Rules
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1. Range commands
1.1 At your car - Put on your gear but leave your gun in the bag or pouch. Take
your bag
or pouch to a marked Safety Area, clear your gun, holster
it then keep
it holstered unless youre under the direct supervision of an SO (Safety
Officer) and given the
range command to load and make ready or otherwise specifically instructed to unholster the
gun by the SO. No ammunition is allowed to
be handled in the Safety Area at any time.
1.2 Wear eye and ear protection at all times while on the range.
1.3. You will get stage description and walk through before shooting starts.
1.4. R.S.O. Commands:
A. Do you understand the course of fire?
B. Make Ready
C. Is the shooter Ready?
D. Stand By............... BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.
E. If you are finished, unload and show clear.
F. Slide down (cylinder closed), hammer/striker down and holster
1.5 All person have the authority to yell stop at anytime there is an unsafe condition. If an unsafe range condition occurs (high winds blow walls down, etc) the shooter will be allowed to reshoot the stage. Once the shooter has started the stage (IE buzzer has gone off) all other range failures (IE target falls or was not reset, pasted, etc) will be scored as 0 (Zero). It is up to the R.S.O. to check all targets and range conditions prior to giving the make ready command.
2. Safety Rules:
2.1 Participants are subject to a match disqualification for violating any rule or regulation in Sections 2, 3 or 4.
2.2 Our matches are run on a cold range
2.2.1 A cold Range means that participants firearms will remain unloaded at the match site except under the direction of a match official.
2.3 Designated Safety Areas
2.3.1 Safety Areas are clearly marked
2.3.2 Unloaded firearms may be handled and or displayed only in these areas
2.3.3 No ammunition shall be handled in any Safety Area
2.4 Rifles and Shotguns
2.4.1Rifles and Shotguns must be cased or carried with the muzzle in a safe direction (Either up or down) If you take a long gun to a stage, have the courtesy to be sure that it is not pointed at anyone when it is uncased, failure to follow this simple rule will result in a match disqualification.
2.4.2 Rifles and shotguns must be carried / transported with chamber flags in place and detachable magazines removed.
2.5 Handguns (carry between stages)
2.5.1 Handguns must be holstered or cased while being transported between stages. Magazines must remain out of the handgun until on the stage and under the supervision of the R.S.O.
2.5.2 Handguns must be carried with the hammer/striker down
2.6 Negligent / Accidental Discharge
2.6.1 Participant shall be disqualified from the match for any negligent / accidental discharge
2.6.1a Negligent / accidental discharge is defined as the discharge of a firearm in an unsafe manner or unintentionally in which the bullet strikes the ground within 3 meters of the competitor or R.S.O., or outside the confines of the berm/backstop.
2.7 Participant shall be disqualified from the match for dropping a firearm after the start signal has sounded for the stage.
2.8 A participant shall be disqualified for allowing the muzzle of his or her firearm to break the 180 degree safety plane.
2.9 No participant or spectator shall consume or be under the influence of alcohol, non prescription drugs or otherwise impaired and deemed to be unsafe at the match site shall be asked to remove themselves from the area.
2.10 Eye is mandatory for all participant and spectators while at the match site
2.11 Ear protection is mandatory for participants, spectators and range personnel while on or near the bays.
3.0 Sportsmanship
3.1 Participants and spectators are expected to conduct themselves in a courteous, sportsman-like manner at all times.
3.2 Clothing shall be appropriate for generally accepted public wear.
3.3 If you are not shooting, the on deck shooter or helping run the stage IE timing or scoring, you will be expected to help paste and reset targets. Failure to do so may result in an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty of 30 seconds per stage at the discretion of the stage SO but may not be applied punitively.
4. Abandoning Firearms
While we are not deviating from these important safety rules, "abandoning" firearms is most likely a new concept to shooters in other disciplines and it is an important call out for shooters to understand how to safely handle more than one firearm in a stage. If you have any questions about abandoning / grounding a firearm during the course of fire, ask the R.S.O. prior to starting the stage.
The options, simplified:
1: loaded and on safe or empty and in a retention device = free to move
downrange.
2: loaded and on safe or empty but NOT positively retained = lateral
movement only.
3: UNLOADED = free to move downrange.
5.0 Divisions
Open: (almost) anything goes!
Limited: Iron sights on all firearms
Tactical: One optic on the rifle, no optics on handgun or shotgun, rifle compensator may not be more than 1 diameter x 3 length, handgun, holster must be of a practical style. No race holsters, handgun magazines may not extend more than 1 from grip no shotgun speed loaders or detachable magazines. Division is further broken down into Pump action shotgun and Semi- Auto Shotgun. Tactical Pump / Tactical Semi
· Heavy Tactical: Same as tactical, but Rifle Must be .30 cal
· 22 LR: Rifle and pistol chambered in 22 Long Rifle, any shotgun
· (.22 LR is not eligible to be "match winner" or for prizes )
6.0 Ammunition
6.1 No Tracer, incendiary armor piercing or steel jacketed ammunition is not allowed.
6.2 Pistol/revolver ammunition shall be 9 x 19 or larger
6.3 Rifle shall be .223 or larger except as noted.
6.4 Shogun must be 20 gauge or larger #7-1/2 or smaller lead shot or lead slugs only except as required by the stage description where buckshot may be required.
7.0 Holsters and Equipment
7.1 Holsters shall safely retain the handgun during vigorous movement and for all divisions except open be practical/tactical carry style and must completely cover the trigger on semiautomatic pistols and the trigger and cylinder on revolvers
7.2 Shoulder, Crossdraw or SOB (Small of Back) holsters are not allowed for safety reasons
This site was last updated 10/18/11