Chapter 2 · Course Construction, Equipment and Modification · p.17
2.4Long Gun Bagging/Unbagging/Staging Area
A bagging/un-bagging/staging area must be provided for every stage or shooting bay, to facilitate bagging, un-bagging, and staging of long guns. This area may take the form of a rack or table or both. All firearms in the staging area must have their actions locked open or have chamber flags inserted with the bolt closed on them or be cased/bagged. This area may be used for or cased/bagged handguns, see 5.2.1.1. Handguns may only be handled in a Safety Area (see 2.6).
Such areas must be marked with adequate signage to indicate their purpose. Fault lines or flagging should be employed. These areas MUST be adjacent to a berm so that shooters may bag/un-bag without sweeping people and must be as close to the berm as possible, to prevent persons from traveling between the staged long guns and the berm.
Bagging/Unbagging/Staging Areas must never be immediately adjacent to a Safety Area.