01-03-2012, 03:23 AM
Hi Rstewart,
It's good to see another fellow competitor on this site.
I can't argue that the feedback from F-Class is faster as you have eliminated some of the variables and can see the effects of wind alone more easily. But I don't think it is true in all cases. I was match director for the Florida state championship matches this year in which we had a combination midrange prone and F-Class championship shot concurrently. One of our shooters Jorge Puiganu shot a 1199-97X grand aggregate at 600 yards with a metallic sight rifle from a sling, in the course of doing so he shot a 200-20X in one of the matches to tie the current national record and then went on to shoot one more X before dropping one into the ten ring to set a new national record. His group beat all the F-open and F target rifle groups for that match with some pretty tricky fishtailing winds. I think in his case he would learn little from F-Class about wind doping and would be a fantastic F-Class shooter. But I agree with you, I would learn a lot. After I master service rifle I will move to shooting a match rifle across the course and then eventually plan on shooting F-Class as well. Those March scopes are pretty impressive.
Bob
It's good to see another fellow competitor on this site.
I can't argue that the feedback from F-Class is faster as you have eliminated some of the variables and can see the effects of wind alone more easily. But I don't think it is true in all cases. I was match director for the Florida state championship matches this year in which we had a combination midrange prone and F-Class championship shot concurrently. One of our shooters Jorge Puiganu shot a 1199-97X grand aggregate at 600 yards with a metallic sight rifle from a sling, in the course of doing so he shot a 200-20X in one of the matches to tie the current national record and then went on to shoot one more X before dropping one into the ten ring to set a new national record. His group beat all the F-open and F target rifle groups for that match with some pretty tricky fishtailing winds. I think in his case he would learn little from F-Class about wind doping and would be a fantastic F-Class shooter. But I agree with you, I would learn a lot. After I master service rifle I will move to shooting a match rifle across the course and then eventually plan on shooting F-Class as well. Those March scopes are pretty impressive.
Bob