Mario

When it's all done maybe you could get someone to air the show down here in Australia?? Mario

Sure --- as long as it'll sit on the table that way. Would the competitor then be DQ'ed if gun then fell over on the table?

If the WSB said something to the effect "Facing uprange back against wall handgun loaded and holstered hands loose at sides as demonstrated by Range Official" would that be ok?

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This is probably directed at Vince since he is the IPSC International Man of Mystery but if the intention is that nobody should have an advantage of be disadvantaged on a stage then if one competitor is half way through a course of fire and comes across unpatched targets then the course he is shooting is effectively "different" to what others have shot. I think they should be stopped, the targets patched and a reshoot. Everybody should be made to shoot the same targets.. And no I don't mean that after every shooter a target needs to be replaced but some common sense used. Thanks Mario (Edited by Mario at 12:26 am on Feb. 12, 2003)

Brian I have accidentally loaded a few supercomp on my 38super setup and only really noticed when putting the rounds in the case guards. Otherwise they seemed to go through ok. Mario

To any you that will be there if you see a guy from Australia there named Ian Jackson, he left today to head over there, could you hassle him a bit for me (jokingly of course).. Good shooting to you all. Mario

Thanks for that and got e-mail from you guys this morning, I was away for a few days. Mario

Have just sent an e-mail to Dillon but was wondering whether anyone here would know if there is some sort of adjustment on the Square Deal to be able to seat the primers a little deeper? This is for a 38super and they seem a little high whether I use new or old brass. Thanks in advance. Mario

Phil I personally think what the RO did is detrimental to the sport. Why p.ss someone off with the potential for them to not come back and shoot just to show you are "smarter" then them. This Sunday we had a match were two of us shared RO'ing for our squad. On the last stage I was RO'ing a 16 year old kid where the start position was hands shoulder high. Just after the standby command he moved his hands towards the gun so I stopped him, asked him to get ready again and he went on to shoot the stage without a procedural for moving prior to the start signal and he has learnt and will be back to shoot again. We are all in the sport together not against each other. Mario PS.. Phil how did you do??? (Edited by Mario at 5:10 pm on Aug. 25, 2002)

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Brian going on from your recommendation to use #1 what would be the worst thing that would happen if say #3 was used? In particular with a race gun?? Thanks Mario

I agree 100% that the gun should not be handled until specifically advised to do so but the wording I think could be interpreted by a "range lawyer", no I'm not one, to mean something that it doesn't mean. Maybe this wording would be without interpretation: 10.3.3 Handling a handgun at anytime except when in a designated safety area or on the firing line under the direct instruction of a Range Officer to do so. Thanks Mario

Just to add another question. Would I be completely wrong in saying that once the RO asks you to the line that you are then under his/her supervision?? As Nik stated that there could be other things going on so would it be better then for the RO not to ask you step up to the line if they are not ready to supervise you. I know the course of fire doesn't start until the LAMR command but at what point are you under the supervision of the RO?? Thanks Mario

Please don't take my comments as one's that say it is ok to be un-safe and thanks Nik and Vince for setting me in the right direction. Also having re-read the original post I didn't read "started loading" the first time. My answer would have been a little different. Maybe with this rule I would suggest the word "supervision" be changed to read "instruction". No-one then has to guess whether the RO is supervising the shooter or not. Mario (Edited by Mario at 5:42 pm on Aug. 4, 2002)