.455_Hunter
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How old is your boy?
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As he moved back/left, he kept both hands on his pistol and the muzzle moved past the 180-degree line that is generally considered safe (unless the stage briefing specifically dictates otherwise and there are markers to indicate muzzle safe points).
The SO was behind him and didn't see the violation, but I did, and since it was something we'd specifically gone over during the walkthrough (and because he did indeed break the 180), I chose to have him DQed for the match. He took it well, and I hope he learned.
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Thought this might be useful for new shooters or those who haven't shot in this type of "practical" competition before. ...
As he moved back/left, he kept both hands on his pistol and the muzzle moved past the 180-degree line that is generally considered safe (unless the stage briefing specifically dictates otherwise and there are markers to indicate muzzle safe points).
Good questions. In most cases there is a “moving 180” which is a line parallel to the back of the shooting bay you are in, and which extends out from your position straight to your left and straight to your right. You can pivot your body/muzzle as you move forward or backward into and out of the bay, but that line doesn’t pivot. It just “slides” forward or backward with you, but the line stays parallel with the back of the bay. Hope that makes sense.I'd like to get into this type of shooting so I'm your target audience. But you never actually explain what the 180 line is, especially in reference to the course at the moment he broke this line. It's clear the rest of the posters know what it is but I'm lost as to what he really did. From the video it appears he pointed down at the ground, but not perpendicular to his body/movement, which would have put you the camera operator in danger. So what is this 180 line referencing at this moment and how did he break it? Even at 1/4 speed he appears to keep the muzzle down range....?
OK, I think I understand it. So then in reference to the videoweI don't "really know" where the 180* line is
I wondered about that also...thought it was a pretty obvious violation. You're not doing the shooter any favors when you don't call thoseThe world needs more ROs to make that call like what in the actual hell was happening that the only person to say anything was dad?
Gotcha. I swear I still can't see him doing it, though.He basically pointed his gun in the direction of the red arrow here. You can't point your muzzle behind the horizontal line between 0 and 180 degrees
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I think alot of us wired that way, that you're more likely to give a "kid" a break, even if and when you probably shouldn't. I agree, he should have called it although maybe he didn't catch itI wondered about that also...thought it was a pretty obvious violation. You're not doing the shooter any favors when you don't call those