Berger.Fan222 said:
Just a student of Jeff Cooper:
"Personal weapons are what raised mankind out of the mud, and the rifle is the queen of personal weapons."
"The rifle is a weapon. Let there be no mistake about that. It is a tool of power, and thus dependent completely upon the moral stature of its user. It is equally useful in securing meat for the table, destroying group enemies on the battlefield, and resisting tyranny. In fact, it is the only means of resisting tyranny, since a citizenry armed with rifles simply cannot be tyrannized."
"The rifle itself has no moral stature, since it has no will of its own. Naturally, it may be used by evil men for evil purposes, but there are more good men than evil, and while the latter cannot be persuaded to the path of righteousness by propaganda, they can certainly be corrected by good men with rifles."
— Jeff Cooper, The Art of the Rifle
Who cares about your F-Class scores? If you fail to appreciate what Cooper is saying, all your rifle skills are worthless.
Anyone familiar with the thoughts and writings of Jeff Cooper would surely recognize the value Cooper placed on competitive shooting sports.
He held strongly that through organized scoring one learns which techniques, skills, and equipment are effective, and which are not.
Thus came IPSC.
Whether one shoots F-Class, or any, or no particular discipline, if you are shooting at a target of any sort, you are scoring/ judging your skill. technique and equipment, for whatever reason(s).