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By JOhn Amidon, NROI DIRECTOR<br />
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DNF has left the Game!<br />
With the adoption of the 14th edition<br />
rules, there is no longer a DNF for<br />
a stage. So how do you score the competitor<br />
if they are unable to finish the<br />
stage? Rule 5.7.3 states: In the event<br />
that a firearm malfunction cannot be<br />
corrected by the competitor, the competitor<br />
shall point the firearm safely<br />
downrange and advise the range officer.<br />
The range officer shall terminate<br />
the course of fire in the normal manner.<br />
The course of fire shall be scored<br />
normally including all appropriate<br />
miss and failure to engage penalties.<br />
OK, but how do you handle someone<br />
who hurts himself or has used up<br />
all his ammo and cannot continue?<br />
Simple, the course of fire shall be<br />
scored normally, including all appropriate<br />
miss and failure to engage penalties.<br />
So if a competitor, for example,<br />
has just engaged target number eight<br />
out of 12 and cannot continue,<br />
whether it be from a malfunction, injury,<br />
loss of ammo, squib load, etc., you<br />
record the time to that point, score the<br />
targets the competitor has engaged,<br />
then apply the appropriate penalties<br />
for the remaining targets that were not<br />
fired upon. In this example, it would be<br />
four failure to engage penalties and<br />
eight misses, in this case the score<br />
0.„„, VANDENBERG<br />
would come out zero anyway, but depending<br />
where in the course of fire this<br />
should occur, there is a possibility of<br />
maintaining a score.<br />
What do you do in a Virginia Count<br />
stage? The old rules gave you a zero for<br />
the whole stage if you DNF'd a string.<br />
Again, record the time, score the targets<br />
and apply appropriate penalties<br />
for those targets not engaged.<br />
It would appear that some clarity<br />
should be given to the principal course<br />
of fire rule, IPSC rule 1.2.1. This deal's<br />
with Short, Medium, and Field courses<br />
and the number of rounds to be fired.<br />
The IPSC round counts do not apply in<br />
U.S. matches; rule US 1.2.1 stipulates<br />
the only requirement is to have no<br />
more than eight rounds required from<br />
one position.<br />
There has been conversation generated<br />
by US5.7.1, where it states that<br />
"the competitor may not use artificial<br />
means such as props, rods, etc., to correct<br />
the malfunction." What is the<br />
penalty if a competitor does this? The<br />
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rule says that they cannot do it. If a<br />
competitor violates this rule, they are<br />
to be stopped; record the time and<br />
score the targets, same as you would do<br />
under 5.7.3, unless of course, they<br />
cause a safety. violation while attempting<br />
to use the artificial means. Then it<br />
will be a match DQ.<br />
US8.3.2 states that the "Load and<br />
Make Ready" command signifies the<br />
stan of the course of fire. People have<br />
asked that if a competitor finds that his<br />
gun is broken while attempting to load<br />
and make ready, what should the call<br />
be? Well, you sure cannot record a<br />
time, as the time has not started, and<br />
there is no DNF. Send them to get their<br />
gun repaired, move them down on the<br />
squad list, and continue on. If they are<br />
able to get the gun fixed, restart them.<br />
If the gun cannot be fixed, record a<br />
zero. The load and make ready command<br />
signifying the start of the course<br />
of fire is for a dropped gun and coincides<br />
with US 10.1.4.10.<br />
There could never be a rule book<br />
made to cover every situation. If there<br />
was, it would be too big to carry<br />
around. Sometimes you need to use<br />
common sense. If a competitor came to<br />
the line without eye protection and it<br />
wasn't noted until after the load and<br />
make ready command, I would hope<br />
that you would ask them to unload and<br />
show clear, go get their eye or ear protection<br />
and run them through the stage<br />
when they return. There sure has been<br />
no advantage gained in either instance.<br />
Here are a few other items to mention.<br />
In US9.2.2.4, Fixed Time scoring<br />
is non factored. Use raw points scored<br />
minus penalties to determine stage<br />
points. US9.4.4.1 states that stacking<br />
of shots is not allowed unless specified<br />
in the stage procedure. This would apply<br />
to Virginia Count and Fixed Time<br />
courses of fire.<br />
INSIDE NROI continued on page 68.<br />
4 FRONT SIGHT • <strong>Jul</strong>y/<strong>Aug</strong>ust 2000
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