#59 Postby GrahamW » Sun May 28, 2023 9:27 pm
Firstly, I'll address the topic.... No I don't think lowering energy limits will improve anything.
Now, sorry to take this off topic Albert but due to many similar comments, in several topics on these forums (including this one) I have to put my two cents in..
Why is it that so many F Open shooters are so quick to want to drop F Standard??
It's less expensive for a new shooter to get started in FS than it is to be competitive in SH, particularly the way SH is heading.
You can pick up an Omark, Angel, Neilsen or similar with a reasonable scope, ready to go for well under 2K.
Take some time, learn to reload and hone your skills at your local club, move on to OPMs and Kings shoots and when you get to a certain point you can decide if you want to and/or can afford to try F/TR or F Open.
You can take virtually any action and with some fine tuning be competitive in FS with a lot less technical skill and knowhow than needed for FO or F/TR, with longer barrel life, cheaper and easier to find cases and projectiles.
I see comments about how FS has become more like FO and turned into an "Arms Race", I don't see this.
The last rule change for FS I think was trigger weight being lowered to .5kg the same time for TR, I think roughly around the time F/TR was introduced in Australia. There may have been a slight weight increase also, I can't remember, but they were minor changes.
It's still .308 or .223 with projectile weight, trigger weight and overall weight restrictions. No comparison to F/TR or FO other than an overall weight restriction.
Sure, those with a few more dollars to spend will get the best gear they can afford and may have some perceived or real advantage but they're generally the ones that will move on to F/TR or FO and aspire to shoot for Australia or internationally at some point.
Most of the FS shooters I've come across just want to shoot locally and at OPMs and Kings events with no interest in shooting internationally, they just enjoy shooting and the camaraderie that is, for the most part, prevalent in our sport.
Dropping F Standard will NOT increase NRAA membership or improve our sport in any way, we would just lose more members.
Cheers,
Graham