I've noticed the rules seem to be a great "guideline" in local matches and seems to be a growing trend in higher matches as well. I got my RO cert as soon as I could after I joined and started implementing rules at every match I shot. According to rumor, I had DQ'd more people than one whole range combined by my fourth year. As a result, I rarely run the clock or score any more ( I was told I score "too fast") and spend my down time setting and taping. Most of the locals come to me to ask rules questions, they know I've read them, which I find hypocritical sees how they are the same rules I was enforcing to catch my bad rap. As for the OP, whether he stopped himself or the RO stopped him, his stage was done. The first round fired after the fact was a DQ. MHO