As a representative of a “governing body” for a sport, one would expect a tad bit more professionalism. Maybe it’s just me but calling individuals cunts on a public forum really makes it tough for someone take said governing body seriously. Or care what they say. Just my opinion though.
Hi,
You forgot to add my name to that comment/opinion!!
I was just as rude and out of line as he was and am making that public apology right now. I will handle things cleaner and more professional when it comes to Alex and ELR in general.
There is enough movement within the ELR realm for shooters and match directors to have a "great reset" in regards to the bigger targets just to say further distances.
There is enough movement within the ELR realm that wants to see better than 50% impacts 5 for 5 at 1 mile then 2k yards then 2500 yards on 1MOA targets instead of just "How far can we go" and "How big do we make the target".
There will be those that have issues with that mentality just as there are those with issues with the "I done this far" mentality but at the end of the day ELR should be about repeatability, consistency and reliability...not a 10% statistical chance.
The statistical chance method IMO is not growing the sport of ELR but rather promoting a distance that for all practical purposes is undoable with ANY repeatability, consistency, and reliability.
The reality is; barring 200k - 1 million+ dollars of specific support equipment that the Gov ELR/HTI Teams have; there is no way ELR competitions as they stand right now will ever be repeatable, consistent or reliable in terms on hit percentages past 1 mile.
Because the reality is you can be the best wind guesser on the planet from your kestrels at firing position to wind flags every 10 yards to kestrel at target and guess what..................You "calculated" absolutely 1 wind segment information where the bullet actually flies at...just 1 and that is nowhere near the proper information to "calculate" the firing solution for anything repeatable!!
Because the reality is that if a 1 mph wind can put you OFF the reasonable/practical size target then the "industry" nor the shooters are ready for that distance without playing 10% statistical chance game.
Because the reality of promoting a distance that is as mentioned for all practical purposes undoable with ANY repeatability, consistency and reliability is hurting the ELR world as much as it is helping it. People are dropping 10k on systems to achieve a fake capabilities in regards to distances because if you drop that target size back down to realistic (1MOA) those distances are not being done due to several factors.
Ask ourselves...which is more realistic of a proficient ELR system and shooter.....
1 impact at target this size at 5000m
OR
5 for 5 on any given day at 2000m with target of 1MOA
Edited for grammar.
More to come....
Sincerely,
Theis