Edited version as follows:
I'd like to take issue with Sam Elliot's complaint about some shooters doing better in Hunter FT because they can afford the better equipment (Shoot Us A Line, August issue) - and the editor's supporting comment!
Tell me, in what sport is it not the case that high end gear is used by top shooter? Sam's suggestion of banning scopes over 12x magnification will acheive nothing as the shallow depth-of-field suffered by such scopes renders high-mag optics a hindrance in HFT.
Restricting rifles on price is also unworkable - how, for instance, would you calculate the value of a second hand rifle?
The editor's suggestion to make courses easier would denigrate the event and with the competition already so fierce at the top, I have no doubt that there will always be a shoot-off for the top places, thus giving spectators an exciting end to the day.
And contrary to what the editor thinks, I understand that the HFT governing body has stated it will not be introducing a .22 class - and I'm in full agreement. At the end of the day, It's down to knowing how your gun shoots so the question of calibre is irrelevant.
Sam may think that HFT is losing out on the chance to be a 'family sport', but I totally disagree. My daughter comes with my wife and I ... and thoroughly enjoys meeting her friends from around the country who also attend the shoots with their parents.
Well the basic points are there, but the qualifying/satirical statements to back them up have been altered so as (IMO) not do the job they were there for, so what we have left in print is largely unsubstantiated opinion.
As far as I know there IS currently going to be a .22 class next year although I don't believe it had been contemplated back as far as July, but we will wait for Sparky to announce the full rules and agenda for the UKAHFT events next year after they have been finalised by the organisers.
Thanks for typing it out Brock.
Oh well. Never mind - it's not as if the mainstream papers don't get edited, I've had my moan so I'll now live with it and move on.
David
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