Author Topic: Round on Carrier of long gun  (Read 976 times)

Tombstone

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Round on Carrier of long gun
« 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.

Anita Margarita

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Re: Round on Carrier of long gun
« Reply #1 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.

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