Howdy All,
What is wrong with the current USPSA scoring system?
Doesn't USPSA already reward 308 shooters with Major scoring??
Why do we want to even out the playing field between 223 and 308? We have Open, Limited, Single Stack, Production, etc-so that people can be competitive with different guns. Who gives a hoot if a guy is running a JP CTR 02 with a C-Mag and you are running an M1A with 20 rounds? You are not even in the same ball park. It's akin to shooting Single Stack and worrying about what the Open guy ahead of you is shooting. Who cares?! I don't gripe that the Open guy has 28 rounds and I have 8 in my Single Stack mag. I don't see why we need to throw a bone to 308 shooters and require only one hit on paper?? Also, my initial impression is that I am loathe to get out of the USPSA tradition of two shots on paper.
I think the major reason that people don't compete in Heavy Metal class is because of cost. Who wants to take a 308 at 15 bucks per 20 and go to a local hoser match? If you want to provide an incentive to shoot more 308, perform some sort of voodoo magic and miracle the price of ammo down. Also, if magazine capacity is a major issue, why don't the USPSA's industry sponsors work for us and engineer new manufactured high cap mags, and rifles for that matter, in 308. In the interim, continue the limit of 20 rounds for Heavy Metal and let them compete in their class.
Allowing a guy with great skill the chance to get through a course with only one shot on paper isn't a demonstration of skill so much as using a gimmick to get an overall win. I think seperate classes makes more sense:
Open
Limited-Irons and Optics
Heavy Metal/Battle Rifle-Irons and Optics
In conclusion, I like to shoot Heavy Metal and I do so because I like shooting 308 Rifles (LRP07, M1A, FAL), even if they cost alot to buy, are un-Godly expensive to shoot, have alot of recoil, have lower mag capacity, and are slower to reload.
That's my two cents,
Very Respectfully,
Billy Coleman
San Antonio, TX