First-time Shooter Incident

[Tman33_99]

I think 6.6.3 currently covers it pretty well.

6.6.3 A match, tournament or league will be deemed to have started on

the first day that competitors (including those specified above)

shoot for score and will be deemed to have ended when the

results have been declared final by the Match Directo

Match starts on the 1st day that shooting starts. Why make it more difficult. Only loophole I can think of is if you had a match with a day before walkthrough, or a match scheduled to start gets delayed by a day due to weather, and no shots actually get off so the match doesn't officially start that day.

10.3.1 A competitor who commits a safety infraction or any other prohibited

activity while an IPSC match is in progress will be disqualified from

that match, and will be prohibited from attempting any remaining

courses of fire in that match regardless of the schedule or

physical layout of the match. An IPSC match is said to be "in progress" for

a given competitor from the time said competitor arrives at the match range

on a scheduled competition day until said competitor leaves the range OR

until the results have been declared final by the Match Director, whichever

comes first.

What do you think?

[JThompson]

is it considered handling your firearm if you put on a paddle holster with the pistol already in it, never touching/handling the gun? i tend to do this and have never had anyone question it.

frye

10.5 Match Disqualification – Unsafe Gun Handling

Examples of unsafe gun handling include, but are not limited to:

10.5.1

Handling a firearm at any time except when in a designated safety area or when under the supervision of, and in response to a direct command issued by, a Range Officer. The expression "handling a firearm" includes holstering or unholstering a firearm, whether or not the firearm is visible (e.g. while concealed by a protective cover, etc.) together with adding or removing a firearm to/from the competitor's person whether or not the firearm is wholly or partially holstered.