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Meanwhile, back at the ranch... => Rules Discussion => Topic started by: Tombstone on September 21, 2019, 07:51:22 PM

Title: Round on Carrier of long gun
Post by: Tombstone on September 21, 2019, 07:51:22 PM

Interesting thing happened to me today. I had a round left on the carrier which would have resulted in a minor safety violation, however, my lever was slightly closed and had pushed the lead tip of my bullet into the chamber, maybe a qtr inch. This actually resulted in a Stage DQ since the nose of the bullet was in the chamber.
If any part of a live round is in the chamber of a long gun it is considered in the chamber. Thus a cocked and loaded long gun left the shooters hand.
A hard call to make but it was the right call. I only have myself to blame since I lost count and only shot 9 rounds to began with.

Title: Re: Round on Carrier of long gun
Post by: Anita Margarita on September 21, 2019, 09:00:25 PM

Tombstone,

This is really a painful call as there is such a huge penalty difference between "on the carrier" and "in the chamber" and all it takes to move it into the chamber is to tip the gun muzzle a little down when setting the gun down.  Ouch.

AM