Chapter 9 · Scoring · p.58
9.6Score Verification and Challenge
After the Range Officer has declared “Range is Clear” the competitor or their delegate will be allowed to accompany the official responsible for scoring to verify the scoring. However, this may not apply to courses of fire consisting only of reactive targets or self-setting targets and/or electronically registering targets.
The responsible for a may stipulate that the scoring process will begin while a competitor is actually completing a course of fire. In such cases, the competitor’s delegate must be entitled to accompany the official responsible for scoring in order to verify the scoring. Competitors must be advised of this procedure during the squad briefing.
A competitor (or his delegate) who fails to verify a target during the scoring process loses all right of appeal in respect of scoring that target.
Any challenge to a score or penalty must be appealed to the Range Officer by the competitor (or his delegate) prior to the subject target being painted, patched, or reset, failing which such challenges will not be accepted.
In the event that the Range Officer upholds the original score, or penalty and the competitor is dissatisfied he may appeal to the Chief Range Officer and then to the Range Master for a ruling.
The Range Master’s ruling will be final. No further appeals are allowed with respect to the scoring decision.
During a scoring challenge the subject must not be patched, taped or otherwise interfered with until the matter has been settled. The Range Officer may remove a disputed cardboard target from the for further examination to prevent any delay in the match. Both the competitor and the Range Officer must sign the target and clearly indicate which hit(s) is (are) subject to challenge.
Official USPSA Overlays approved by the Range Master must be used exclusively, as and when required, to verify and/or determine the applicable scoring zone of hits on cardboard targets. (Does not apply to Shotgun targets.)