There are a number of changes for F-Class this year.
Firstly, F Class shooters will now be squadded separately from TR shooters. We'll still share the same range, but we will no longer get to have and F-Class and a TR shooter firing together on the same target. Personally I will miss this fellowship, and I will also say that this was not an easy change to make, but it is hoped that this will be an overall improvement to F Class shooting at the Canadian Championships matches.
Secondly, F-Class will no longer fire on TR targets using V=6 scoring. We will be using a special (roughly) 1/2-MOA V-bull paster applied to the standard DCRA target. F-Class shooters will be scored on a "5-V" system. The 5-ring for F-class shooter will be the V-ring of the current DCRA target system, i.e. approximately 1 MOA (a bit tighter actually at 300m, and a bit looses at 900m), and the F-Class V-bull will be exactly half that diameter. The F-Class 4-ring will be the 5-ring from the TR target, roughly 2MOA diameter (a bit tighter at 300m, a bit looser at 900m).
Thirdly, we will be recognizing a third variety of F-Class this year, F/Restricted, which is defined in the ICFRA F-Class rules. Briefly, it is .223 Rem or .308 Win, no bullet weight limit, and the front rest may only be a bipod or hand (i.e. pedestal benchrests are not allow). You'll see that this is very similar to F/Farquharson, though not identical - F/Farquharson restricts .308 Win bullet weight to <156 grains (no limit for .223 Rem), and F/Farquharson permits any kind of front rest to be used.
Fourthly, F/Farquharson and F/Restricted will now be fully and equally recognized in all the prize lists. Provided that there are at least three shooters, the first place F/Farquaharson and the first place F/Restrcited shooter will receive the same award (gold medallion, etc) as the first place F/Open shooter.
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Dan,
ReplyDeleteGreat blog. I will have this linked to the DCRA webpage soonest.
My question is why don't we eliminate F/F class or is this considered blasphemy.
Aaron Daley
Eliminating F/F would be somewhat blasphemous (for one thing, we invented it!).
ReplyDeleteHaving said that, I don't see the sense in having both F/Farquharson and F/Restricted over the long term. I think that eventually, one of these styles will win the hearts and minds of shooters, and there will be substantially more entries in one class than the other.
Until that happens though, I think we should offer both, and discover what people want to shoot. I supposes there's a not so subtle hint of, "if you don't shoot, this might disappear...." that ought to encourage people to get out and shoot!