Thread: F-Class

Would be really keen to get into f open shooting, sadly I haven't got the 5000$ to set up a rig, and all the reloading gear and then travel to shoots during the summer months. In terms of shooting my interests lie mainly aside from hunting are in advanced reloading ,wind reading and shooting/positional techniques like the field shoots I've been to. I'd be keen to do the odd 3 and 6 at trentham for a bit of wind reading practise but in some ways I'd rather spend my hard earned dollars and get out hunting. Never really been fussed shooting target rifle class, tried small bore and shooting with a sling and jacket wasn't me, I'm not keen on the 308 either really in my opinion it's just pissing into the wind if it wasn't a nato round it wouldn't be near as popular.

From the sidelines as a few others might of said yes there may be a demise of target shooting in nz however I see little advertising or promotion to get into the sport probably to do with the country's interior politics in the nra along with a local joker here who is mad set on getting rid of trentham as a shooting facility. Obviously I'm not just going to show up to a club shoot and walk up to some random and ask if I can have a go sort of thing if clubs want shooters then maybe it's time they get off their arse and show what the great sport it is . for example the national champs at trentham this year I didn't see that many spectators and I was thinking to myself how many of these crack shot shooters have actually tipped over a deer.

But hey just my opinion as everyone does, you gotta accept people move on and maybe the sport is not meant to be. Most young guys or people getting into hunting would be more likely to get into long range or God forbid 3 gun, pistol and the like rather than shooting paper