Re: F-T/R Bullet Weight Cap (proposed), discussion.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: QuietShootr</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Darrell Buell</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: QuietShootr</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
Is there any reason we can't publish an F-Tac winner at the local level? </div></div>
I can't think of a good reason why not. </div></div>
Well then, I'm going to make it so. Is there any even proposed definition for that class, or are we breaking new ground here? </div></div>
QuietShootr, There is a huge thread on this in this forum. The short version is that there is discussion with the NRA and if you want to discuss that please take it to another thread. There is some fierce disagreement on the proposed rules and it does not need to come into this thread, it is a separate conversation, this is about F-TR and bullet weights.
RE: bullet weights:
I can live with it either way. Personally I think I'd rather see a 201 limit, though in my mind it's not "fairness to all" or "making new shooters competitive".
I don't think shooting heavy bullets is going to drive anyone away. What drives my opinion is the concept (again, in my mind) that pushing bullets that heavy from a 308 is just silly impractical and completely gaming the system; however, as stated <span style="text-decoration: underline">I can live with it either way.</span> We certainly are not going the way that USPSA/IPSC went. I played that game back when they used to make all courses of fire 1911 neutral and there were no extended mags. Comparing a stock R700 or a Savage to a rifle with a long throat in a custom barrel is a long way from the comparison between a single stack 1911 with irons and a full on IPSC race gun.
As a side, as long as Remington cuts the throats in their stock barrels a 215 might actually be just right.
I'm sure at some point around 230 or so you reach a threshold above that you can't make a bullet with enough BC that it can be pushed fast enough from a 308 to make it to 1000 super sonic, and maybe that is the answer, just leave it alone and one day we all end up shooting 225s or whatever the physics dictate is the "best" combination.