I often wonder who makes up the rules and why. In RBA 50 yard shooting, as most of you know, a tie in total score can be broken by the number of Xs. The next tie breaker is called "first miss". That is the first shot that did not score a 10 (or so I thought). To make the first miss tie breaker meaningful, I assumed the scoring bulls were fired in numerical order. That way if I shot a first miss with my 5th shot and the other guy who tied with me in score and Xs shot his first miss on his 12th, shot, the target would show that he shot more 10s before his first miss and he would win the tie breaker. That makes sense to me as a tie breaker.
Though I have not yet competed in RBA, I wrote that in a response to a question on RFC, based on my reading of the rules. Immediately experienced RBA competitors wrote in to correct me. Yes, the numerical order of the target bull is used for first miss but competitors can shoot the bulls in any order. That means the first miss could be in bull # 25, while it could be the shooter's first shot. As I see it, you might as well just flip a coin as a tie breaker with the rule as written.
Though I have not yet competed in RBA, I wrote that in a response to a question on RFC, based on my reading of the rules. Immediately experienced RBA competitors wrote in to correct me. Yes, the numerical order of the target bull is used for first miss but competitors can shoot the bulls in any order. That means the first miss could be in bull # 25, while it could be the shooter's first shot. As I see it, you might as well just flip a coin as a tie breaker with the rule as written.