Bagellord Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 (edited) So this came up over the weekend. My club has a swinger with two plates on it, from Red Stitch Targets. I was trying to use hard cover plates to hide the plates when set, but not be disappearing. I went into the rulebook to see how much of the plate has to be visible for it to not be disappearing. I could not find anything. The closest thing was for poppers (50% for peppers, 100% for minis). The plates I was using are 8 inch plates, so my thought process was it needed to be 100%. Anyone have any idea? Edited July 26, 2021 by Bagellord Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHicks Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 I don't know the answer but saw the plate swingers on their website. They also have a practice swinger with the plate being part of the arm and doesn't fall off. Looks interesting. How do you like the target? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagellord Posted July 26, 2021 Author Share Posted July 26, 2021 It's a fun target. I like it, I just need to figure out the hard cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagellord Posted July 28, 2021 Author Share Posted July 28, 2021 I got this response from NROI, regarding the visibility. The plates have to be fully visible from some point of in the CoF, which is what I thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeBurgess Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 On 7/27/2021 at 9:26 PM, Bagellord said: I got this response from NROI, regarding the visibility. The plates have to be fully visible from some point of in the CoF, which is what I thought. I'm glad you got a answer, I am just a little disappointed in the answer, a plate that fails to fall from any hit weather it turns or not is a REF so there is nothing there to imply 100% visibility. If we take that answer as gospel now 90% of the plate racks I have seen are now illegal because a small portion of the bottom of the plates are hidden by the splash guard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broadside72 Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 47 minutes ago, MikeBurgess said: I'm glad you got a answer, I am just a little disappointed in the answer, a plate that fails to fall from any hit weather it turns or not is a REF so there is nothing there to imply 100% visibility. If we take that answer as gospel now 90% of the plate racks I have seen are now illegal because a small portion of the bottom of the plates are hidden by the splash guard. Especially if you are shorter in stature. Same with clamshells and max traps where the no-shoot is not directly against the scoring target. Shorter folks get less headbox so if the no-shoot is set a little high, a shorter person does not see a legally presented target. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagellord Posted August 9, 2021 Author Share Posted August 9, 2021 1 hour ago, broadside72 said: Especially if you are shorter in stature. Same with clamshells and max traps where the no-shoot is not directly against the scoring target. Shorter folks get less headbox so if the no-shoot is set a little high, a shorter person does not see a legally presented target. That's why I always leave a little more than necessary visible when I set them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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