Shooter is
registered in Duelist category shooting Ruger Vaqueros, a Marlin 1894C carbine
(both in .38spl) and a 12ga 1897 shotgun.
Stage
description: Starting at "A" with both
hands on pistol grips.
At the
beep...Knock down the four shotgun targets: S1,
S2, S3, S4.
Move to "B"
Engage the four rifle targets in a 10-round "IRS/Progressive" Sweep, starting
on the left.
R1, R2, R2, R3, R3, R3, R4, R4, R4, R4.
With revolvers,
engage the five pistol targets in a 10-round "IRS/Progressive" Sweep, starting
on the left.
P1, P2, P2, P3, P3, P3, P4, P4, P4, P4.
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At the beep,
shooter knocks down the shotgun targets by sweeping from right to left.
Moves to table "B",
sets O&E shotgun on table.
Shooter picks up
rifle, first round goes "click"; shooter levers again, ejecting the first
round...realizes safety is engaged; disengages safety, re-cocks rifle and
engages/hits the rifle targets in the following order:
R1, R2, R2, R3, R3, R3, R4, R4, R4...shooter
then reloads one round from belt loop and engages/hits R4.
Sets rifle down
O&E next to shotgun on table "B"
Shooter draws
first revolver and engages/hits P1, P2, P2, P3,
then holsters first revolver as he draws & cocks the 2nd revolver.
Shooter then engages/hits P3, P4, P4, P4, P4.
RO then tells shooter there is an unfired round remaining in the 1st
pistol. Shooter re-draws first pistol and engages/hits P3.
What's the call
or calls?
Please check your
answer below and fill in the reasoning to support your answer.
a)
Minor Safety + Procedural
b) Minor Safety + Miss
c) Miss +
Procedural
d) Miss
e)Procedural
The Correct
answer is:
(E)
Procedural
Applicable
Rules:
Procedural for
shooting the targets "out of order".
The penalty
applied as soon as the shooter put the first shot on P4 (which should have been the 3rd
shot on P3)
All pistol
shots HIT pistol targets = NO MISSES.
IF
the shooter had failed to fire the last shot of the first pistol, he would
have still received a PROCEDURAL for shooting the targets out of
order AND a MISS for the unfired round remaining in the revolver.
That would NOT
be a case of "a Miss causing a Procedural"...it’s a case of "brain fade" and
miscounting shots fired.
Since he
eventually fired that round and HIT a pistol target (it doesn’t matter
which target at that point, he already had the "P") he only gets
the initial "P" and NO MISS.
Applying the "MISS
FLOW CHART ":
Did the
shooter hit all the correct type of targets? – YES (Assess no
misses)
Did the
shooter engage the targets in the correct order? - NO (Assess
procedural)
Range Operations Basic Safety
Course (page 24)
Other
applicable rules:
24.
Ammunition dropped by a shooter in the course of loading or reloading any
firearm during a stage or "ejected" is considered "dead" and may not be
recovered until the shooter completes the course of fire. The round must be
replaced from the shooter's person or other area as required by stage
description, or if the round is not fired it is counted as a missed shot.
Procedurals are unintentional "mistakes" where the
competitor engages the stage in a manner other than the way it is supposed to
be shot. Procedurals are scored as ten-second additions to the competitor's
raw time for the stage, no more than one per stage.
Shooters Handbook (page 18)
10- SECOND PENALTIES
Procedural Penalties
Any unintentional procedural errors caused by
"brain fade," confusion, ignorance, or mistakes (not to exceed one for any
given stage).
• Failure to attempt to fire a
firearm.
• Failure to attempt a prop or stage
maneuver.
• Shooting targets in an order other than as required
by stage description.
Range Operations Basic Safety
Course (page 21)
10.
Inadvertently leaving unfired rounds in a revolver is a miss unless the round
is under the hammer, then it is a Stage Disqualification.
