Chapter 8 · The Course of Fire · p.48
8.7Sight Pictures and Range Inspection
A competitor is permitted to take a prior to the start signal. Such sight picture is only permitted from the “Make Ready” location. On a multigun stage sight pictures are permitted for each firearm, but only from the staged/make ready locations. For a rifle stage the competitor may move within reason to a location that allows a sight picture on the actual targets.
Competitors are prohibited from using any guns or gun replicas as sighting aids while conducting their inspection (“walkthrough”) of a . Violations will incur one procedural penalty per . (See also Rule 10.5.1.)
No person is permitted to enter or move through a without the prior approval of a Range Officer assigned to that course of fire or the Range Master.
A is considered closed or off limits when there are no official match staff present to supervise competitor actions during stage inspection. Normal stage inspection is allowed during the hours of the match, providing there are match staff present or the match director has specifically approved inspection of courses with no match staff present. Reasonable attempts must be made to communicate information about closed courses to all competitors (such as but not limited to publishing in the match book, group emails, posting signage, etc.).
Altering stage props, targets or any other part of a COF without the approval of a Range Officer, or setting, resetting or activating moving targets on a COF identified as “Closed” or “Off Limits” will be subject to the provisions of Section 10.6.
Any person interfering with the scoring or resetting of a in any way may be assessed a procedural penalty or be subject to the provisions of 10.6. The Range Master shall be called in all cases and will make the decision as to what penalty to assess.