Todd Jarrett Wins \\World Shoot X - uspsa

‘ John Amidon, \ ROI DIRECTOR1\sIDENROIWHAT'S NEW IN IPSCRULESI have taken the liberty ofposting the new rules fromIPSC in my article. Whilethese are not yet in place inthe United States, unless youare running a match underIPSC sanction, I thought thatit might be good to get themto you so that you may becomefamiliar with them.These rules were discussed atthe January board of directorsmeeting, but as this columnwas written before themeeting took place I will reporton the outcome of theBOD's decisions in the next issue.These rule changes wereadopted at the 1996 World Assemblymeeting held just beforethe World Shoot inBrasilia, Brazil. The newwording is underlined, and Ihave added an explanation afterthe rule in parentheses.8.06 MALFUNCTIONS - Inthe event of a malfunction,the normal procedure will befor the competitor to rectifythe situation, always keepingthe muzzle pointing downrange, and carry on with thestage. If he is unable to do so,he will stand fast, lower thefirearm safely pointed downrange and signal by raisinghis free hand. The Range Officerwill stop the clock and proceedto examine the firearm.See 11.09, 8.08.Whilst rectitTing a malfunctionthat requires the competitorto clearly lower the fire-arm down from on aim at thetargets, the trigger fingermust be outside the guard.Violation will result in matchdisqualification.(This simply means that, ifyou have a jam or malfunctionthat requires you to turnthe muzzle away from the targets,take your finger off thetrigger. It would be good practiceto do this for clearingeven a stovepipe.)9.17 SCORESHEETS - Ascore sheet, once signed bythe Range Officer and thecompetitor, is a definitivedocument and may not be alteredexcept to correct arithmeticalerrors.Score sheets not having completescores, misses or timesrecorded will result in reshootingthe stage for accuratescore.If a reshoot is not possible:(I) The stage will be scoredas zero if the 'time' is missing.(II) The score sheet willstand and be scored as indicatedif all the hits or misseshave not been properly recorded.(III) In the event of toomany hits, the higher scoringhits of the required numberwill be scored.(Simply put, if you do notrecord the time and the shootercannot reshoot because heis not there, the stage is torndown, or for whatever reason,he gets a zero. If the stagecalls for 12 rounds and only11 are accounted for, that'shis score. If it calls for 12rounds and you have 13, givethe 12 highest scoring hits.The best solution is to be sureof your scorekeeping beforethe shooter signs the sheet.)10.02 COMSTOCK COUNT -Time related, See 9.01(ii).(i) Comstock scored stagesin which static targets arecontinuously displayed will alwayscarry penalties formissed shots. This penaltyshall not be related to thenumber of rounds fired butonly to the absence of hitsstipulated as the minimum requiredupon any target.(ii) Targets not having theminimum number of hits requiredwill be penalized bytwice the value of a maximumscoring hit per miss.(iii) Comstock shall not limitthe number of shots whichmay be fired. Competitorsmay fire until they themselvesdecide that sufficienthits have been achieved.(iv) Time stops with the lastshot fired and not by anyother activity.NR01 continued on page 57.March/April /997 Page 9