What's the call?

[August West]

First firearm in the stage is rifle.  Shooter brings his .45 Colt rifle to the line, inadvertently loaded with .38 Special rounds.  Cycles the rifle to start the stage, and a cartridge is chambered, slides down the barrel, and lands on the ground downrange of the shooting position.

 

The question is: did a round go downrange and is the shooter, thus, committed to the stage?

 

(yes, this happened)

[Garrison Joe]

After I had picked myself up off the ground from laughing so hard,

 

I'd use the meta-rule - "Don't be a hard A$$"

 

 

(Besides, a round needs to be FIRED to actually have a bullet go down range for shooter to own stage)

 

good luck, GJ

[Happy Jack]

Agree with GJ.  Rule states "after the first round is fired........"

 

 

Off to unloading table, then back for a reshoot.

[Kid Rich]

Shooter did get a restart. But after every body stopped laughing I told him we should consider those three or four rounds that were cycled as rounds downrange. He took it in the manner it was intended. He's a good sport but he did take a little ribbin about that.

kR

[trooper]

That brings back memories.  Out practicing with 2 near identical 1911's... a 45 and a 9mm....    I think you can see where this is going....Yep...wrong mag... rack the slide... 9mm ROUND goes "plop" onto the ground..... ;D