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Archives for July 2021

When the gun breaks, the RM must be called

July 29, 2021 by Jodi Humann

If you shoot enough matches, eventually you will have a situation where your gun breaks and becomes unreliable or nonfunctional. But what to do now? Do I just get my backup gun and carry on? Do I need to notify anyone? What is the proper way to handle this per the rules?

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Filed Under: Rules Insights Tagged With: gun change

The WSB: How To Handle It

July 22, 2021 by Troy McManus

A couple of years ago, Jodi Humann wrote this post about whether to write a written stage briefing (WSB) or not. Once you’ve decided to write one, what do you put in it, and how should it be handled at the match? (Note: this information applies to all level matches, not just Area or National Championships. If you aren’t writing WSBs for your local match, you should be.)

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Filed Under: Stage Design

(Major) Match Etiquette and Techniques

July 15, 2021 by George Jones

Not all local matches are created equal.  Each match has a certain historical personality and “style”.  The Range Officers and shooters at those matches adjust their habits to fit the situation and all is relatively well, although perhaps not always particularly correct.  Those habits, however, don’t always mesh well at a major match.  Some of the differences deal with the correct application of the rules and some are simply good practice.  Shooters and ROs going to their first major may be uncertain about what to expect.  Let’s review some of the issues, both for staff and competitors.

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Filed Under: Miscellaneous

Tending your fault lines

July 8, 2021 by Jodi Humann

No, this is not a foot faulting post, at least not directly. One of the things I see at major matches are stage crews not maintaining the fault lines. As hundreds of competitors go through the course of fire, certain corners are getting buried by dirt and gravel that is kicked up as people stop in prime shooting positions. Is this an issue? If a competitor earns an unfair foot fault, it sure is!

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Filed Under: RO Best Practices

Non-Target Steel

July 1, 2021 by Kevin Imel

For the June 2021 Question of the Month, we asked a question about a competitor hitting steel that was not itself a target and what, if anything, the RO should do.

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Filed Under: Question of the Month Results

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