deacon1224 wrote:
...No one on earth is reponsible for the direction of your muzzle but you. If you don't feel you can shoot a COF safely, you should decline. This is a big boy game with big boy rules. The fastest way to kill the sport of IDPA is to "child proof" the stages so much that we all stand in a box and shoot at targets at 12:00.

Of course the shooter is responsible for muzzle safety, but let's not forget the comments(p.48) in the current rulebook about stage design.    Perhaps this section will go away with the new rulebook so we can play with "big boy rules", but until then should they not apply to all levels of the sport ?      From Appendix 5:

"Keep contestants moving at a downrange angle so their muzzle
direction will be safe. The single greatest concern for muzzle
direction issues in IDPA is a stage or scenario that requires the
contestant to move along a line parallel to the firing line.
Typically this involves a 'wall stage' where the shooter must
traverse from one point to another to engage targets. It is far too
easy for the shooter's muzzle to be directed in an unsafe direction.
Sound course design should always avoid this type of problem.
Always be alert to this issue for both right- and left-handed
shooters. IDPA strongly recommends that extreme care be taken
to set up match stages so it is natural for the firearm to remain
pointed down range while the course of fire is shot.
"



MarkT
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