Shot an informal sporting clays tournament yesterday. It was busy and backed up. I was last up in my group on station 3, and when my turn finally came around my gun wasn't on the rack. An unaccounted for citori was on the rack. Hmm? Go down to station 4 figuring someone inadvertently grabbed my gun. As I walked up a guy was shooting his last pair with my superposed (pretty well, he broke 8/10). Different models, different length barrels, his barrels were ported -mine aren't. I had a magnetic glowing hi-viz front bead on, he had a standard bead. He shot 5 pairs and didn't notice! WTF? This lack of awareness kind of seems like how accidents happen.
Anyway, was this some sort of foul? It messed up my rhythm and mindset. He could have put covid snot on my gun.
Around here the term for what you describe is, "Trading Up". I was shooting on a Saturday and at the end of the day, there was an 870 left in the rack and a K-80 missing. Someone happened to see the K-80 headed for a car and yelled out, Hey Wrong Gun. The young man said oops, my mistake. Swapped back and was gone quickly. We were too slow to think in was on purpose at the time. But hindsight...
Or, it was an innocent mistake. I've been to charity events where non-gun people were shooting borrowed/rental guns. They didn't know a Beretta SO5 from the Beretta 686 they were using, until the SO5 owner saw his gun in our squadmate's hands.
Or,, the Saturday after Christmas at the range. Some college students and their dates rented guns for clays. The ladies rented Beretta 20s, the men Beretta 12s. One lady grabbed a 12 instead of her 20, dropped 2 shells in, then click. The men checked the first barrel, pulled out a 20. They didn't check BOTH barrels and reloaded her with 12s. The first shot was fine, the second found the other 20 in the way. No one was hurt, but they bought a gun.
Mistakes happen. Sounds like yours was really a mistake. Also, you were shooting an informal event. FITASC is a whole 'nuther ball game. There is no "foul" you can call and get a do over. Watch your gun closely. I usually leave mine on the cart until just before I shoot. If someone takes my gun off my cart it's no accident. And, there will be "consequences and repercussions".
It happened to me once. Shooting trap with other shooters who were knowledgeable, someone was putting my Browning Golden Clays Citori in their case as I happened to notice, leaving their Browning Ultra behind. Apparently he had just shot a round very well with it without noticing it. Being a regular shooter, I just thought it a mistake. Shooting sporting clays, the Churchill resides in the crook of my arm! At big sxs shoots I imagine that mix ups happen, but I try to prevent it. Outright theft is an entirely different matter! Karl
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