The final ruling was as I posted in the pictures from the NRL22 director. The sport was designed to be Inclusive!! Not exclusive.
The following is not directed at you personally but:
Seriously? This is laughable at best. The base class is inclusive already. The open class is what? Open, with a caveat?
So I can run my Vudoo rifle in a MPA chassis and Nightforce 7-35 optic and be 100% good to go, but the second I put on a home-made plate I am excluding someone? Who? How? Please explain this.
I have seen multiple plate owners share them amongst squad, and people in other squads, multiple times. Is that not being inclusive?
Sorry, but that decision is 100% ridiculous!
Meanwhile, I see people at NRL22 matches doing all kinds of questionable stuff on stages (see photos on facebook - its easy) like supporting the butt of the gun on the bucket while using a bipod with huge legs when everyone knows the idea is to support the rifle solely on the bucket and so on, but don't you dare use that plate on your multi-thousand dollar open class gun!!!