Question about FTN penalties

[euxx]

Can someone closely familiar with IDPA rules comment on this?

Let's say there is a Vickers count multi-string stage. Mix of steel and paper (actually not sure if this will be a valid IDPA stage).

Now the question. Is there any circumstances when steel or paper targets could get more than one FTN penalty?

Here is the rule that confuses me:

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CoF 7. Any CoF that requires the shooter to re-engage a target in two (2) or more strings of fire MUST be scored Limited Vickers or scored and taped between strings.

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So, if on Vickers count stage, shooter received FTN on one of the targets and then target patched between strings. Will this shooter receive another FTN if he din't shoot enough points again on that target? Or, for example, missed the steel target again.

I've been told, that normally, multi-string stages are shoot without patching paper between strings (and usually no one is using steel on such targets, and also use Limited Vickers on such stages). So, how FTN penalties would be assigned in this case?

I'll appreciate your comments and thanks in advance.

[Jim Watson]

If you shoot two strings Vickers Count, scoring and pasting between strings, then yes, you can get a FTN on the same target in each string.

FTNs are not charged on Limited Vickers stages. At all.