06-24-2017, 10:21 PM
Arkhangel5 Wrote:While I am not a Service Rifle shooter, I have been around them for years at my club. And I have noticed the decline in the numbers of competitors, at least at my club.
I believe that opening the discipline to optics has allowed the ones that still want to shoot to continue doing so. The biggest complaint I get from guys/gals who stop shooting is that their eyesight has diminished and it stops being fun. An optic allows them to keep competing.
At one of our recent Mid-range matches, we had quite a few Service shooters. I commented that nearly every one of them were using an optic of some sort. As a matter of fact, out the dozen or so shooters, only one was shooting as a purist, every one else was sporting a scope and an adjustable stock.
I have shot Service a few times, while I enjoy it, just don't have the time to compete in all the different disciplines.
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And eyesight is probably the main reason the CMP and NRA went with the optic. At least that is what I also hear. I too saw Service Rife dying off and now more are shooting what is considered 'Service' rifle. To me, they are match rifles now and there is no longer a need to have two categories of rifle anymore. If anything, two categories of sights would be decent. Iron sights and optical sights.
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