I saw mention of WFTF rules on the AAFTA page and wondered if this is another division at matches for rifles that meet the power level and any other requirements."Hunter" if Piston or PCP is a max 20fpe class.
yes you can shoot it at 12 FPE w/o issue.
Parallax focus / articulation is the primary miens in judging ranges ( if not bracketing using retical scaling to determine distances ) and used in all classes of Field target domestically under AAFTA rule structure.
Your Q ...
is a WFTF bracket available at most events?
Not understanding this question
If I ever make it to an event I'll contact the match director or club to see what's available and expected classes.
It would always be safest to check with the MD first. But, at any FT match that uses AAFTA rules you should be able to shoot Hunter, Open or WFTF classes with either a PCP or spring piston gun (making a total of 6 unique classes). But, for the purpose of handing out awards, any of the 6 classes with a very small number of participants (1-3) may be combined together or with other classes. But, you should always be able to participate in the class of your choice.
Heres the solution I came up with. AAFTA says for a GP you need to have 3 to award a first, 5 to award top 2, and 7 to award top 3. And we follow that. But in addition to that, if we have 3 or fewer in a class we still give up to 3 awards per class, IF…….a PCP shooter scores better than 80% of the match high score or a springer shooter scores better than 65% of the match high. Doesn’t matter if there are only 1 or 2 shooters in a class, they can both receive an award If they meet that minimum criteria. I came up with this because we were giving away some really nice donated prizes based on sum of points for top three placings over the course of the season. I didn't want someone shooting a class no one else was signed up for just to be able to lock up a first place every match and win the prize without scoring well or really competing against anyone. It worked rather well and we plan to continue it even if we aren’t giving away prizes. And we obviously never combine classes."If I ever make it to an event I'll contact the match director or club to see what's available and expected classes."
I haven't heard of any FT clubs or MDs that didn't offer all divisions and classes. However almost all are faced with how to handle as few springer shooters as most see at any given match. So how they handle it often varies from match to match.
Becomes more complicated when awards are involved. I don't give awards for less than three shooters in a class or division. So let's say there are three piston shooters at an awards match; two Hunters and a WFTF. I can let them all compete for one Springer Division award. Ot they can each compete against the PCP shooters for Hunter Class awards five deep, or WFTF Class awards three deep. As a match director, I would ask them what they would prefer.
One Hunter wants to compete for the five Hunter Class awards, the other Hunter wants to compete for one Piston Division award, and the WFTF piston shooter wants a participation award!
What would Match Director YOU do?
