Quote Originally Posted by Brian.Samson View Post
One of the core rules in HFT is that you are not allowed to make scope adjustments during the competition. If you were allowed to make some adjustments (turning on and off reticle illumination) but not others, then it would be very difficult for a marshal to see if you were cheating, by adjusting PA for some shots when you shouldn't be.

Believe it or not, there is a small minority of people who will cheat at HFT given half a chance, and those people can be very inventive.

Sometimes it's not easy or obvious to see a reason for a rule, but that doesn't mean there isn't one - that's probably the case with this magazine rule in Bench Rest.
Something I've discovered about BR since I started to test the water recently is that the sport and rules are in disarray - even worse than FT!.
I agree with you Brian. I know of at least one quite well known character whose gun always seems to be very close to the limit, on the wrong side, . But the illumination, not that I turn mine on!

A.G