ninehorses
You been had.
Shooting at a target with scoring rings, anything that touches the ring gets the higher score. It doesen't even have to go into the ring just be tangent to it. For a normal bullet hole a "plug gauge" is used to judge if it touched or not. The plug gauge is full diameter, but will center in the hole so give a pretty accurate idea of what touched.
If a bullet is tumbling and goes through the target sideways, any part of it touching the scoring ring, gets you the higher score.
How to score targets is spelled out in amazingly minute detail in the rule books. As it needs to be. There are more protests lodged about scoring than any other facet of competition. Finding enough competent scorers to handle a big match can be hard. And heaven forbid rain during the match. Wet targets are a nightmare to score.
Jack
