Another YOU MAKE THE CALL

[Bucky Buscadero, SASS #73085]

RO I, Section 9 (Loading/Unloading Table Officers), Part B states the rule pretty clearly (don't mean to sound bureaucratic, just providing the reference) -

 

9 - They check to make sure no round is ever under the firing pin of any firearm and that

all loaded firearm hammers are fully down on empty chambers. While at the Loading

Table, shooters must be allowed to make corrections as necessary to be sure no round

is under the firing pin and hammers are fully down on empty chambers without the

assessment of a penalty. Discharging a round at the loading table is a Match

Disqualification. Leaving the Loading Table with a hammer not fully down on an

empty chamber or with a round under the firing pin of any firearm is a Stage

Disqualification.

 

Bucky

[PaleWolf Brunelle, #2495L]

The clarification re: leaving the loading table with a cocked loaded firearm was added to the rules as of the 2009 TG Summit:

 

22. Movement is not allowed with a loaded, cocked firearm. Movement is defined by the basketball “traveling” rule. Whenever a shooter has a loaded, cocked firearm in hand, at least one foot must remain in place on the ground. 1st violation will result in Stage Disqualification; 2nd violation will result in Match Disqualification.

This includes leaving the loading table with a cocked loaded firearm.

SHB p.24 / ROI p.19 / ROII p.7

 

Expanded clarification regarding the "Safe conditions of firearms during a course of fire..." can be found in the ROI on pages 16-17 & in the ROII on page 3.

[Rye Miles #13621]

While it's ALWAYS the shooters job to be safe and load correctly, I think some responsiblity should fall on the loading table officer , geez even the shooters at the loading table. I've told shooters to let their hammer down at the loading table many times before.

[PaleWolf Brunelle, #2495L]

While it's ALWAYS the shooters job to be safe and load correctly, I think some responsiblity should fall on the loading table officer , geez even the shooters at the loading table. I've told shooters to let their hammer down at the loading table many times before.

 

Remember: The primary responsibility always rests with the competitor.

Shooters should always know the condition of their firearms and should never depend upon the Loading and Unloading Officers to ensure their firearms are correctly loaded and unloaded. The Loading and Unloading Officers are simply an added measure of safety.

A competitor may never blame the Loading Officer for an incorrectly loaded firearm, and at no time will this claim be considered grounds for dismissal of penalties.

ROI p.11

[Ace_of_Hearts]

As a continuation of THE HAMMER AND THE LOADED GUN"

 

I see this often......(Usually with a relatively new shooter)

 

First Pistol - Bang Bang Bang Bang click Bang

Second pistol - Bang Bang Bang Bang click Bang

 

I usually visit this person at the unloading table and with a friendly attitude suggest that they revisit their loading technique and make sure that someone checks their revolvers.

I have never seen the same person repeat the sequence and I hope I don't.

 

Asking a TO to check the pistols before they are shoot is not a request I want to hear myself say.

[Phantom, SASS #54973]

As a continuation of THE HAMMER AND THE LOADED GUN"

 

I see this often......(Usually with a relatively new shooter)

 

First Pistol - Bang Bang Bang Bang click Bang

Second pistol - Bang Bang Bang Bang click Bang

 

I usually visit this person at the unloading table and with a friendly attitude suggest that they revisit their loading technique and make sure that someone checks their revolvers.

I have never seen the same person repeat the sequence and I hope I don't.

 

Asking a TO to check the pistols before they are shoot is not a request I want to hear myself say.

 

Dude - yer a relatively new shooter...