with a six inch piece of orange plastic attached, to home-made ones, to some that look like a spent cartridge with a plastic tail! – not a good idea. In fact, under IPSC rules, any flag that looks like or is part of a cartridge cannot be used at all.
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shotgun is as shown below. It is held low down, with the gun clamped easily but firmly between the body and the arm. The arm is extended so you can hold it for long periods without fatigue. The muzzle is high enough such that the shooter isn’t looking down at it. You won’t burn your fingers on the hot barrel after shooting a long stage. Finger away from the trigger of course (exaggerated in the picture).
Taking the shotgun out of the gun slip It should also be noted that you must not take the gun out of the bag or slip with muzzle down to put it in the rack. You must invert the gun WHILST in the slip and then take it out. Alternatively, take the gun to a designated safety area and ‘un-bag’ it there, or carry it to the line still in the slip when it is your turn to shoot. You can then speak to the RO and un-bag under his/ her direction to invert it.
A comfortable safe way to carry/hold a shotgun.
The key point of a safety flag is that is should not only prevent a round from being chambered, but must also NOT allow a round to be already in the gun and then allow the flag to be inserted into the breech/receiver. Some designs do not penetrate the chamber sufficiently and can be used even if a round is chambered!
Tapco have recently introduced a sensible design for a shotgun that has a flared inserter that snugly holds inside the chamber and won’t fall out if the gun is inverted if the bolt is back. In other words, you don’t have to close the bolt on the flag to hold it in place. Brilliant!!
This also raises another point. There is a belief that the bolt should be open (to demonstrate nothing is in the breech). This is ideal on a clay ground of course but for IPSC shooting, the flag must be inserted between stages, but the bolt may be closed if desired.
Carrying the gun.
There is no right or wrong way to carry a shotgun as long as the person carrying it has control over the gun and it isn’t ‘sweeping’ people etc. However, a comfortable and controllable way to carry the
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The key thing is common sense and you’ll need to give it an extra bit of thought for a while until it becomes second nature.
Match Announcements
Midlands Champs L2 Long Barrelled Match at Leicester Shooting Centre on 26 Nov 2011
Border Guns L1 IPSC Shotgun Match at Border Guns PSG Club, Shropshire on 11 Dec 2011
CSAC L1 IPSC Shotgun Match at CSAC Club, Carlisle on 11 Dec 2011
For details, see the UKPSA forum (members), or contact the UKPSA via the website
www.ukpsa.co.uk
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