pjifl wrote:My previous statement that It is not fair on shooters to have scorers and check scorers using substandard gear. was meant to imply that the shooter can gain from a good scorer as well as suffer.
I agree that unnecessary delays imposed on a shooters can be very unfair, but a good scorer, who has good optics and is on the ball may help the shooter.
A scorer may call for a higher score as well as a lower score and if he is really on the ball and sees a bullet trace towards a wrong target can often help facilitate a much shorter delay. This applies also to eTargets scoring as well. It is much harder to pick up a bullet trajectory through Binoculars that a steadily held spotting scope.
It seems to me that the quality of scoring has dramatically fallen and it is something that should be addressed.
Peter Smith.
I don't disagree with any of your points Peter. If spotting scopes were made compulsory, and possibly allowing binoculars for the check scorer only, I would be happier. Having been disadvantaged by over-zealous scorers several times (including by direct competitors in my class) its a bit of sore point for me personally. I would prefer they leave it to the shooter to challenge if he wants to, and only query the marking themselves in clear cut cases.