Pistols - 5 rounds each - holstered

Rifle - 10 rounds (staged at "B")

Shotgun - 4+ rounds.

****Shooter is registered in the "Duelist Category" shooting "Double Duelist" style****

Scenario:

Shooter starts at "A" with unloaded shotgun in both hands (no ammo in hand).

At the beep, engage S1 - S4 in any order until all targets are down.

Move to "B" and engage R1 - R5 with two rounds each.

Move to "C" and engage P1 - P5 with two rounds each.

At the beep, Shooter engages shotgun and rifle targets correctly with no misses.

Shooter moves to "C", draws first pistol and "double taps" P1, P1, P2, P2 then holsters first pistol.

Draws 2^nd pistol and cocks it, but before firing it, realizes that there is one more round to be fired in the 1^st pistol.  Shooter re-draws first pistol, while 2^nd pistol remains "Out" and "Cocked", and fires the remaining round from 1^st pistol on P3 in a "Double Duelist" style.  Shooter then fires 2^nd pistol on P3, P4, P4, P5, P5.

What's the Call?

        A)Stage DQ

        B)Procedural

        C)Miss

        D)Minor Safety

• The Correct answer is:  (B)  Procedural

• The Correct Reasoning is:

  10-Second Penalties

  Failure to adhere to the guidelines of the category in which you are competing.

  SASS Range Operations Basic Safety Course Version G (page 18)

   

  DUELIST

  Revolvers may be shot one in one hand and one in the other, but at no time shall the competitor have two loaded revolvers in hand at once.

  SASS Shooters Handbook March 2006 Twelfth Edition (page 30)

   

  The Gunfighter and B-Western Categories are the only categories that allow two loaded revolvers out of leather at the same time.

  SASS Shooters Handbook March 2006 Twelfth Edition (page 31/49)

   

  8. Once a revolver is cocked, the round under the hammer must be expended in order for it to be returned to a safe condition…

  9. If a firearm is shot out of sequence or from the wrong position, the shooter will be awarded a single procedural penalty. …

  SASS Shooters Handbook March 2006 Twelfth Edition (page 53/54)

   

  Additional Comments:

   

  Since the stage description did not specify that the revolvers be shot "1^st pistol/2^nd pistol", the  shooter could have:

   

  A) Fired the first round from the second pistol, then re-holstered that revolver before re-drawing the first pistol to fire the fifth round, or

   

  B) Fired the 2^nd pistol on P3, P3, P4, P4, P5; then re-draw the 1^st pistol for the last shot on P5, with NO Penalty for firing the guns "out of order".