Shadow Shooting

[Jorge]

Perhaps I'll post on the Cowboy wire too, but there was a big discussion abut shadow shooting as you may have seen

Dry firing is not permitted already.

I would propose that any Shadow Shooting with loaded firearms would be considered unsafe gun handling, and would be penalized.

I would propose that Shadow shooting at the loading table with an unloaded firearm would not be allowed, as there is really not room for such activities.  Inspection of the firearms, loaded or unloaded would be allowed, of course.

I would further propose that shadow shooting prior to the start of a stage, after the firearms have been staged, other than a brief walk through by the shooter, would not be allowed, and repeated episodes might be considered Spirit of the Game, since it delays all of the shooters behind, and even the upcoming posses especially in a big match, where time is critical. 

What duo you think of these ideas?

[Abe E.S. Corpus]

I hope neither game tries to write a rule against “shadow shooting”.  How would one define it?

I have not seen many instances of shooters holding up the group.  Peer pressure seems to discourage it.

It’s also difficult to define what constitutes “unsafe gun handling”.  I think there’s one example in the CAS SHB.  We have left this up to the clubs to sort out and I expect common sense has largely prevailed.

[marshal stone]

This has been a multi-page discussion on the Cowboy wire.

We don't need to keep beating the horse here.

Marshal Stone