While this topic is more of a club and competitor culture topic, it often gets brought up in seminars and at matches and occasionally to the rules email. There are a lot of clubs out there that are struggling to find help when it comes to running matches. Which is why I am asking: are you a consumer of matches, or do you help produce matches?
[Read more…] about Are you a consumer or a producer?Is the bullet still in the hole?
We had another picture based scoring question in February. This picture was actually taken at a RO seminar. How many of you got it right? Let’s find out!
[Read more…] about Is the bullet still in the hole?The appeal process has not changed
With all the talk of now allowing digital evidence, we have received a lot of questions about the timing of appeals. We briefly cover appeals in the RO and CRO seminars, but don’t focus a ton on Chapter 11. Frankly, most folks ignore it until they want to file an arbitration or the Range Master starts reviewing it when someone requests an arbitration form to make sure all the steps are followed. Let’s talk more about the complete appeal process from the initial disagreement to arbitration.
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Being a Range Officer has a responsibility associated with it, namely enforcing the rules. Which not only requires knowledge of the rules, but also the guts to apply the rules. Applying the rules is often what some ROs struggle with so let’s discuss why that is and why we should not be afraid to apply the rules when needed.
[Read more…] about But I don’t want to be the bad guyWhen is an AD, an AD?
Our rulebook has a whole section that deals with disqualifications from accidental discharges, but when is it an AD and when is it not? Let’s take a closer look in this Question of the Month.
[Read more…] about When is an AD, an AD?Handling unrestored targets
Unrestored targets happen. Usually what happens is the person (let’s call him “Bob”) who has been taping the target is the on deck shooter and is doing his final walkthrough. Everyone assumes Bob is getting that target so no one else tapes it and the ROs forget to check the targets before starting Bob. As a result, Bob sees un-taped holes in the target he had previously been tending to. What should Bob do? What should the RO do? Let’s look more closely in this Question of the Month.
[Read more…] about Handling unrestored targetsOne of those is not like the other
No matter how much preparation with no-shoot/hard cover placement and sacrificial wall edges the stage builders make, it is inevitable that someone will hit the wall edges during the match. Walls are proof we can’t have anything nice on the gun range. But in addition to weakening the long term structural integrity of the walls, wall hits can provide some challenges for ROs in regard to scoring. Let’s discuss that more while looking at the results of this Question of the Month.
[Read more…] about One of those is not like the otherWhat NROI is grateful for
Since our posts come out on Thursdays and this week is Thanksgiving, it does give us an opportunity to reflect on what NROI is thankful for. There are many things, but I will keep the list short so you all can return to turkey and football.
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