TargetTalk

When I am scoring shots that I think are touching the line, if I have no compelling reason to say it is not touching, then I give it the higher value. As of late I see many people calling shots out that I see as clearly in, most especially with 22 holes. It looks like many people are under the assumption that a shot has to cut the line as opposed to just touch it.

To me it is easier to score a shot in than to put myself and another competitor through the additional distraction of calling a shot out and having them getting a jury over. I only call a liner out if I know it is out and would put up $100 on a bet if it was plugged.

Do I score too easy by assuming that shots are in unless I am damned sure that they are not?

That's why they have refs with plugs and juries. If the shot is in, it costs the shooter nothing.

Rover wrote:...it costs the shooter nothing.

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It doesn't matter what others assume the rules to be, nor should "the hassle" of a protest come into play in scoring. The rules should be followed, and a copy of the rulebook belongs in every shooters kit.

Most rule books state "shots touching the scoring ring receive the higher value" ... or something very similar.

So if it touches it scores the higher value. If there is evidence that it does not touch then it's scored lower. Period.

I don't see your method as "easy scoring" I see it as correct scoring. If you can't see that the leaded edge of the hole in outside of the ring then it scores.

Shots that close really should be plugged to remove all doubt. Plugs are inexpensive, last forever (or until lost), and ensure that the correct value is given the shooter. It also speeds scoring. If the two scorers can't agree by a visual inspection, plug it and move on rather than waste large amounts of time agonizing whether it touches or not.

Just my opinion!


PS: I clearly mark my plugs by drilling a small hole in the finger tab, and attaching with monofilament a "ribbon" clearly stating the plugs size and use. The ribbon is just the info wordprocessed and printed on a standard printer, then sandwiched between two layers of clear packing tape.

Ugly as sin, but helps to keep all the different plugs straight (I've got about a dozen now for all the different things I shoot / have shot over the years) and I've yet to lose one since doing this.

I hope this helps.