Mass Shooter wrote:Event: 50' indoor .22 rimfire gallery match shoot.
During the 2nd stage of Rapid-Fire after the first shot is fired, the shooters target falls to the floor. All hits are in the black so just to say the target fell from a weak binder clip holding onto it.
What's the proper protocol?
Is this treated as a 1-shot alibi? ...
M.S.
No; see Rule 9.12(a)-
9.12 Interruption of Fire -
(a) In timed or rapid fire when the firing of a string is interrupted by some occurrence which renders it
impossible for one or more competitors to complete the string under the conditions of the match, the Chief
Range Officer will proceed as follows. Without being permitted to examine their targets, competitors in the
relay who have been so prevented from completing their strings will be asked if they wish to refire or to
accept their score as fired. Targets will then be scored in the usual manner for all competitors except
those who have elected to refire. Without being scored, the targets of such competitors who have elected
to refire will be pasted or new targets substituted and a complete string will be fired and scored. Reasons
authorizing this procedure are:
(1) failure to allow full time.
(2) failure of targets to operate properly or uniformly.
(3) failure of target to remain in position on frame or carrier.
(4) damage to target rendering impossible proper aiming or scoring impossible.
(5) the appearance of some object in line of fire constituting a hazard.
(6) some incident involving a Range Officer or competitor on the firing line.
(7) unintended moving of the target during fire.