o 16.1 Challenges-When a competitor feels that a shot fired by himself or by another competitor has been improperly evaluated or scored, he may challenge the scoring. Such challenge must be made immediately upon announcement of the score. No challenge will be accepted after the targets have been pasted.
,a) If a competitor desires to challenge the evaluation of any shot or string of shots, he shall notify a Range Officer,Statistical Officer if targets are scored in the Statistical Office) and pay that official a challenge fee of not more than $3.00. It is the competitor's responsibility to have the correct fee for challenging.,NRA award points are acceptable.)
,b) When targets are scored in the pits, the action on the challenge will be as described in Rule 16. 1,e). In slow fire, the Range Officer will note the time consumed, and allow the competitor additional time accordingly.
Decision of the Pit Officer is final. No other sub-section of Rule 16.1 applies when targets are scored in the pits.
,c) When the targets are scored on the frames without pits, the challenge must be made immediately upon examination of the targets. The Range Officer will make the evaluation described in Rule 16. 1,e).
Decision of the Range Officer is final.
,d) When targets are scored in the Statistical Office, the challenge must be made within a time limit which shall be stated in the program or published by bulletin board notice. The re-check of the target concerned will be made by the Chief Statistical Officer if he has not previously scored or checked the target, or by the Official Referee, Jury,or the Supervisor), in that order. Decision of the official making this check is final.
,e) Pit Challenge Procedure--Competitors must immediately challenge the scoring of any shot on which they disagree with the target marker.
It is the duty of the Range Officer to accept the challenge; collect the fee without comment; direct that no further shots be fired by the competitor until the challenge has been decided; personally telephone the Pit Officer and remain at the firing point until the correct value is signaled from the pit. The Pit Officer shall examine the challenged target carefully, scrutinizing all lines, figures, and wrinkles to locate possible undetected hits using a magnifying glass and/or scoring gauge to detect close doubles. If a shot spotter has been placed in the challenged bullet hole,s), the shot spotter will be removed and an attempt made to plug the shot hole,s) with an appropriate size scoring gauge before signaling the results to the firing line. The Pit Officer's decision is final. If the competitor's challenge is sustained, the challenge fee will be returned immediately; otherwise, it is forfeited and turned over to the Statistical Office.
,f) The Match Director may at his discretion recheck any competitor's target or scorecard by an administrative challenge. Such challenge must be made within the posted challenge period and checked by the Official Referee or Jury.
