Do you understand the course of fire?

[mgood]

That is where I was hoping we'd go here.

That is how the rule reads..."above"...but that sure doesn't make sense.

Sure it does --- 10.2.3 sets a limit and applies it squarely to two particular situations.....

10.2.4 defines a different situation, and makes it clear that no limit applies. It might appear to be inconsistent, but I'm betting there was a precedent/issue --- and I'm betting it relates to fixed time courses of fire.....

I don't think it makes sense to apply more penalties than there are targets...using the same logic of 10.2.3

There is a limit. You can't score less than zero on any stage.

Saying you can't have more penalties than targets, and determining which targets are being shot at when, could make it very difficult to judge and leave too much room for arbitration.

[norbs007]

I don't think it makes sense to apply more penalties than there are targets...using the same logic of 10.2.3

Amen to that!

[Flexmoney]

... determining which targets are being shot at when, could make it very difficult to judge and leave too much room for arbitration.

We are already tasked with making that call and others like it.