Is this a DQ?

[SeaTact]

I just read this in the match screwups section and I thought about one of my experiences:

-- At an IDPA stage, I was going to shoot at two targets, which needed 2 shots each. T1 -- 2 shots placed. My finger went to trigger reset and I transitioned to T2.

-- During that transition: BANG! into the berm. I AD'd while moving my gun between T1 to T2. My sights then settled onto T2 and I completed the COF.

-- These targets were about 10 yards downrange and only about 2 feet apart.

Many in the squad and the SO knew about the AD. Should I have been DQ'd? I really never thought about it until today. Just shows how much of a noob I still am.

Edited May 15, 2011 by SeaTact

[GSWEAR]

Nope not a reason for a DQ as far as I know. As long as it's down range and in the berm your ok unless it's during an action that requires your finger to be out of the trigger gaurd or it goes over the berm or is behind muzzle safe points.

If it was during a reload or while moveing to cover and not engageing targets etc. Pages 6-8 in the current rule book.

Greg

[technetium-99m]

It's a miss, everyone here has prepped the trigger a little too soon as sights were coming on to the target and missed. It went into the berm, nothing left the range, no reason for a DQ.

[double_r76]

I'm not sure I would have called it a DQ in that other thread, either. Shot was after the buzzer, downrange, and into the berm. I'm not sure what rules they are running by, but the bad shot seems kosher within IDPA and USPSA rules. Or am I missing something?

Edit: I got a message from the poster in the other thread that his range has strict requirements regarding any unaimed shots due to their sensitive location. Makes sense.

Thanks,

-Randy

Edited May 16, 2011 by double_r76

[Forrest Halley]

Under IDPA rules this is not a DQ, but if the range has policies about unaimed shots or unintentional discharges then that would circumceed the IDPA rules in the name of Safety. I had a similar question about a discharge during the unload and show clear process and a DQ that occurred at a local club. Range policy got the guy booted, not the IDPA rules. You play by both sets of rules and they should be explained in no uncertain terms before the match begins. "This is a sanctioned IDPA match conducted according to the current rulebook. The following ranges rules are also to be observed by all shooters at all times...."

[lawboy]

Not a DQ. It is simply a missed shot.

I hope you made it up quickly!

[Steve Koski]

What they said. I've done that twice. I don't like it, but it's not a DQ.

Edited June 21, 2011 by Steve Koski