What happened to me last weekend

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So we hosted a skirmish (match) and couldn't shoot as a team. A couple of our guys got to shoot as a scab team for no score in Carbines, one other and I got to shoot in muskets with the Palmetto Guard.

We take the line, my team mate to my left. Horn sounds, open fire. Just as I'm breaking my shot, I get a hot slap on the left side of the face, and I jerk my shot. Look over at my guy, he's recapping, I load ram and prepare to fire again. Another hot slap on the side of face. Look over at my guy, "hey, what's with your gun?" He's looking at his original Whitneyville and it dawns on him, he's left out the bolster cleaning screw at home on his bench and there's no way that gun is going to fire.

Lesson, prepare and make darn sure you have ALL of your gun on the line when the open fire signal happens. Even so, I still had a great time on the line with the guys and gals shooting Civil War guns.
 
I'm surprised he didn't notice the flash to the right the first time.... Glad you're ok, as that could have turned out worse.
 
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