I wasn't around for the last leadership change, but since I've been in the sport shooting Production I have to say that the things that have bothered me the most have not been the existing rules, it has been the, frankly, bizarre rulings put forth from NROI. The paint in the magwell thing is a perfect example. Perhaps even more strange with that ruling was the language, "anything to help them reload or align sights quicker." Sight black is a temporary finish applied to aid in sighting the gun, and is obviously illegal based on that language, except that DNROI pointed to precedent to stipulate that sight black is, and has always been, legal. Which is it, the letter of the law or precedent? The rules about not using a barrel length any different from factory standard were also pretty clear, except that NROI changed their minds for CZ shooters. One can swap an Australian barrel into a regular old Shadow no problem, but I can't put a Glock 34 slide on a Glock 17 frame. One of those things clearly creates a competitive advantage, the other does not, and the one that does not is the one that is illegal.
Oh yeah, I asked DNROI about that CZ barrel issue and he said it wasn't legal. A matter of weeks later they changed the CZ Production gun list to include different barrel length options for the same model of guns (even though they don't come that way from the factory).
I'm hopeful that our new President - an experienced Production shooter - can lead a charge to simplify these issues and bring them more in line with common sense.
How would anyone know?