There is a place
The Fclass section for factory rifles is the PERFECT place for beginners.
That said i'll explain what you probably know and have forgotten with all the years of exp. you have. As a first year its still fresh in whats left of my mind.
This was my first Official year with the O.R.A. , after sitting through the long range classes that they ran and the reloading course I got a chance this year to shoot at distances i'd never seen before and with people that had experience.
There are a lot of people there that are willing to coach and mentor new shooters. Although i've shot for years and have reloading experience i stil had a lot to learn because what i was doing was not decipline specific to F-class.
Off topic a bit her but relative, if you decided to get into car racing what would happen if I gave you a Ferrari and put you on the line next to Michael Schumacher? Would you expect to win ? NO. But if Michael ran races that you were allowed to compete in with a car you could actually handle and understand you,d get a chance to learn what makes a winning car win and what it takes to keep up, you would learn a new skill set specific to what your interests were for the sport.
Now take a new shooter/or even a shooter that's hunted or shot shorter distances, is it not safe to assume that this person being a reasonable person would not be disappointed to NOT win a match when he/she's now at 3-4 times the yardage with people that have been doing this for years.
This year I got an idea of what its like to shoot from different yardages alot farther than i had access to before. I got to talk to people that had experience with this and most were quit willing to coach or share their knowledge. I learned exactly how precise I need to reload to be competitive at 1000 yds now instead of bragging about nice groups at 100.
Factory F-class give anyone the opportunity to come out and learn and most of all HAVE FUN doing it. If your not having fun doing something they call that work.
When I came out this year I was a decent shooter with fairly good reloading skills. The O.R.A. gave me the chance to expand on that and get even better and this all started from an intro day run by Ric 2 summers ago.
To anyone reading this I'll say, come on out. bring what you have, bring a willingness to learn and have fun and don't expect to take over the world the first week. There is alot to learn and people there who will help you do this, most of the competitive shooters are great people that at one time had to learn all this too. Come out to have fun and you won't be disappointed.
Yes you can go out and buy all sorts of fancy shooting equipment but you don't need to , spend some time on the range and you,ll learn what you need and what suits your goals and you might just have some fun while you do it.
I'm looking forward to next season to add to what i've learned this year and with any luck I might be able to beat Bob with his factory Savage.
Mike
The Fclass section for factory rifles is the PERFECT place for beginners.
That said i'll explain what you probably know and have forgotten with all the years of exp. you have. As a first year its still fresh in whats left of my mind.
This was my first Official year with the O.R.A. , after sitting through the long range classes that they ran and the reloading course I got a chance this year to shoot at distances i'd never seen before and with people that had experience.
There are a lot of people there that are willing to coach and mentor new shooters. Although i've shot for years and have reloading experience i stil had a lot to learn because what i was doing was not decipline specific to F-class.
Off topic a bit her but relative, if you decided to get into car racing what would happen if I gave you a Ferrari and put you on the line next to Michael Schumacher? Would you expect to win ? NO. But if Michael ran races that you were allowed to compete in with a car you could actually handle and understand you,d get a chance to learn what makes a winning car win and what it takes to keep up, you would learn a new skill set specific to what your interests were for the sport.
Now take a new shooter/or even a shooter that's hunted or shot shorter distances, is it not safe to assume that this person being a reasonable person would not be disappointed to NOT win a match when he/she's now at 3-4 times the yardage with people that have been doing this for years.
This year I got an idea of what its like to shoot from different yardages alot farther than i had access to before. I got to talk to people that had experience with this and most were quit willing to coach or share their knowledge. I learned exactly how precise I need to reload to be competitive at 1000 yds now instead of bragging about nice groups at 100.
Factory F-class give anyone the opportunity to come out and learn and most of all HAVE FUN doing it. If your not having fun doing something they call that work.
When I came out this year I was a decent shooter with fairly good reloading skills. The O.R.A. gave me the chance to expand on that and get even better and this all started from an intro day run by Ric 2 summers ago.
To anyone reading this I'll say, come on out. bring what you have, bring a willingness to learn and have fun and don't expect to take over the world the first week. There is alot to learn and people there who will help you do this, most of the competitive shooters are great people that at one time had to learn all this too. Come out to have fun and you won't be disappointed.
Yes you can go out and buy all sorts of fancy shooting equipment but you don't need to , spend some time on the range and you,ll learn what you need and what suits your goals and you might just have some fun while you do it.
I'm looking forward to next season to add to what i've learned this year and with any luck I might be able to beat Bob with his factory Savage.
Mike
