Dropped and caught gun after "Range Clear"

[Duane Thomas]

Hmmmmmm.

[Scooter]

The timer was by the shooter's ear, except the shooter moved faster than the RO.  I think what happened was as the RO was moving the timer away from the shooter, he bumped the gun out of the holster.  The holster was a CR Speed.

I can see thumb breaks making a come back if we had to lock the holster.

[omnia1911]

Try this scenario.

The COF has the handgun loaded, lying flat on a table, the shooter is facing down range with his hands touching the marks on a wall about 3 feet from the table. On the signal the RO backs away from the shooter, he and the shooter move towards the gun on the table, but in doing so, the RO kicks the leg of the table and it collapses. The gun falls to the ground and the RO proceeds to give the shooter a DQ. Fact or fiction?

[Vince Pinto]

Fact or fiction? I don't know, but a DQ was the wrong call.

Rule 8.6.3 specifically deals with "inadvertent physical contact between the RO and the competitor", but this primary criteria was not satisfied in the case you stated.

Rule 10.3.5 specifically says "a competitor drops his handgun or causes it to fall", but again this criteria was not satisfied.

In respect of the "table leg" case, I would deal with this under Rule 4.5.1.

So, do I win a set of steak knives, or what?