At the end of a string of fire an older gentleman (who has shot these numerous times before) was instructed to drop his mag and show clear. Instead he dropped his mag and immediately went back to re-holster his firearm. As was doing so a portion of his "race gun" holster somehow got inside the trigger guard of his 1911 and the gun went off. I was standing about 10' behind him and watched the whole thing happen, his finger was definitely on the safety spot on the slide and not near the trigger.
The .45 SWC bullet entered his upper right thigh, exited above the knee before entering his upper right calf and exiting the lower right calf. On it's way into the dirt the bullet caught the edge of his boot putting a hole in it.
I immediately started to run to my truck for a tourniquet while others closer to him helped him to the ground and applied pressure by hand to the wounds. Fortunately another member standing nearby had a TQ on him and they were able to get it on him within a minute or so of the incident. An off-duty sheriff's deputy that had been standing next to me chatting took control of the scene and began assigning tasks. "You, call 911", "You, get a chair". Since I was already in the parking lot I hollered back that I would head to the front gate to direct first responders. Due to where the club is it took about 20 mins for EMS to arrive, the whole while no one panic'd but rather attended to the situation in an orderly and controlled manner.
Luckily the bullet did not hit any bone or arteries and the gentleman was conscious and attentive when paramedics arrived.
Just goes to show what can happen with a momentary lapse in attention to what one is doing.
Here's a pic of the bullet we were able to dig out of the dirt.
