Range Operations
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up wa1500-explorer

under construction; completed soon
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cylinders open

Unless revolvers or pistols are holstered or cased, cylinders must be open at all times and / or slides locked open and magazine removed
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revolvers and pistols unloaded Firearms will not be loaded until the competitor has taken position at the firing point and the comand "LOAD" has been given
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loaded revolvers or pistols A revolver or pistol that has a cartridge in the cylinder shall be considered as being loaded.
A semi-automatic pistol which has the slide in the closed position and / or magazine inserted will be considered as loaded.
No revolver or pistol will be loaded untill the competitor has taken their place at the firing line and the comand "LOAD" has been given by the Range Officer.
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changing revolvers or pistols No competitor will change their revolvers or pistol or interchange parts during the firing of any Match (except aggregate Matches), unless it has become disabled and has been so designated by the range officer.
Claim that a revolver or pistol isdisabled must be made immediately. All shots fired up to time the claim is made will stand as part of the official score.
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disabled revolver or pistol A disabled revolver or pistol i s one that
a) cannot be safely aimed or fired
b) has suffered damage so that it cannot be fired or will not function properly
c) has suffered the loss of a sight or visible damage to the sight or sights. The fact that the sights are improperly adjusted does not constitute disablement.
A firearm once declared disabled by the Range Officer shall not be used for competitive firing until the defect has been corrected and the firearm has been ruled as safe by the Range Officer.
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re-firing No re-fires will be allowed for defective firearms, ammunition or for malfunctions of cempetitiors equipment.
A competitor may clear jams or malfunctions and replace the neccessary cartridge(s) provided all safety precautions are taken. Completing a string of fire in this manner will not consitute a re-fire. No additional time will be allowed.
A loaded magazine can be substituted for dropped catridge(s), also in case of a missfire or malfunction.
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bulletwhen the firing of a string has been interrupted by some occurence which renders it impossible for one or more sompetitors to complete the string under some conditions of the Match, the Official Referee will proceed as follows: Without beeing permitted to axamine their targets, competitiors in the relay who have been prevented from completing their strings and who have elected to re-fire the stage, targets will be pasted or new targets substituted and a complete string will be fired and scored.
bulletReasosns authorizing this precedure are:
  1. failure to allow full time
  2. failure of targets to operate properly or unformly the entire string
  3. failure of paper target to remain in position on frame
  4. damage to target rendering impossible proper aiming or scoring
  5. appearance of some object in line of firing constituting a hazard
  6. some accident involving Range Personnel or competitor on firing line.