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twomillenium wrote:If the middle is shot out then the count would go to the shooter, that has not changed. Therefore the middle must not have been shot out if only 40 shots could be counted.

This reminds me of the discussion I had with my "scorer" at the DPS range in April. All 50 of my rounds, shooting SA were in the "8" ring, but he could not account for 50 holes. There was a dimple in the plastic target holder on the right side. It was actually an injection mold dimple, but he proclaimed it to be a bullet hole and a "miss". When I peeled the plastic back and showed him there was no hole in the target behind the plastic his statement was: "Well, it just didn't go through!" I just smiled and walked away. I was shooting a Glock 31 in .357 sig with 140 grain FMJ.

jimd1981 wrote:If a student has clearly qualified by scoring 190-200 on the 3 and 7 yard strings (40 shots), can they stop?
That is, can he/she qualify with 40 rounds and skip the 15 yard strings -- or must they shoot 50 rounds, regardless?

The DPS says "To successfully qualify, shooters must complete this course with a minimum score of 70% (175 out of possible 250)."

They have more than the minimum score of 175, so I say they're fine. Stop if they want to.

What say you?

Have they "Completed the course"?

Of course I suppose their answer could be like the terminology used at the DPS qualification range. "Did you hold any rounds?" Answer:"Yes, 10." That way the scorer knows to account for those rounds. We were not "required" to fire all 50. We were instructed to deduct the "holds".

A second look at the Qualifications document states at the bottom, in red, to account for the 50 shots. If 10 were "held", you have accounted for 50.