Re-Shoots
8.1 Re-Shoots
8.1.1 When re-shoots must be issued
A re-shoot must be issued if a competitor’s accurate score cannot be determined for a stage, or if certain circumstances prevent the competitor from getting the same fair opportunity to shoot the stage as the other competitors (such as interference, range equipment malfunction, altered target presentation, loss of ear protection, etc).
8.1.2 Re-shoot score stands
If a competitor is awarded a re-shoot, the new score must stand the moment the start signal for the re-shoot is issued even in the case where the re-shoot is later found out to have been awarded in error.
8.1.3 Environmental Factors
Unfavorable conditions throughout the day, such as changing lighting conditions, dust, rain, wind, or similar, are not automatically grounds for re-shoots. In the face of extremely unfavorable environmental factors, the RM and MD team should work toward solutions that offer competitors reasonably fair opportunities to complete the shooting challenges while ensuring that the match may still be completed as scheduled.
The following are common situations where re-shoots will likely be issued:
8.2 Prematurely reset targets
If a target is reset before an RO can score it, all reasonable efforts will be made to accurately score the target before a reshoot is issued. Video evidence may be used (if volunteered by the competitor), deductive reasoning may be used, etc. If an accurate score cannot be determined beyond reasonable doubt, the competitor must complete a re-shoot.
8.2.1 Intentional premature reset
Intentionally resetting targets before they are scored is considered cheating, and the RM must be called if suspected. After discussing the situation with the RO Team, the RM will make a decision on any necessary action to take, which may include a Strike or Match DQ as covered in 13.1 or 15.7.
8.3 RO Interference
If a competitor has been physically interfered with by an RO between the start signal and the end of the course of fire, the RO Team must ask the competitor if they wish to re-shoot. The competitor must accept or forfeit the re-shoot opportunity before the targets are scored, else the score will stand.
8.4 Range Equipment Failure (REF)
If a competitor is not presented with an equitable shooting challenge due to the malfunction of any target, prop, or other piece of range equipment on the stage, the competitor must complete a re-shoot.
8.5 Loss of eye/ear protection
If a competitor accidentally loses their eye/ear protection mid stage and does not recover their eye/ear protection quickly with minimal effort (such as over-ears being slightly bumped out of position), or does not notice their eye/ear protection has been lost, the RO should issue the “Stop!” command as soon as possible and issue a re-shoot.
8.5.1 Competitor responsibility for protective equipment
A competitor must never risk hearing or eye damage for the sake of continuing a stage. If ROs have not noticed the loss of protective equipment, the competitor must notify an RO immediately.
8.5.2 Intentional loss of protective equipment
Intentionally losing eye or ear protection mid-stage to be awarded a re-shoot is considered cheating, and the RM must be called if suspected. After discussing the situation with the RO Team, the RM will make a decision on any necessary action to take, which may include a Strike or Match DQ as covered in 13.1 or 15.7.
8.6 Altered Presentation of a Stage
If for any reason a stage is presented differently to a competitor than to the rest of the match participants, a mandatory re-shoot must be issued with the corrected presentation of the stage.
8.6.1 Competitive Equivalence Exceptions
8.6.1.1 Equivalent Presentations
While all reasonable efforts should be made to have each target present the same to each competitor, an RM may make a judgement that minute differences in the presentation of a moving target are considered competitively equivalent (for example, the exact resting position of a Texas Star or Polish Plate Rack) and do not constitute grounds for a re-shoot.
8.6.1.2 Equivalent Substitutions
If, for any reason, a stage prop or target becomes unserviceable and no exact replacement is available, the RM may approve a close replacement that shares nearly identical properties to the original like target area and shape (such as replacing an 8” circular plate with an 8” hexagonal plate). Such replacements are considered competitively equivalent and do not constitute grounds for a re-shoot.
8.6.2 Objectively more difficult presentations
In the special case where the RM determines that an incorrect (or original in the case of course modification per 9.13.2) presentation of the stage is objectively more difficult than the corrected or modified presentation, competitors that have completed the stage in its incorrect or original form have the option to forfeit their re-shoot opportunity and remain with their current score.
8.6.2.1 Example 1
An open Practical paper target accidentally gets replaced with a Practical hardcover variant during a target change. No other changes occur on the stage. This incorrect presentation is objectively more difficult than the correct presentation. Competitors who completed the stage under the incorrect presentation may elect to keep their original score instead of re-shooting.
8.6.2.2 Example 2
The positions of a Practical open target and Practical hardcover target get swapped accidentally during a target change. The incorrect presentation may be argued to be harder than the correct one depending on the exact positions of the swapped targets, but it is not considered objectively harder. All competitors who completed the stage with the incorrect presentation must complete a mandatory re-shoot.
8.7 Suspected squib resulting in a “Stop!” call, where no obstruction is found
See Section 7.11.2