone armed and competent on Overwatch while you work on an animal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DirectDrive, post: 2035370, member: 116300"] I've read most all the reports on this bear attack. Multiple things went wrong here. What I believe to be true.... 1) The guide, Mark Uptain did not show the client how to use the Glock G20. 2) The guide chose not to have a round chambered. Investigators reported no round in chamber. 3) The Glock G20 was carried to the scene in a backpack. This was reported. 4) When the attack commenced, the client retrieved the G20 from the pack but could not operate the Glock G20 and in his state of fright he ejected the mag and then tossed the empty pistol to guide Mark Uptain. Then the client fled. It was reported by investigators that the G20 was found with no mag inserted. A bad situation on so many levels. I have a rifle shooting buddy that could not operate my Glock the other day at the range. He's not an experienced pistol shooter and has a habit of meeting the trigger shoe at the first joint in his trigger finger. Glocks have a trigger blade safety. A dingus that projects out from the face of the trigger shoe. Meeting the trigger with his finger joint, my friend repeatedly had a dead trigger...he was not disengaging the Glock trigger blade safety. So, it's possible that an untrained person could have a fully charged Glock and be able to fire it. This scenario never played out in the Uptain bear attack because there was no round in the chamber to begin with. In Griz Country, have someone armed and competent on Overwatch while you work on an animal. [/QUOTE]
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