This happened yesterday. Shooting order, rifle, shotgun, pistols. Shooter finished rifle picked up shotgun, hit knockdown, as they were laying shotgun down, port side down, the empty hull fell out just as shooter laid gun down. The port covered the hull. One spotter on the right saw the empty come out and port cover the hull. The other two spotters were on the left and could not see this occur. Shooter then finished stage with pistols. Any penalty ?
No call if one spotter saw the hull fall out and then the port cover it up.
IMHO
Randy
I found this from 2015 which makes me wonder
9) All rounds (live or empty) from the firearm in question MUST be cleared before the next gun of the stage
is fired (or before leaving the shooter's hands if it's the last gun of the stage). This applies to all types of
long guns. The language of the rule as written, "...of the gun in which it was loaded..." gives the clarification
regarding a rifle round falling into the shotgun, which would be a NO CALL. In a different situation, if a
shotgun hull comes out of a 97 but falls back in the port as the shotgun is put down and then not cleared before
then next firearm is cleared, it IS still a MSV (this includes an empty rifle case falling off hat into open rifle action
after being set down).
but I think there was another WTC a year or so ago that said if it was placed on the prop over a hull it was a no call. This might be a good one to put on the SASS Wire for a ROC clarification.
Randy
According to Pale Wolf. It is a msv for not clearing the gun before the next gun is fired.
Thanks
Randy