Turbulent Turtle
F-TR competitor
I must apologize, I obviously didn't get the memo that said it is critical to create bogus rules for all of High Power in order to preserve the sanctity of F-Open so that it will not evolve into something that we may not like. For some reason, we have to preserve the 12 year legacy of F-Open where virtually all records have reached maximum.
When I first started rifle competition, it was with an old .308 with a long barrel, Parker Hale sights and ammo supplied by the range, to keep things "fair." I've seen a lot of changes in 38 years and every time something new was introduced, the cries of woe were plentiful.
I still have the rifle with which I started competing and when I compare it to the rifle that I use in F-TR, the difference is shocking. Technology marches on, don't stand athwart it, you'll get run over.
I would rather embrace technology and make it work for us. I'm hopeful the proliferation of electronic targets will help gain more competitors and I think the 7 second delay rule is stupid and counter productive. One of the neat things with etargets is how fast you can cycle shooters through a match and that will help attract more shooters. For the purists, you do not have to fire as fast as possible, the time remains the same as it ever was.
So, where did we get 7 seconds from? That looks like a number that someone pulled out of his or her ash. What is the basis for that number and why does it apply to all distances and shot values?
At any rate, yes. It does look like the NRA will enforce that rule starting in 2020, of course without any empirical data. That's the NRA for you.
Finally, now that we have etargets at Bayou, I have been pushing to get some matches set up as pair firing matches. That's how I started back in '81. Now we're going to have people complain that 45 seconds is too short a timeframe because F-open is used to taking as long as they want to shoot and we have to preserve its legacy and national records.
When I first started rifle competition, it was with an old .308 with a long barrel, Parker Hale sights and ammo supplied by the range, to keep things "fair." I've seen a lot of changes in 38 years and every time something new was introduced, the cries of woe were plentiful.
I still have the rifle with which I started competing and when I compare it to the rifle that I use in F-TR, the difference is shocking. Technology marches on, don't stand athwart it, you'll get run over.
I would rather embrace technology and make it work for us. I'm hopeful the proliferation of electronic targets will help gain more competitors and I think the 7 second delay rule is stupid and counter productive. One of the neat things with etargets is how fast you can cycle shooters through a match and that will help attract more shooters. For the purists, you do not have to fire as fast as possible, the time remains the same as it ever was.
So, where did we get 7 seconds from? That looks like a number that someone pulled out of his or her ash. What is the basis for that number and why does it apply to all distances and shot values?
At any rate, yes. It does look like the NRA will enforce that rule starting in 2020, of course without any empirical data. That's the NRA for you.
Finally, now that we have etargets at Bayou, I have been pushing to get some matches set up as pair firing matches. That's how I started back in '81. Now we're going to have people complain that 45 seconds is too short a timeframe because F-open is used to taking as long as they want to shoot and we have to preserve its legacy and national records.