Proceedure for shooting a semi-auto in a free pistol postal

John Kasaian · Post by **John Kasaian** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 2:58 pm

I'm curious. From what I can understand of the rules, a cartridge has to be manually loaded for each shot----correct? Does it need to be cocked too? Or could the slide simply be manually released foreward to chamber the new cartridge rather than released after the shot, jacked back and then released foreward again?

kanedal · Post by **kanedal** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 4:34 pm

The way it is being done here in Norway is as follows,
load one bullet in the chamber or magasine and release the sllide. Do this for every shot. The downside to using the magasine is that i have to take a new grip for each shot, My Pardini is not the easyest to load directly in the chamber.

Lars

Dogchaser · Post by **Dogchaser** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 5:37 pm

With my S&W 41 I would load 5 or 6 magazines with one shot and fire, dump the mag and repeat.

My gun will drop the mags without changing my grip.

Rover · Post by **Rover** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 6:22 pm

I have been to matches where they allowed the shooter to load a full magazine.

I have no problem with that since I see no advantage to the shooter. He is at a disadvantage anyway, using a "lesser" gun than a free pistol.

I would have no objection to the match director allowing this.

visitor · Post by **visitor** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 9:38 pm

If you follow the ISSF 50 metre rules then you can't load the mag with 5 catridges - simple as that. If the comp is not following ISSF rules then it is what ever rules the competition controller has determines. I suggest you ask.