Amadeus
March 31, 2004, 01:36 PM
So I’m competing at the local IDPA event. I’ve got two mags in my rig and a spare round for topping off magazines floating around in my breast pocket. In my right jacket pocket is a Hershey Bar, which is getting softer as the day gets warmer.
It was about stage 5. My turn came up. I step to the line and the S.O gives me the go to commence with load and make ready. With the intent to top off my weapon I draw my Beretta 92 and slap in a magazine, chamber a round, and then drop the magazine. I holster the weapon with one round in the pipe. The magazine (now loaded with only 9 rounds) is in my left hand. With my right I reach into my breast pocket to retrieve that spare round. So far all is proceeding perfectly. That’s when everything goes sour – or sweet – or rather -- confectionary. I press a tenth round into the magazine but something feels wrong, slippery, and sticky. I look at my hands. They are covered in chocolate: sticky, melted, chocolate. It’s on the magazine and on the ammo. Gooey. Sticky. And the S.O is waiting patiently. Watching me. He makes no mention of it. But I am certain that he is staring at me and wondering what it is that I have smeared all over my mags. I think that if I play it cool he might think it is cosmoline or something. So I brush off the offending treat as best as possible and slide the magazine back into the gun.
With a nod to the S.O, I am ready. The buzzer sounds and --- nothing happens. I mean that. Nothing happens. Let me clarify. I pull the trigger eleven times, and eleven times the gun fires without a hitch. Nothing happens that should not have happened.
So all hail the Beretta! It may not work in Iraq but it goes well with chocolate. More importantly; however, I say be damned Hollow points, be away with you Full Metal Jacket. Gone are the days of Lead Round Nose. I bring you a new round, a specialized bullet for IDPA use only. I submit to you………the 115 grain 9mm. RNCB.
ROUND NOSE CHOCOLATE BALL!!
It was about stage 5. My turn came up. I step to the line and the S.O gives me the go to commence with load and make ready. With the intent to top off my weapon I draw my Beretta 92 and slap in a magazine, chamber a round, and then drop the magazine. I holster the weapon with one round in the pipe. The magazine (now loaded with only 9 rounds) is in my left hand. With my right I reach into my breast pocket to retrieve that spare round. So far all is proceeding perfectly. That’s when everything goes sour – or sweet – or rather -- confectionary. I press a tenth round into the magazine but something feels wrong, slippery, and sticky. I look at my hands. They are covered in chocolate: sticky, melted, chocolate. It’s on the magazine and on the ammo. Gooey. Sticky. And the S.O is waiting patiently. Watching me. He makes no mention of it. But I am certain that he is staring at me and wondering what it is that I have smeared all over my mags. I think that if I play it cool he might think it is cosmoline or something. So I brush off the offending treat as best as possible and slide the magazine back into the gun.
With a nod to the S.O, I am ready. The buzzer sounds and --- nothing happens. I mean that. Nothing happens. Let me clarify. I pull the trigger eleven times, and eleven times the gun fires without a hitch. Nothing happens that should not have happened.
So all hail the Beretta! It may not work in Iraq but it goes well with chocolate. More importantly; however, I say be damned Hollow points, be away with you Full Metal Jacket. Gone are the days of Lead Round Nose. I bring you a new round, a specialized bullet for IDPA use only. I submit to you………the 115 grain 9mm. RNCB.
ROUND NOSE CHOCOLATE BALL!!