Bottle Blows Up

[tigger2001]

Hope you are ok,from all of TEAM HALO

guys
on my phone so will post when I get back home. Just want to say, if any of you think I would of put any oil near my tank then you don't know me. Thank god it was me and not anyone else as I am ok but it could of been worse.
thanks for you wishes guys I will be back on when I get home
Nige

 

[Big Mac]

guys
on my phone so will post when I get back home. Just want to say, if any of you think I would of put any oil near my tank then you don't know me. Thank god it was me and not anyone else as I am ok but it could of been worse.
thanks for you wishes guys I will be back on when I get home
Nige

i wasnt suggesting you had done it (well i was, until i found out it was you - i should have edited my post). i dont know you but just listening to you off the forums i know your smarter than that.

best of luck dude

remember - chicks dig scars

 

[Flint]

This occurrence has the potential ability to cause an awful lot of problems to paintball that I suspect most people do not comprehend.

Russ

Exactly.....

 

[SimonGiles]

Nige is on the way home - that's great news.

I will never forget seeing him today telling Bluey to leave him alone, shouting, "I'm alright, I'm alright", whilst Bluey is trying to pull the flaming tattared remains of his gloves and jersey off.

Dude - you're a hero.

I would have s*** my pants then died of heart failure on the spot.

VERY glad to hear you are ok.

 

[Nuts]

hehe i wondered how long untill u come on here nigel
Glad ur still ok mate. i feel bad bring in all that mud in 2 A&E :S. hope ur hand gets better soon
spk later and see ya soon

 

[Jimmymac]

rainbow do u think they should be banned

I don't think they should be banned atall, i think they should be all recalled's and we are given new ones that have be seriously tested first. Bloody stupid that they can't make it safe i have a stacko and this has but me off using it now. Think i will change to a throttle or something.

James

 

[Ryan(pb alexandria)]

So lets ban crossfire bottles aswel..

http://www.pbnation.com/showthread.php?t=2325446

http://www.sapaintball.info/index.php?link=http://www.sapaintball.info/sapb/dynamic/index.php?id=757

 

[Gran]

That could have been a whole lot worse out there today Nige. Glad you're still with us, because that shi t could have gone a totally different way this afternoon.

After speaking to people that have seen this before, my personal view is that we should see a ban from sites allowing the use of Stako.

I appreciate what people are saying about not blaming the Stako etc, but actually being 20ft away from that blowing up today was something i'd never want to see again.

Thankfully people acted quickly and Nige is ok under the circumstances.

Next time somebody may not be so lucky.

 

[SimonGiles]

For people that are not 100% clear on how dangerous this was today, it was a miracle that somebody did not die. I don't think I am exagerating.

The thing that probably made the most difference was that the guy was filling the gun with the bottle pointed towards the ground.

If he was filling with his bottle pointed towards him then half of my team would have been showered by the guys guts. I don't mean to be nasty here, but people worried that they might have to buy a new bottle need to wake up and realise what is important. To be honest I consider my life, my friends lives and my girlfriends life considerably more important that whether you are allowed to use a super light weight bottle - you know what, I don't even need proof - it is THAT important to me.

Somebody upstairs seemed to be looking out for us 'ballers today.

Please people, lets get this sorted before our luck runs out.

--- If it helps in a diagnosis there were several eye witness accounts that there was a red flash, no real flames that anyone saw, but lots of sparks - like somebody using a grinder when it went off.

 

[Jimmymac]

does any one no what ataully happened to the poor guy ?Is he badly hurt or what ?