Thread: Omark improvements

Originally Posted by ebf

No worries, great to see a young guy with obvious talent - god knows we need to encourage every single kid that show interest to shoot NRA coz the sport is dying a slow death...

We should try get D behind a 308 with a suppressor on one of the slow days during Nationals, just to see if he finds that ok, couple of folks in Karori club have good setups, so will be easy to arrange.

Sounds like a plan - feel free to organise the rifle and I'll supply the shooter.

Originally Posted by steven

The trend for the F open class seems to be a smaller diameter, currently 6 or 6.5mm seems to be what is winning. I indeed wonder on whether 5.56mm 80gr (or more) might make a show in the future. Not sure what the rules are on FTR and 556/223, must look them up, might surprise a few people with "conventional" views banging away with 308s.

F/TR is either .233 or .308 calibres.
My son first tried a .308 but he could be seen flinching before pulling the trigger.
He was immediately more comfortable using a club .233 then a loaned .223 before we bought a .223 for him use. I thought he'd be better off learning good habits with the .223 than bad habits with a .308 - and the right .223 can be competitive out to 1000 yards.

Some clubs don't mention the option .223/5.62 on their websites or FB pages which might discourage some potential shooters.