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F-TR obssessed shooting junkie
I found the current article on hearing loss in the bulletin incredibly timely this afternoon. I shot a 3x600 F class match today. Not unlike a hundred other days in the last few yrs. What is different this afternoon is that my ears are ringing and I feel a little dazed. I didn't notice it at first, but once I put my finger on it it is very obvious. As noted above, I've certainly done this over 100 times in the last 5 yrs or so. What is different about today is that there were two guys squadded to my left today with Ruger RPRs with brakes on them. (it definitely wasn't the prodigious recoil from the 80Amax's I was shooting up)
At first I thought I was just close to someone running a big magnum open gun and I didn't think anything about it until 3 shots into my match (I'd already scored once and didn't look over) when the RO came over and asked the shooters to remove their brakes, and when they couldn't asked the other shooters on the line if it was OK. This wasn't an NRA sanctioned match and it wasn't the end of the world and we all said it was fine. I was amused in my 2nd and 3rd match when their first shots blew grass and leaves across me.
Now I'm realizing that laying next to brakes for 3 matches and sitting at the feet of my shooter scoring for 3 more matches leaves one with a very different feeling at the end of the day. I'd never thought much about the brakes, I have them on some of my rifles, just not ones I shoot for 20 shot strings. It certainly gives me a different perspective on brakes in competition. (definitely not in favor)
At first I thought I was just close to someone running a big magnum open gun and I didn't think anything about it until 3 shots into my match (I'd already scored once and didn't look over) when the RO came over and asked the shooters to remove their brakes, and when they couldn't asked the other shooters on the line if it was OK. This wasn't an NRA sanctioned match and it wasn't the end of the world and we all said it was fine. I was amused in my 2nd and 3rd match when their first shots blew grass and leaves across me.
Now I'm realizing that laying next to brakes for 3 matches and sitting at the feet of my shooter scoring for 3 more matches leaves one with a very different feeling at the end of the day. I'd never thought much about the brakes, I have them on some of my rifles, just not ones I shoot for 20 shot strings. It certainly gives me a different perspective on brakes in competition. (definitely not in favor)