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Pistol: 5 rounds each, holstered

Rifle: 9 rounds

Shotgun: 4+ 

 

Stage description: First Pistol: Nevada sweep, left to right, at P1, P2, P3.  Holster. Second Pistol: Repeat of first pistol.

 

Move to rifle: Engage rifle targets in a Nevada sweep, starting on left target.  R1, R2, R3.

 

Shotgun: Left to right sweep on knock down targets. S1, S2, S3, S4.

  

At the beep, shooter draws first pistol, with the following result. Click, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang.  Hits all targets as specified.  Holsters pistol.

 

Draws second pistol with the following result.  Click, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang.  Hits all targets as specified.  Holsters pistol.

 

Shooter moves to rifle.  Engages rifle targets in the following order starting on left target.  R1, R2, R3, R2, R1, R2, R3, R2, R1, R2.  Lays rifle down open and empty.

 

Shooter moves to shotgun.  Engages targets as specified.

 

At the unloading table, the RO questions the shooter if they had their pistols checked at the loading table. RO asks, "were the hammers down on empty chambers?"  Shooter replies with: "Sorry, my fault, I don't think they were."

 

RO also explains to the shooter that they loaded too many rifle rounds in their rifle.  10 instead of 9.

 

What's the call or calls?  

Please check your answer below and fill in the reasoning to support your answer.

        A)Procedural

        B)Minor Safety

        C)Procedural + Minor Safety

        D)Stage DQ

        E)Match DQ

The Correct Answer is "D" Stage DQ

 

 

SASS Shooters Handbook January 2005 Eleventh Edition

Safety Practices (page 37)

6. Six-guns are always loaded with only five rounds and the hammer lowered and left resting on the empty chamber. Five shooters may load five rounds, but the hammer must rest on a dummy chamber or safety slot in the cylinder so the hammer does not rest on a live round/cap.

Safety Practices (page 41)

18. When changing location during a stage, all firearms being carried must either have the hammer down on an empty chamber or spent case, or have the action open.

 

SASS Range Operations Basic Safety Course Version F

Appendix A – Range Rules (page 11)

4. Six-guns are ALWAYS loaded with only five rounds and the hammer lowered and resting on the empty chamber. Five shooters may load five rounds, but the hammer must rest on a dummy chamber or safety slot in the cylinder so the hammer does not rest on a live round/cap. All guns are loaded based upon stage requirements.

Loading more than the correct number of rounds in long guns will result in the assessment of a 10-second Minor Safety Penalty.

 

Failure to adhere to loading and unloading procedures will result in a Stage Disqualification.

 

Stage Disqualification (page18)

• Changing location with a cocked gun or a gun with the hammer down on a live round.

 

• Holstering or staging a pistol with the hammer down on a live round

 

Pocket RO Card (page 27)

Holstering or staging gun with hammer cocked (not fully down) or down (on a live round) = SDQ

 

Changing location with a cocked gun/gun w/hammer down on live round = SDQ

 

The Stage Disqualification makes any other safety penalties and/or misses moot.