[quote="Quick"]Bruce,
Im sorry you think tactical type rifles should not be welcomed on the mound. Those style of rifles are popular and if FB and F-Class want to survive, they will need to start thinking outside the box a bit. I shot a Tactical type 308 rifle as do well with it considering I shoot as a bag squeezer and am one of the only ones I see at swanbourne when Im there. Theres only 5-6 of us I think. I personally think that shooting as a bag squeezer(Harris, Atlas, LRA Bipod, Etc) requires more skill then std FS style(bag and rear rest) and the full-on target FTR bipods.
In saying that Im in the process(albeit slow) of building my Omark into a FTR/FO-ready rifle. But this will not stop me from bringing my R700 rifle down and shooting it when I wanna shoot 'properly' as I call it.
FWIW, Im 22 yrs old and plan on being a member of BBRC at swanbourne for the next 50 years
many have said my rifle isnt competetive and I have shown them up a few times (just not as much as I would like)
I think the NRAA should start really thinking about how to get more shooters, especially younger ones around my age into the sport of we are gonna die a quick death I think soon.
A practical style comp would be awesome. Its not training to kill people, its a combination on athletices, pure marksmenship, ballistics knowledge, and innovation as you are required to shoot from various unconventional positions, at distances at unknown ranges within a set time limit. I mean seriously, how cool is that!!!! That is what would keep many young guys and girls interested as it would never get boring with the sheer conbination targets, stages, positions, etc.
Also, we could run a practical style comp on a NRAA range. Just need to think a lil bit about how to do it.
Sorry if my opinions offend some. I am just a youngun after all
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Well Said Quick,
I'm 50 this year but can relate to what you are saying, I enjoy shooting F class every now & then but its not the be all & end all for me I much prefer practical style comps and NRAA ranges are well suited to that. As I have said before the NRAA & its clubs need to allow their ranges to be used (& that could be easily done with little or no impact to current F/TR users) but with people like Bruce & the dinosaur attitude he has there will little chance of that until they fade away. Unfortunatley a few ranges will probably go the way of the dinosaurs before then!
10FPAT