With practising offhand lever action I've had some stoppages.
So I'm wondering what the procedure is when you have a stoppage during a competition - specifically in a SSAA comp.
Twice the round has fallen off the side of the ramp during feeding so I've rattled it out and cycled the next round in. And occasionally I've dropped the empty back into the action during ejection, again I just rattle them out into my right hand.
Is it simply a matter of clearing the stoppage with the rifle pointed down range or are you supposed to notify the RO?
What if I need to use my knife to extract a case/round from the chamber/action - can that be done on the line?
In a comp with a fixed number of rounds in the mag, if you do have to cycle a live round out can you load it into the tube when you're empty to complete the course of fire?
With the .44 I can drop the round in the action and it'll chamber okay but the .22 I have to point the rifle at the ground and try to get the nose into the chamber - is that okay on the line?