USPSA Handgun Competition Rules January 2008

ence. However, if a competitor has gained a significant advantage during
non-compliance, the competitor may be assessed one procedural
penalty for each shot fired, instead of a single penalty (e.g. firing multiple
shots contrary to the required position or stance).
10.2.3 Where multiple penalties are assessed in the above cases, they must not
exceed the maximum number of scoring hits that can be attained by the
competitor. For example, a competitor who gains an advantage while
faulting a Fault Line where only four metal targets are visible will
receive one procedural penalty for each shot fired while faulting, up to
a maximum of four procedural penalties, regardless of number of shots
fired.
10.2.4 A competitor who fails to comply with a mandatory reload will incur
one procedural penalty for each shot fired after the point where the
reload was required until a reload is performed.
10.2.5 In a Cooper Tunnel, a competitor who disturbs one or more pieces of
the overhead material will receive one procedural penalty for each
piece of overhead material which falls during the course of fire.
Overhead material which falls as a result of the competitor bumping or
striking the uprights, or as a result of muzzle gases or recoil, will not
be penalized.
10.2.6 A competitor who is creeping (e.g. moving hands towards the handgun,
a reloading device or ammunition) or physically moving to a more
advantageous shooting position or posture at the start signal, will incur
one procedural penalty.
10.2.6.1 Exception: any movement required or specified in the stage
briefing (i.e., self start) will not be penalized.
10.2.7 A competitor who fails to shoot at any scoring target with at least one
round will incur one procedural penalty per target, plus the applicable
number of misses, except where the provisions of Rules 9.2.4.4 or 9.9.2
apply.
10.2.8 If a course of fire stipulates shooting strong or weak hand only, a competitor
will not be penalized for using the other hand (i.e. the other arm
from the shoulder to the hand) to disengage an external safety, to reload
or to correct a malfunction. However, the competitor will be issued one
procedural penalty per shot fired while:
10.2.8.1 Touching the handgun with the other hand while firing shots;
10.2.8.2 Using the other hand to support the handgun, wrist or shooting
arm while firing shots;
10.2.8.3 Using the other hand on a barricade or another prop to increase
stability while firing shots.
10.2.9 A competitor who leaves a shooting location may return and shoot
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