Breaking 180

[kimel]

Go, have fun, be safe. The biggest key to safety, regardless of course design, is moving within your personal limits.

The best thing to do as a new shooter is to walk the courses when you shoot them for your first match or two. Speed will come later.

[Shawn Knight]

Will do! Thanks for all the help.

[ckc123]

Been there, Done that, got the DQ.

The problem I had was that I was used to shooting outdoor matches (got my BB, in Nov, and all matches since then were indoor). on the second outdoor match, I was not used to having berms on all three sides..

I was "gaming" a stage, and they had 3 targets on the far left side, almost parralel with the starting fence (which defined the 180's I realixed after the fact)..

Instead of going left parralel with the fence posts (and engaging the three on the left) I took the gate in the middle, and took 3 steps ahead before I went left.. when I engaged the three on the left, I was "just" over the 180.. I was called before I made the shot, and it was a good call by the ref. Learned my lesson on that day. it was a really nice run and gun stage. I was pissed that I couldn't finish it.

Oh well..

[bberkley]

My first DQ was for breaking the 180 at Tri-County in November 2003. Today I had to DQ a guy for breaking the 180 on our first stage. I hated to do it, but when I can see the rifling in a barrel while chasing with the timer, thats a bad thing.

Two stages later, I DQ'ed on an AD during a reload.

Karma? I could have sworn my finger wasn't near the trigger, and the RO said the same thing. Makes me want to remove the long/flat insert and put in a short one.