Which statement about the guard ring rule is true?

Which statement about the guard ring rule is true?

• A. Sighting shots are never counted.
• B. If sighting shot hits inside the guard ring it's a miss.
• C. The sighting shot outside the guard ring that does not touch is a miss unless reported to the Range Officer.
• D. Sighting shots are always counted as misses on a guard ring rule.

Answer: (C)

Guard ring rules describe how sighting shots relate to a boundary around the target. When a sighting shot lands outside that guard ring and does not touch it, it’s treated as not hitting the scoring area, so it’s considered a miss by default. However, if you notify the Range Officer, they can verify and decide whether to classify that shot differently (for example, treat it as a sighting shot rather than a scored hit). That’s why this option is the best: it captures the standard miss outcome unless the Range Officer is involved to reclassify. The other statements don’t fit because sighting shots aren’t universally ignored, nor are they always misses, and the behavior described when a shot lands inside the guard ring isn’t what the guard ring rule specifies.

Guard ring rules describe how sighting shots relate to a boundary around the target. When a sighting shot lands outside that guard ring and does not touch it, it’s treated as not hitting the scoring area, so it’s considered a miss by default. However, if you notify the Range Officer, they can verify and decide whether to classify that shot differently (for example, treat it as a sighting shot rather than a scored hit). That’s why this option is the best: it captures the standard miss outcome unless the Range Officer is involved to reclassify. The other statements don’t fit because sighting shots aren’t universally ignored, nor are they always misses, and the behavior described when a shot lands inside the guard ring isn’t what the guard ring rule specifies.