Hoghunter9mm wrote:F-CLass isn't growing because the new generations don t have the patence.
they want fast moving all the time like Practical Rifel Series - there isn't anything "practical" about it. Just yahooing around. And when the clubs don't want to entertain that sort of shooting, the kids get cranky and storm off never to return .They call us entitled because we have the range, but they don't want to shoot what we shoot and when we say they cant do what they want they leave. Sign of th times, We are here to shoot if you want to join in but we aren't going to change everything we do at the whims of people who are only going to turn up 1 time before they get bored and leve for their next flash in the pan interest. If F-Class isn't growing because we won't cater to yahoos, then I say good. Safe and structed in the pure pursuit of precision is better than having people running around the range like it's a baseball field pretending they are playing computer games in real life.
Bryan S
How incredibly small-minded and unwelcoming of you.
Do yourself a favour and pick up the NRAA SSRs. Now flick to Chapter 24: Precision Service Rifle. Notice this is in the SSRs? This is an NRAA discipline, just as much as F-Class is, with just as much right to shoot on the range as you have. This gatekeeping attitude of "No, it's our range to do what we want only" of the older generation of shooters is a great example of why not just F-Class is struggling, but the entire NRAA.
Your naivety with respect to how the PSR & PRS competitions are carried out, and this stigma of "yahoo cowboys" is echoed throughout the NRAA and I am absolutely sick of it. I moved to shooting PSR as my primary discipline, after about 7 years in F-Class (across FO/FSTD/FTR AND S/H) because the competition here in VIC is run by a fantastic group of people, with absolute respect to safety, precision, fundamentals of marksmanship and maintaining a fun, supportive and well-run event. It is run like clockwork; a 9am start means a 9am start, not like OPMs which state "9am start" and roll off somewhere around 10:15am. Safety is absolutely key and maintained to a fantastic level at all times.
Why don't these shooters hang around? Because the older generation push them out. They don't want to see change and growth, adaption, cross-pollination and ranges being utilized. They're happy to see a range open once a month, specifically for TR & F-Class, and shut the rest of the time, bugger everyone else.
So pat yourself on the back for contributing to the cancer that is killing your sport and sabotaging it for the future, well done to you.