You, as the Timer Operator (TO), watch as a shooter uses his rifle to shoot a double-tap sweep of five targets, beginning on either end. The shooter is really fast and accurate, having shot the entire string, (10 rounds), but on the pistol targets, not the rifle targets. Pistol targets are then all shot with pistols, and shotgun targets are shot without incident.
What’s your course of action in the previous situation? How do you, as TO, “safely assist the shooter through the course of fire”?
A stage calls for a reload, (1 round), in one of the shooter’s revolvers. What should you as Possie Marshall or other possie official be on the lookout for?
A TO, busy checking spotter’s scores, and calling out the time, does not notice the next shooter approaching the firing position without being called.
In the above example, before the TO can say anything, the shooter has put a long gun with hammer cocked on the staging table.
A shooter in the Classic Cowboy category begins to feel the heat of the approaching summer months, and loosens his scarf on the first stage. On the second stage, with the temperature rising, he removes the scarf, leaving him with 4 acoutrements from the list of approved items in the Shooter’ Handbook, (SHB pg8). On the third stage, he undoes a few buttons of his shirt, and leaves them open. Troubles with his rifle during the third stage prompts him to bring out a Lightning rifle which he shoots for the rest of the match. By the time of the award ceremony, he has changed to shorts, tee shirt, and sneakers.
What penalties, if any, has this shooter earned and when did he earn them?
A shooter shooting in “Duelist” category arrives at the start location for stage 1 of a match. He has both revolvers in cross draw holsters, with gun butts facing out. What penalty, if any, has this shooter earned?
What is the definition of “the firing line? What is the significance of this definition?