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While watching some different Youtube videos on 3 gun competitions and such, there is always someone following the competitor (an RSO I assume) that has a device in their hand. Just curious what it is they are holding, and what it's purpose is
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It's a shot timer. It gives the beep to start and records every shot.You, you, and you: Panic. The rest of you, come with me.
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I understand the beep to start, but why do they want to record every shot? Is it part of the competition?Comment
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Folks want to know how fast from beep to first shot, aka draw speed. Sometimes you need to know if the shooter fired the required number of rounds. Some people want to know their split times, aka time it takes to transition from one target to next. Lots of good reasons for the data on the shot timer.
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it will beep to tell the shooter to start, and also start an internal stopwatch. each time it hears a gunshot, it will record that time and display it on the screen. as the next gunshot goes off, it will display that time on the screen instead of the previous time. it will continue to do this for each shot that is recorded. Then, when the shooter is done, they just look at the timer and can see how long it took from the beep to the last shot. depending on the timer, they may be able to go back and see all the other split times. depending on the reason for the timer, like for a competition, they don't normally need those split times and just need the final time.Jack
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^^^^And there ya go.
Comps are scored on time and accuracy. Any accuracy lost points or penalty for other reasons has a TIME associated with that penalty.
The final score of most comps, is this adjusted time.
Time through the course, plus all penalties applied.Comment
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