Reminds me of an incident during an international comp in Germany a few years back. Shooting a Japanese Matchlock, a member of my club was kneeling to reload, and as he was priming the pan a shooter on the adjacent lane fired. The lane RO (one per lane in internationals) saw a bit of smouldering match descend towards the pan and ignited the priming flask. The flask was never found. Neither was the shooter's index finger, above the topmost knuckle. We now call him "Stumpy" (still shooting though).
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