Comments on: NRA World Shooting Championship Revisited…

By: Eddie Hill

Eddie Hill — Tue, 24 Feb 2015 17:38:56 +0000

That small bore rifle event was a joke. They wouldn’t let you zero the rifle. You just had to hold off.

This entire match had little to do with accuracy. It was about speed at close range – mostly 25 yards and less.

Where’s the skill of precision shooting in hitting a piece of steel at 7-10 yards?

By: Les Williams

Les Williams — Tue, 24 Feb 2015 13:43:31 +0000

Jeff,

You are spot on with your comments. I also was very interested in an actual multidiscipline challenge.

The “modified” courses of fire were far from actual events. For instance, small bore rifle was shot at 25 yds, normally 50 in the standing position, and the target was a 100 yd prone target. Yet, all the speed or action events followed their rules closely.

Definitely not for me.

Also wonder why the NRA supports a match that doesn’t follow rules established specifically for that discipline.

By: Jeff Lindblom

Jeff Lindblom — Fri, 20 Feb 2015 16:54:18 +0000

Rhino, I think you’re spot-on with the modified 3-gun comment. And it’s fine in that respect, but not what I was expecting to see.

The scope of the stages is very narrow, and anything that relates to non action-shooting disciplines was heavily modified last year.

When they first announced this, I was intrigued – a real multi-discipline event! But alas, most disciplines were either not represented or poorly represented in the courses of fire.

An interesting alternative would be to include actual courses of fire from all (or most) disciplines that have an NRA national championship, proper equipment and all. A couple days worth of clinics could be offered for shooters to learn how to compete in unfamiliar disciplines (sling rifle shooters learn to shoot movers with a pistol, action pistol shooters learn how to sling a rifle, etc.)

The concept is really cool, but the execution would need to change significantly to make this a true World Championship of (all) Shooting.

Thanks,
Jeff

By: Cadet

Cadet — Fri, 20 Feb 2015 13:11:55 +0000

Trijicon Shooting Challenge

21-24 October 2015

Rockcastle Range

Park City, KY

Go to Trijicon.com

By: Rhino

Rhino — Fri, 20 Feb 2015 13:01:47 +0000

I would caution you to not register until Peacemaker publishes a Final Match Program. Last year, they changed the course of fire and rules throughout the match.

Really surprised to see the NRA still involved this year. Besides, it’s really just a modified 3-Gun match.

Obviously, Trijicon recognized the short comings of Peacemaker staff to conduct a “championship” and are now running their own this October.