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g.willikers · October 30, 2016, 08:14 AM

Unless you're trying to win the match, just shoot all the targets as quickly and as accurately as you can, and accept the penalties if it's over the time limit.
It probably won't make enough difference in your final score to matter.
The idea of going to a match for most of us is to have fun and the more you shoot the more fun it is.
If you're bound and determined not to go over the time, just ask the range officer to holler out when the timer sez stop.
There's all kinds of ways to make sure the competitors hear the stop buzzer, from a smack on the shoulder to an air horn.
One of the places I used to attend used a stop plate connected to a timer, and everyone shot until that one was down, penalties acquired as earned.
No arguments with that method.

October 30, 2016, 08:14 AM	#2
g.willikers Senior Member Join Date: September 28, 2008 Posts: 10,442	Unless you're trying to win the match, just shoot all the targets as quickly and as accurately as you can, and accept the penalties if it's over the time limit. It probably won't make enough difference in your final score to matter. The idea of going to a match for most of us is to have fun and the more you shoot the more fun it is. If you're bound and determined not to go over the time, just ask the range officer to holler out when the timer sez stop. There's all kinds of ways to make sure the competitors hear the stop buzzer, from a smack on the shoulder to an air horn. One of the places I used to attend used a stop plate connected to a timer, and everyone shot until that one was down, penalties acquired as earned. No arguments with that method. __________________ Walt Kelly, alias Pogo, sez: “Don't take life so serious, son, it ain't nohow permanent.”