That is GREAT advice you've just dished out there in thread 19 JM. I expect that most service shooters have tried to speed mag changes up a bit, only to dump a couple on the ground in front of them after not closing the pouches securely or leaving an empty one - or worse still, a FULL one - back on the firing point during a rundown. Then losing points for not enough hits-on-target AND not having all your magazines at the end of the loooooooong series of rundowns.
The Bren pairs was the worst. I seem to rememeber that it started at 600 with rundowns, changes of gunners, mag changes, make safe, single shots and short bursts and some bursts with no less that 3 bursts allowed from 30 rounds and so on......... Been there BAR and Muffer?
The BEST bit was that when I was doing the Range Officer part, I could just tell the knackered gunners what a load of crap they all were and how easy it all was.............. After all, I'd just run-down too, but I didn't have a Bren, full pouches/webbing, pair of binos and a bren wallet flopping all over the place. Oh, happy days!