8.4 Loading, Reloading, Unloading, or Abandoning a Firearm During a Course of Fire — USPSA Online Rules

8.4.1 p. 45 Share When loading, reloading or unloading during a course of fire , the competitor’s fingers must be visibly outside the trigger guard and the firearm must be pointed safely downrange or in another safe direction authorized by a Range Officer. (See Rules 10.5.2 and 10.5.8 .) 8.4.2 p. 46 Share Within the context of a Multigun stage a competitor may be required to “abandon” a firearm in order to use another firearm. In this context an “abandoned firearm” is a firearm which the competitor has used, placed in the provided retention device in accordance with course requirements

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