Sympathetic Reflex

[Desert_Rat]

Just a little thought on the Sympathetic Reflex and why it is important for Gunners.
Sympathetic reflex is basically taking action with one hand and the other does it as well.such as gripping with one hand and the other hand can tighten it's grip,unknown to the hand owner.This is what some people think happened to that Cop in Waco Texas at the Branch Davidian compound.The Cop climbed a ladder with pistol drawn and accidentally shot Himself.
This is a good reason to keep Your finger off of the trigger until You intend to fire.
I said all of that to say this,I saw a great example of this "phenomenom"today.
A coworker was climbing the ladder up to the top of a piece of equipment with an impact gun in hand.The impact gun had a wobble socket on it. As He grabbed the hand rail to climbed the ladder He accidentally squeezed the
trigger on the impact gun and it went to full speed.This caused the tool to launch a 30mm impact wobble socket off of the impact gun.It hit him in the eye and He lost the vision in it.There was a 1/2" tear across the front of the eye right across the middle.I must say it was pretty cool to see,but that's the sick side of Me,I'm saddened at His accident just the same.

So,in short,as gunners we need to at all times pay attention to the "Get some switch" and the relation of the booger finger to it.

[Dangerous1]

That's why I always keeps my trigger finger straight until my screw or bolt is in my sights.

[Plisk]

This is something that is very possible to do. At a recent AR class; a student did the same action trying to brighten his Eotech and he NDd. No damage, it went downrange safety. But still, keep your finger off the trigger unless you are ready so shoot!