Field Target is an arms race.
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I'm thinking about trying Open Class also, and have invented a new strap setup. Kind of a full-body strap arrangement. Some folks think it's funny looking, but it's not as funny-looking as a lot of equipment we see in field target. Sure gets a lot of attention at the disco!
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I got mine from the source @SDstephan posted before. It’s a broad padded upper back pad with suspender straps to “wear” it and a pair of straps that hook over your knees. Should not be too hot even if it’s mid summer.
Now if I wanted to be very serious I guess I’d wear a shooting coat for standing shots but I’m just dipping my toes. I’ll get my butt kicked in all of the classes.
Now if I wanted to be very serious I guess I’d wear a shooting coat for standing shots but I’m just dipping my toes. I’ll get my butt kicked in all of the classes.
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With “deadman”, your position is legal in all AAFTA FT divisions: Hunter, Open, WFTF, Limited Pistol, Hunter Pistol.
I’ve never used a harness in competition. It might be helpful for stability, but then you are limited to Open Division only.
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I think part of the problem is that your argument assumes that Anyone has the ability to win, it's just their access to the top tier goods that is keeping them from the podium. The folks who win do so because they put in the time with their equipment and have natural talents.
When we cherry pick the Nationals as our example, we are pointing to the MOST DEDICATED and talented shooters out there. Shooters who have put in the time and achieved the results which then allowed them to justify spending the dime (including the dime to attend that competition).
At the end of the day, the best equipment in the world is only worth a few points on the scorecard. If your that dedicated (or gifted) and your scores are that close to the Nationals, perhaps its time to bite the bullet, save a few shekels, and splurge on that trophy rifle you've been eyeing all these years. ;-)
I.E. it's only an arms race for those at the very top of the sport, and hard to even argue there as all the top competitors want the top gear anyway. Is anyone at the top of the sport even participating in this broader discussion? Or is this discussion amongst people vying for runner up?
I shoot Hunter FT with a Notos and a Westhunter scope. Granted, my scores are an irrelevant 30/60 average. Even if I had one of the Thomas' I compete against, I'd still be a < 40/60 shooter. I'll learn and tune my gun and body as best I can in hopes of being a 50/60 shooter. If I'm still having fun when I get to that level, perhaps I'll switch to a more expensive FT specific rifle. Or, perhaps I'll just buckle down and get the Notos to shoot a perfect score.
Let's pose the opposite point to the OP: If everyone shot exactly the same equipment, would we see different people at the Nationals? Or would the best shooters still be the best shooters? If the answer is the latter, then what are we even discussing here?
The whole discussion reeks of everyone gets a trophy mentality.
Cheers!
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Actually the point is adequate equipment and lots of work = sucess. 98percent are unwilling to do the work. If you have inadequate equipment and work like the dickens you still in all probability come up short. Give the best shooters the worst equipment it's doubtful they will win. Give a poor lazy shooter the best equipment he will seldom win. Give a smart, hard working shooter adequate euipment he will be one of the guys always around and sometimes or maybe even often at the top. It's about the Indians not the arrow but the masses think they might buy points with equipment so equipmrnt continually evolves. If you don't evolve to some degree you will end up frustrated and eating dust.Some, usually those with a big ego get the trophy mentality, I agree. I feel sorry for them because when they NO longer win they have no fun and tend to disappear. What shooters don't recognize you need not beat any other shooters. They don't count. The match is between you and the target. Simple, beat the target and you will be s winner regardless of what the rest of the field does.
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Saying shooting sports are an arms race = admiting you suck at shooting.
There, I said it. Prove me wrong.
This is me at an FT match last weekend. Basically just a monthly match. And sometimes I suck at shooting. But sometime I don't.
Only the overall high score got this particular trophy.
I'll make it easy on checking up the depth of the competitors at this monthly match: https://www.airgunnation.com/thread...der-cup-match-report-from-phoenix-az.1326158/
And just to be clear, yes, I used my expensive gun. And I did that cuz I wanted to win.
Nationals and GP standings are at least as much (maybe more) of a measure of dedication levels than they are a measure of shooting skill. Ie, East Coast = a bunch of talented West coat guys don't go. West Coast = a bunch of talented East Coast/PR guys don't go.
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Klaudia makes good Open harness's. I bought mine from her in 2017 or 2018 and it's still going strong, although hasn't been used as much in the last two years as it was the first 5 or 6.
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Ok. You got me dead to rights there.This is me at an FT match last weekend. Basically just a monthly match. And sometimes I suck at shooting. But sometime I don't.
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Only the overall high score got this particular trophy.
I'll make it easy on checking up the depth of the competitors at this monthly match: https://www.airgunnation.com/thread...der-cup-match-report-from-phoenix-az.1326158/
And just to be clear, yes, I used my expensive gun. And I did that cuz I wanted to win.
Nationals and GP standings are at least as much (maybe more) of a measure of dedication levels than they are a measure of shooting skill. Ie, East Coast = a bunch of talented West coat guys don't go. West Coast = a bunch of talented East Coast/PR guys don't go.
Cheers!
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Ok. You got me dead to rights there.
Cheers!
Lol, I said early on this isn't sour grapes.
I win my fair share of matches-this topic isn't coming from that place of "woe is me, I never win, waa waa."
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