06-16-2017, 12:02 PM
Guys:
The second time in my High Power competitive life where in the course of a year, obsolete technology that had been mandated in rules has been discarded almost overnight.
I don't shoot service rifle anymore but may pick it up again because the difference between Service Rifle and Match Rifle are minimal now.
One can use a 4.5 X optic and a collapsible stock, and from what I observed recently at a Leg Match, railed forends where you could adjust the sling swivel just like a hand stop. Well over half the competitors used these devices and I don't think any leg points were awarded to someone shooting the 'standard' M-16A2 design, with its iron sights and fixed stock.
Interesting to see because I was shooting service rifle when the M-14 died off within two seasons, replaced by the AR-15's. Now the M-16 A-2 design is dying off just as fast, replaced by AR-15's that bear even less resemblance to anything issued than their predecessor.
LR55
The second time in my High Power competitive life where in the course of a year, obsolete technology that had been mandated in rules has been discarded almost overnight.
I don't shoot service rifle anymore but may pick it up again because the difference between Service Rifle and Match Rifle are minimal now.
One can use a 4.5 X optic and a collapsible stock, and from what I observed recently at a Leg Match, railed forends where you could adjust the sling swivel just like a hand stop. Well over half the competitors used these devices and I don't think any leg points were awarded to someone shooting the 'standard' M-16A2 design, with its iron sights and fixed stock.
Interesting to see because I was shooting service rifle when the M-14 died off within two seasons, replaced by the AR-15's. Now the M-16 A-2 design is dying off just as fast, replaced by AR-15's that bear even less resemblance to anything issued than their predecessor.
LR55