WTC: Painted Targets

[Garrison Joe, SASS #60708]

If they did not SEE the miss, it's a hit.  My bet would be on a double tap on same location.  Benefit of doubts go where?  To The Shooter.

 

good luck, GJ

[Warden Callaway]

Only witnessed this one time. Sawmill Mary was shooting first. Spotters called a miss. She argued she hit it on the edge. TO inspected the target and sure enough,  there was an edge hit. Mary was so happy she had upgraded to 44WCF from 38 Special.  She said the bigger bullet gave more of a chance of hitting. 

 

I've never been to a match where they painter targets between shooters.  We were running short of time once and didn't paint the targets - no one noticed or complained. 

[Chicken George*]

Update:

That TO attended an RO2 refresher course later that day. Afterwards, he talked to that shooter and another shooter that had the same thing happen (except went from 2 misses to 4) and said that he decided he shouldn't have done that and he would get it changed to the original call. 

[Tn Tombstone]

Chicken George, I think I have shot at that same club before. I was on my way to BorderTown so got to go to a few different shoots. It was a different way of doing things. Each spotter had a spray can of paint, called the missed then went down range to paint targets and look for edge hits. I did see a lot of edge hits that got credited as hits, did not see a single miss added. If I remember correctly the targets were pretty small as well. Lots of fun once you got used to painting between shooters.

[Cowtown Scout, SASS #53540 L]

Wow I’ve been shooting CAS since 2003 and have now shot at clubs in 27 different states and have never seen targets painted between each shooter. On stages separated by berms I have seen them painted between each posse. As others have stated misses should not be added based on looking at spots on targets after the shooting is done.

[Kid Rich]

11 hours ago, Tn Tombstone said:

Chicken George, I think I have shot at that same club before. I was on my way to BorderTown so got to go to a few different shoots. It was a different way of doing things. Each spotter had a spray can of paint, called the missed then went down range to paint targets and look for edge hits. I did see a lot of edge hits that got credited as hits, did not see a single miss added. If I remember correctly the targets were pretty small as well. Lots of fun once you got used to painting between shooters.

I have shot one match where they did paint the edges between shooters. They had to go to the sg targets to reset them and it took about the same amount of time. No delay because of painting edges. Very well organized.

kR

[Burt Blade, #25657]

SASS

 

= Stop Arguing. Start Shooting.

 

(grin)

 

No matter what you do to prevent arguments, the arguers will argue.

[Phantom, SASS #54973]

1 hour ago, Burt Blade, #25657 said:

SASS

 

= Stop Arguing. Start Shooting.

 

(grin)

 

No matter what you do to prevent arguments, the arguers will argue.

Interesting thread...don't know what your point is about arguing.

 

Phantom

[Texas Maverick]

 

TM

[largo casey #19191]

The target stands need to be painted & checked also.I've seen where the stand was hit & not alled a miss.

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[Edward R S Canby, SASS#59971]

On 9/19/2024 at 5:42 PM, Widder, SASS #59054 said:

 

HOWDY Chicken George.  Hope everyone is doing well.

 

What Phantom stated is what I was thinking.   

 

Basically, ya gotta go with the call of the spotters, who were probably more observant in their duties then the painters.....

 

..........Widder

 

I shot the match that CG refers to and was on his posse for one day.  The spotters were the painters.  A primary benefit of painting after every shooter is that any edge hit discovered is clearly from the shooter who just shot.  At this match there were several instances when one spotter or the TO requested the three spotters go downrange and check for a bullet mark on the edge.  These often resulted in the spotters agreeing amongst themselves that a target was hit.  TOs do not override the spotters.  Their decision is final.  The need to check targets is infrequent and does impede the match.  I have been at major matches where I saw an edge hit that other spotters did not due to their location.  Once a TO did not allow me to point out an edge hit and a shooter did not get a clean match.  I felt the shooter was cheated.

 

BTW, CG, congratulations on your category win, your oldest son winning the state championship and the outstanding performances of your entire family in the main match and side matches.