SECTION VI: Shooting Positions

A. Freestyle

1. The Freestyle shooting position shall be any safe shooting position without artificial support. The competitor may sit, kneel, lie down, or stand. (Exception: See Section II-B-4c) The handgun may only come in contact with the competitor's body and/or clothing. No part of the handgun may touch the ground or ground cover. The handgun must be held in such a manner that a Match Official can see that the handgun is visibly clear of the ground at all times when in the firing position. A competitor placing a shoe or boot sideways on the ground must not place any part of the handgun on the heel. This position will only be allowed if the competitor's hand, or some portion thereof, is placed between the handgun and the heel. Nesting the barrel in the top part of a shoe or boot, or across the sole or notch of the heel, constitutes artificial support and is not allowed.

2. A physically challenged competitor may fire from a wheelchair with one or both elbows supported.

3. The Freestyle categories are Production, Revolver, Unlimited, Unlimited Any Sights, and Unlimited Half-Scale.

B. Standing

1. Except as provided in Section VI-B-3 (below). a competitor must assume a safe standing position with the handgun supported only by one or both hands. No part of the one or both hands supporting the handgun may come in contact with any other part of the competitor's anatomy, clothing, or hat.

2. No part of either arm, from the shoulder to the wrist, is allowed to come into contact with any other part of the competitor's anatomy, or be artificially supported in any way.

3. If prevented from doing so, by the nature of their condition, physically challenged competitors need not assume a full standing position. They may fire from braced crutches, or with support from a chair or stool to replace a missing leg. However, the support of their handgun must conform with Section VI-B-2, above.

4. The Standing categories are Standing, Unlimited Standing, Field Pistol Production, and Field Pistol Production Any Sights and Air Pistol Unlimited Standing Iron Sights.

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