2020 Southwest Nationals Scores

[sdeal5]

Those shoes are illegal! They’ll make grooves in the dirt!

 

[Jay Christopherson]

So, the excavator and roller that I rented to level and compact my firing points is probably a no go...

 

[J F Johannes]

So, the excavator and roller that I rented to level and compact my firing points is probably a no go...

I prefer to call it “gardening”!

Jim

 

[Turbulent Turtle]

I prefer to call it “gardening”!

Jim

And that would be wrong. Gardening is what we do to the impact berm from 1000yards. What Jay describes is landscaping.

 

[Keith Glasscock]

@Jay Christopherson, are you taking pointers from me? At least I stopped digging foxholes...

 

[memilanuk]

So, the excavator and roller that I rented to level and compact my firing points is probably a no go...

Funny that you mention that... one FTR shooter I was talking to had mentioned that his gun had settled 'down', rather than 'up' (like you'd normally see as the rear bag compacts during firing). We figured that his front board had settled... probably due to the damage left behind by the spikes from the F-Open rests being pulled off the line. There was some joking that now he'd have to re-compact the surface by jumping up and down on his board to pack the firing point back down...

 

[Monte F]

1. NRA Rules:
2. (2) The use of “tables” i.e. a single flat solid surface extending under both front rest and rear bag is prohibited. Carpet or similarly flexible matting may be placed under the front rest and rear bag. Separate flat boards and or plates not exceeding the dimensions of the individual rests by two inches on a given side may also be placed under the front rest and rear bag. In the case of a bipod, the board or plate may be as wide as necessary to accommodate the bipod at its widest point, but not be more than 12” front to rear. It is not permitted to provide tracks for the guidance of bipod feet. No levelling screws or protrusions are allowed on these boards or plates. They must be flat on the top and bottom.
   
3. International Rules:
   1. F2.9. The use of ‘tables’ i.e. a single flat solid surface extending under both front rest and rear bag is prohibited. Carpet or similarly flexible matting may be placed under the front rest and rear bag. Separate flat boards and or plates not exceeding the dimensions of the individual rests by two inches on any given side may also be placed under the front rest and rear bag. In the case of a bipod the board or plate may be as wide as necessary to accommodate the bipod at its widest point, but not be more than 12" front to rear. It is not permitted to provide tracks for the guidance of bipod feet nor allow the feet to create them. No levelling screws or protrusions are allowed on these boards or plates. They must be flat on the top and bottom: a hole to facilitate carrying the plate is permissible but it may not be used, whether alone or conjunction with anything else, so as to prevent movement of the plate in the firing point.

I do not see anything in the rules prohibiting Dean's Honky Tonk boots or using a compactor to level the line. I did just pick up a rubber stall mat so as not to create tracks in my carpet with the bipod skies.

 

[Turbulent Turtle]

Funny that you mention that... one FTR shooter I was talking to had mentioned that his gun had settled 'down', rather than 'up' (like you'd normally see as the rear bag compacts during firing). We figured that his front board had settled... probably due to the damage left behind by the spikes from the F-Open rests being pulled off the line. There was some joking that now he'd have to re-compact the surface by jumping up and down on his board to pack the firing point back down...

Yeah, F-open shooters should be banned from F-Class competitions.

 

[escopeta]

Would like to congratulate my son Lawrence Burr in 8th place F-Open final results, and my local friend David Joe on second page.

 

[Stingray]

I don't normally address such issues as the carpet issue here as I am the match director at our local club and address only local issues. PJ shoots at our matches and the carpet issue was addressed by a member concerning another competitor's carpet. I told the membership I would address this issue with the NRA. The response I got from the NRA was that if the carpet did not have a permanent tract it was legal. That is to say if you can fluff up the carpet after shooting a match and there are on tracts then it is legal. However if you cut the carpet to create a tract that is not a legal. Consider the Joypod sand bag which also will have a tract in in during the course of a match. This tract is erased when the sand bag is picked up.
PJ went to Phoenix with the knowledge his carpet was deemed legal by the NRA. Anyone suggesting otherwise is misinformed.
An additional note is that not all competitive shooters can not be identified as gentlemen except with the broadest application of the term.
This cannot be said of PJ who is indeed a honorable gentleman.

 

[Medic505]

Only people from Texas

Well Gringo, you know what they say. Never ask a man if he's from Texas, if he's not you'll embarrass him and if he is, he'll tell you.

 

[rsmithsr50]

is there a published equipment list ?
thanks

 

[skibar_tx]

is there a published equipment list ?
thanks

In the last week or so, the staff asked for that information from all the participants. I am sure it will take a while to get all the information in and get the data published.

 

[Pinkes]

Any info on the equipment list?