Shotgun Rules

[JohnWesleyHardin]

If your shotgun is shot last, and you set it down down at the reloading station, and it leaves your hands, can you still clear empty shells without penalty?

 

My understanding is that if it is your last gun, you can clear it, so long as it never leaves your hands, but once you put it down, it's to late and you get a minor safety.

[Marshal Hangtree]

 This subject was hashed out in this thread, JW.  See if this answers your question:

 

[JohnWesleyHardin]

Looks pretty clear.  Once you set it down at the ULT it's too late to remove the shell.

[Edward R S Canby, SASS#59971]

There was a thread on this topic earlier in the month including a statement by PWB.

[JohnWesleyHardin]

Riddle me this.  Shooter finished stage.  Shot gun was last.  We moved the unloading table one table over due to splatter.  Shooter leaned out of stage placed his shotgun on 1st unloading table with shell in chamber and went to retrieve other guns.  Shot gun was moved to new location by another shooter.  No penalty was issued because officer said he wasn't given opportunity to clear gun because another shooter moved it.  I argued penalty occurred as soon as he let go of gun and it didn't matter whether it was moved later.  Penalty?

[PaleWolf Brunelle, #2495L]

 

This is the applicable rule:

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If the long gun is the last firearm used, it must be cleared prior to it leaving the shooters hand(s) at the unloading area. 

SHB p.18

 

 

[Phantom, SASS #54973]

It's really simple:

 

Did the shooter put the SG on an unloading table and let go of it with a hull in it?

 

If yes, them penalty.

 

Phantom