Highpower/F-Class Shooters,
My name is Keith Roberts and I am the Match Director for the 600 yard and 1,000 yard prone matches held at Tulsa Red Castle Gun Club. There are two items on the agenda for the 2016 Highpower Committee Meeting that I am aware of and would like to get opinions or support for.
The first is a carryover from last year’s meeting, the size of the 600 yard F-Class repair centers. The current NRA approved repair center is 37” square and replaces the entire 6-Ring. Now I have only been shooting F-Class for about 6 years and I have only traveled to a few other ranges to do it, but I have never seen a 6-Ring shot out. I know that an adhesive backed, 8-1/2” X 11” repair center was presented at last year’s meeting. I have used these and they usually repair the portion of the target that gets the most damage. I was told by the NRA that another option was presented at the same meeting, and since the board couldn’t decide which one to choose, they tabled it until this year. My first question is, why does it have to be one or the other? It seems like any portion of the target that can be produced to accurately replace that portion of the target, should be approved by the NRA. Any target manufacturer that can produce a product that meets the NRA’s tolerances and is willing to pay (I assume) the NRA’s licensing fee, should be able to produce approved targets at whatever portion of the target their customers request. I don’t know what the other option was, but anything has to be an improvement over what is currently available.
The other item is the entering of scores for leagues. I have asked that this be placed on the agenda to get clarification of the rules. Currently, if you set up a league through the NRA, you submit the total number of points earned and the total number of shots fired by each individual that participates in the league. This means that you have to maintain the average of a higher classification for the entire league in order to reclassify up instead of just the 120 shots as required by Section 19.17 of the rules. Section 19.4 says that league scores may not be entered until the league is complete, but doesn’t address whether they should be entered as individual 45 or 60 shot matches or as the sum of all matches held in the league. As an example, I had a shooter last year that shot 5 of our 7 league matches. His first match of the season was not good, but the other 4 were. If you look at his entire season, he qualified Expert. If you look at his last four matches, he qualified Master. If you look at his best 120 shot (2 match) string, he qualified High Master. There are two problems with this. First, if he goes to a bigger match where awards are given for the various classifications, he is unfairly competing with other shooters that may normally only shoot at an Expert level. Second, many shooters shoot for the personal goal of higher classification, but, if their club shoots as a league, they waste an entire season by having one bad day.
The reasons for a club to choose to shoot a league instead of individual matches are:
Thanks,
Keith Roberts
My name is Keith Roberts and I am the Match Director for the 600 yard and 1,000 yard prone matches held at Tulsa Red Castle Gun Club. There are two items on the agenda for the 2016 Highpower Committee Meeting that I am aware of and would like to get opinions or support for.
The first is a carryover from last year’s meeting, the size of the 600 yard F-Class repair centers. The current NRA approved repair center is 37” square and replaces the entire 6-Ring. Now I have only been shooting F-Class for about 6 years and I have only traveled to a few other ranges to do it, but I have never seen a 6-Ring shot out. I know that an adhesive backed, 8-1/2” X 11” repair center was presented at last year’s meeting. I have used these and they usually repair the portion of the target that gets the most damage. I was told by the NRA that another option was presented at the same meeting, and since the board couldn’t decide which one to choose, they tabled it until this year. My first question is, why does it have to be one or the other? It seems like any portion of the target that can be produced to accurately replace that portion of the target, should be approved by the NRA. Any target manufacturer that can produce a product that meets the NRA’s tolerances and is willing to pay (I assume) the NRA’s licensing fee, should be able to produce approved targets at whatever portion of the target their customers request. I don’t know what the other option was, but anything has to be an improvement over what is currently available.
The other item is the entering of scores for leagues. I have asked that this be placed on the agenda to get clarification of the rules. Currently, if you set up a league through the NRA, you submit the total number of points earned and the total number of shots fired by each individual that participates in the league. This means that you have to maintain the average of a higher classification for the entire league in order to reclassify up instead of just the 120 shots as required by Section 19.17 of the rules. Section 19.4 says that league scores may not be entered until the league is complete, but doesn’t address whether they should be entered as individual 45 or 60 shot matches or as the sum of all matches held in the league. As an example, I had a shooter last year that shot 5 of our 7 league matches. His first match of the season was not good, but the other 4 were. If you look at his entire season, he qualified Expert. If you look at his last four matches, he qualified Master. If you look at his best 120 shot (2 match) string, he qualified High Master. There are two problems with this. First, if he goes to a bigger match where awards are given for the various classifications, he is unfairly competing with other shooters that may normally only shoot at an Expert level. Second, many shooters shoot for the personal goal of higher classification, but, if their club shoots as a league, they waste an entire season by having one bad day.
The reasons for a club to choose to shoot a league instead of individual matches are:
- Cost. For my club last year, we had 7 matches in our league. With the number of shooters we had, the cost to submit scores as a league was about $85. To enter the same scores as individual matches was over $1,000. (NRA sets the fees)
- Convenience. The NRA doesn’t allow for emailed spreadsheets with scores. Scores for each match have to be mailed to them.
Thanks,
Keith Roberts
). I assumed it met NRA sanctioning standards. They certainly are easier than getting out the roller and glue and align perfectly over the target center.
