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Introduction to

High power Scoring and Pit procedures

for

Ranges with pull targets

It is important to provide fast and accurate target service when in the pits. Always pay attention to your responsibilities.

 The shooter on the line is waiting on you.
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During slow fire stages the target will be pulled down after each shot. The spotter gets pulled from the target and the hole it was in gets repaired with a black or white paster. The 3" spotter disk then goes in the new bullet hole to mark the hit. The spotter has a white and a black side and it is placed in the target to contrast the color where the hit is scored. This makes it more visible from the firing line. Then an orange/red or black 6" scoring disk goes on the target in one of eight locations to indicate the value of the shot.




Before the shooting begins you must inspect the target. Remove all spotting and scoring disks and repair all bullet holes present by pasting with the appropriate color paster or refacing the center. Carefully look for holes out in the miss area and mark any existing holes in the frame. 

  After inspecting and repairing the target it is ready to be used.

 

Once firing has commenced, watch carefully for your shooters shot. At ranges with a berm for a backstop watch the impact area. Also feel the target frame and listen for your shot. Have spotters and scoring disc ready. As soon as you have a shot, pull the target down.

The target on the right shows a shot hole in the 7 ring at about 8 o'clock.

The hit was in the 7 ring so it scores 7 points. The red scoring disk is placed in the 7 position on the target. The spotting disk is placed in the bullet hole, black side out to indicate the hit location. Then the target is run up.

Target has shot hole marked with a spotter and scored with red disc for a value of 7 points.

Now have a white paster ready to repair the current hole when the next shot comes down.

The next shot fell in the X ring. The Spotter is moved from the old hole to the new hit, white side out. The old hole gets the white paster that you have ready and the scoring disk is moved from the 7 to the X position. The target is ran up and you get pasters ready for the next cycle. This should be completed in 10-12 seconds.

Target has shot hole pasted, new shot hole marked with a spotter and scored with red disc as an X.

This sequence will be repeated for the duration of the slow fire match. 

Matches may be 10 or 20 shots for record and will have two sighter shots with the exception of LEG matches.

 

Rapid Fire Procedures

 

Questions or comments? Please contact:

Gary Swaney

mailto:gswaney@tampabay.rr.com