Chapter 2 · Stage Setup & Operation · p.7
2.2Layout of stages
All course designs and measurements are approximate with slight (+/- 2”) variations possible. All shooting boxes will be 3’ x 3’ except for Outer Limits, which are 4’ x 4’. NOTE: This is an outside dimension for the for all stages.
All courses of fire will be fired from a single shooting box with the exceptions of Outer Limits and Showdown, which will each have more than one shooting box. Showdown will have two 3’x 3’ shooting boxes and three strings will be shot from one shooting box and two from the other. The competitor may elect to shoot three strings from the first shooting box prior to moving and completing the last two strings. Conversely, a competitor may also move between shooting boxes after completing two strings. Failure to move after shooting a maximum of three strings from a single shooting box will result in a reshoot for each string fired until the competitor moves to the other shooting box. (See 8.2.4) There is NO movement between boxes during each string in this course of fire.
The Outer Limits will have three 4’ x 4’ shooting boxes. The competitor will start on their weak side shooting box and will engage the 20- and 35-yard plates on the weak side of the center line, move to the middle shooting box, while on the clock, and engage the remaining two plates and stop plate. The distance between each of the three boxes will be 6’.
Note: Only two of the three boxes will be used by each competitor. Depending on whether they are right- or left-handed, they will begin in the appropriate outside box and finish in the middle box.
Plates should be angled towards the shooting box to minimize skips and ricochets and provide a uniform target surface and appearance.
Shooting Boxes should be constructed of wooden boards or other suitable material, must be fixed firmly in place, and provide both physical and visual references to competitors. For hard ground surfaces clear of debris, 0.75- inch material is the minimum allowable size. On other range surfaces, such as covered with turf, sand, gravel, wood chips, or similar, thicker material which rises at least 1.5 inches above the surface is recommended.