I know there are shooters whose pit duties, especially in hot weather, take a real toll on them physically. In addition, we are usually standing on some sort of small riser.
It is possible to get carried away on sighters and for me, it’s usually when I feel a newish barrel is benefitting from taking more sighting shots than I usually would, or my being indecisive or picky about which ammo I should use. I wouldn’t, but technically, I also could probably get away with vetting 2 or 3 rifles and putting twice or more the record count down range, with unlimited sighters.
We know for a fact how a lot of posters feel about pit duties at certain ranges in certain months, from threads here. It’s literally their hardest part of the match, not the shooting, loading, driving or expenses. Certainly, with e-targets, no one’s energy gets sapped from unlimited sighters or 9 minute wind pauses and last minute starts, and that’s a “plus-column”equalizing side effect of theirs. They do have a minus column, of course.
I have seen more near or actual medical emergencies resulting from pit service than rifle shooting. A couple were from the old style of spindles splitting, but usually it’s a function of fatigue or heat.
It’s a tangent, but if the US were to go to pair fire, these issues are all mitigated.
