Lucky you, I can remember a team mate chopping his up, going out in the first game of the day (a 5 man @ Eurosplat, circa '91 IIRC?) and getting a tooth blown down his throat. And there were plenty of other incidents along those lines from that period that I personally witnessed (although Rafe's wearing of those neoprene cycle masks was damn cool looking and I'll admit to trying it out for a few games before I went back to my Vents Predators w/ the neck protector over the facemask).
Better communication be damned, I'll keep my dental bills to a minimum thanks. Oh and good luck if anyone gets hurt - chopping/ditching the plate will void the insurance of the site/event to the best of my knowledge.
"Revolutionary lightweight" brands asideAnyhoo, we all run around with high pressure air tanks strapped to our guns, which we dive on, drop, throw, and even fill them ourselves. Foolhardy?
, I can count on one hand the number of incidences at events I've attended in the UK, Europe and beyond where a bottle/reg combo has failed in the last 6/7 years, so whilst there is a risk, I'm inclined to believe that it is a manageable one given the strength of the bottles and fact that the lighter constructed rail/ASA is much more likely to break first in a bad dive or similar.
