Saturday Paintball Reruns...

From July 29, 2006

Never relax…

Just when I think I have every item concerning safety covered I have a player come up with something brand new.

There he is, sitting at a table in the Pro-Shop working on his electronic Spyder. No big deal. I have guys working on guns in the Pro-Shop all the time. He's got the grip cover off and he's poking around the insides with something when suddenly the gun fires, sending the gun plug and the remnants of a paintball into the side of a counter.

Now, the gun was turned off mind you but I let him break the first rule of gun maintenance. NEVER WORK ON A GUN WITH CO2 OR HPA STILL ATTACHED. That's the number one NO-NO of all!

Turns out he was poking around inside with a screwdriver. He shorted something out and made the gun go off. Now I have to make another sign: Don't poke around the inside of your electronic gun with a screwdriver!

I'd ask, "What's next?" but I really, really, really don't want to know!