Splitting the precision rifle forum. Is it just me?
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One of the reasons it wasn't busy was because it was next to impossible to have good conversations in it. They are completely different shooting disciplines. The rifle builds, the optics, the equipment and the way they are used are very different. There are different priorities and different requirements for success. When someone asked as question, they got responses that were all over the map, with many being worthless to their intended use.
You can still read the other forum to acquire the knowledge and techniques, and you'll be getting the information in a purer form with less contradiction.
You can still read the other forum to acquire the knowledge and techniques, and you'll be getting the information in a purer form with less contradiction.
I'm all for change but are not all Canadian ranges "square" thanks to our CFO's and antiquated regs? Where in Canada do we have UKD ranges like the US does?
The closest thing I've seen is what the BCRA does ( positional shooting under time constraints, no sighters)
but it is still conducted on known distance DND ranges.
The closest thing I've seen is what the BCRA does ( positional shooting under time constraints, no sighters)
but it is still conducted on known distance DND ranges.
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They have had matches on the field range at Valcartier:
http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/foru...créatif-de-Valcartier-Long-Range-rifle-match?
There is going to be a match in Alberta:
http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php/1355672-PRS-Match-CDTSA-Milo-Range
The thing with field shooting techniques is that they also work on a square range. The same cannot be said of trying to take square range techniques into a field match. This is true even when all of the distances are given. If you have all the time in the world, sure. But add time stress to the equation and it falls apart.
http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/foru...créatif-de-Valcartier-Long-Range-rifle-match?
There is going to be a match in Alberta:
http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php/1355672-PRS-Match-CDTSA-Milo-Range
The thing with field shooting techniques is that they also work on a square range. The same cannot be said of trying to take square range techniques into a field match. This is true even when all of the distances are given. If you have all the time in the world, sure. But add time stress to the equation and it falls apart.
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At first I didn't like the idea, however after spending some time in the sub-forums I like the new format
Two points- one, folks had a hard enough time figuring out where to post a question with only one precision rifle subforum. Saying PRS is different from square range is like saying SUVs are so different from sportscars that each should have their own roads to get around, and never the two shall cross. The guts of square and PRS are exactly the same, as heretical as that will sound to some. It's confusing to see how the fundamentals are so easily overlooked once the participants show up dressed to advertise.
Second point, where should questions regarding ballistics go? Maybe questions regarding 'match' bullets go in square, but if their designation is OTM then they can be addressed here? Should the reloading forum also be split? The winners in PRS have excellent reloading techniques, should this discipline be compromised by talking about reloading among knuckle dragging hunters who can't figure out if 4198 is a rifle or pistol powder?
No one is discounting that PRS is the next generation, it just fundamentally isn't that different from what came before.
Second point, where should questions regarding ballistics go? Maybe questions regarding 'match' bullets go in square, but if their designation is OTM then they can be addressed here? Should the reloading forum also be split? The winners in PRS have excellent reloading techniques, should this discipline be compromised by talking about reloading among knuckle dragging hunters who can't figure out if 4198 is a rifle or pistol powder?
No one is discounting that PRS is the next generation, it just fundamentally isn't that different from what came before.
The basics of bicycling are the same regardless of the type of bike. Beyond that, off road mountain biking and street cycling are very much different. Ask a question to both groups about what equipment you should buy and how to train with it and you will get very different answers. And no one would specify which they wanted to do.
Put the question in the forum that best fits the type of shooting you want to do. Very simple.
Put the question in the forum that best fits the type of shooting you want to do. Very simple.
Nope. And the point I made was in the context of tactical precision guns being used on a range vs. in field shooting, in a forum specific to tactical shooting. So, why is benchrest even being brought up?
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