I think I posted on the topic a while back but I’ve seen and read lots of confusion on this topic in CAS so I thought I’d ask about a “variant” that may be specific to the 1911.
Palewolf’s description of the shooter’s options upon ejecting a live round from a rifle in the middle of a sequence (levering the rifle counting as an “engagement”) is applicable to other firearms. In short, the shooter can re-engage the target he/she attempted to shoot, or take the miss on that target and move to the next. If the shooter re-engages, the ejected round may be replaced to avoid the miss. It’s amazing to me how many experienced shooters can’t grasp this.
It is of course pretty common for a WB shooter to eject a live round from the pistol after a malfunction. There is no “levering” or manual cocking but in my view pointing the jammed pistol at the next target satisfies the requirement of “engagement”, so that Shooter’s Choice applies. Agree so far?
With a rifle you typically eject one live round. In the course of clearing a malfunction with the 1911 the shooter may end up dropping a magazine containing several rounds. How many targets may the shooter “skip” after reloading.
A simple hypothetical: Seven pistol targets in a row. Sweep the targets three times from the same direction. Our shooter completes one sweep and reloads. Shooter hits T1, T2, T3, and T4, then experiences a double feed malfunction as he points at T5. Shooter strips the magazine and ejects a total of three live rounds. Shooter reloads a full magazine and thinking “I’ll take the three misses”, starts the third sweep beginning on T1.
Three misses for sure. Was the “Shooter’s Choice” option to skip limited to the first target he did not shoot at (here T5), or can the shooter choose to skip three, since three live rounds were ejected or dropped.
Arguably the only missed target he engaged was T5, so he earned a P.
Thoughts?