You make some fair points John. We have talented shooters that get the best results from a standard pistol, and some that have "improved" their kickers to perhaps get a bit more.
Apart from some decent routine clean and service, I don't know of any kicker used in the RMTC that has been modified in any way, but I think some of the Rivvy lads have made a really good job of producing some anatomical grips that must help - an option that is available to all of us!
The next 5 months of MPL results will let us see if we have got the balance right, or if we need to make an adjustment to the bonus points we award per card to the kickers. I used my Centre Target this month to take full advantage of the extra 16 points that are available to me, but I am not sure that I could have scored 16 points more with my FWB 65 to get the same score - I think not - and that is the point.
There will be no changes at all in the scoring until the third series starts in July at the earliest, but we must keep an eye on the scores achieved as we do want to encourage all spring powered and SSP pistols, and to do that we have the bonus point system to give a level playing field, but this must not disadvantage those with recoilless springers of SSP pistols so the balance has to be right, so we will check this after 6 months to see if we have got it right.
I like your dig at the SSP Fairies by the way - there are a few of us that may need to get our tutu's out again!
Last edited by zooma; 09-02-2013 at 10:18 AM.
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