F-Class will never grow

[cheech]

Our club accepts everything provided it’s shot in prone position and not exceed range energy limits , calibre to 8mm in high velocity rifle .

Our older shooters were not accepting at the start with newer shooters with muzzle brakes etc , but soon became out numbered , but also found themselves learning a bit from them as well and joined in with sporter guns too .

We remain a very open club having achieved new accredited disciplines attracting shooters from other associations

As long as everyone does it safely to the rules we’re all happy , NRAA will always be the core of disciplines promoted where possible . Excluding those having a go is not the answer .

Good luck building your clubs

[font=Georgia]Our club won’t allow muzzle breaks due to the horrendous amount of noise and frankly does a 6.5 C really need a muzzle break??
Anyway, the “We have always done this way “ does prevail and the club has lost a few members to not allowing a white circle in the centre of the X ring {Older members are having difficulty seeing scope reticle dots against black background and the Target Rifle crowd says that that’s all they get to see so you should not have an “extra” advantage…and one to “No Muzzle Breaks”
It seems that petty politics arises in many places and one reason I resisted for years becoming a committee member.[/font]

Easy to make plenty excuses to exclude someone/something different. It’s from laziness to accommodate. We put all muzzle shooters on the line at once or to one side of the mound and we made (easily)portable baffles between shootiers . The perceived extra noise generated is not much more when tested we were more concerned with raised dust something like carpet piece placed under muzzle combined with baffles reduces the effect greatly . We don’t judge reasons for ones rifle setup if you want a muzzle brake on a 22Lr knock yourself out. Most shooters that first arrived with factory rifles have now built customs that cost equal or exceed single shot rifles so the committed investment is evident. And they want to learn precision reloading and wind reading etc asking for help .
Maybe this doesn’t happen with other club’s ? I don’t know ? As said above post a good committee will break or make a successful club .

[Fire Dog]

and the club has lost a few members to not allowing a white circle in the centre of the X ring {Older members are having difficulty seeing scope reticle dots against black background and the Target Rifle crowd says that that’s all they get to see so you should not have an “extra” advantage…and one to “No Muzzle Breaks”
It seems that petty politics arises in many places and one reason I resisted for years becoming a committee member.[/font]

difficult to see where the advantage is as TR doesn't compete against F class. Silly stuff.
Pete

[font=Georgia]EXACTLY…!!![/font]

[Drop shot]

Stolen meme, but it's pretty relevant as this is how the NRAA and it's sub states are viewed by the wider shooting community - this is a problem.