Took the plunge and got classified this weekend.
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BlauBear
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Should be posting my master scores by this time next year. Haha yeah right!-
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_Shorty
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Up here in Canada we turn in our books at the start of the match as part of sign-in. We go shoot our matches. They get scores entered by the officials and are returned to us after the matches are over. Be kinda hard to be a two-booker up here, hehe. How would I know what day I should hand in which book? 
I've no doubt that sandbaggers are out there. I haven't seen anyone around here doing it, but that doesn't mean I don't think there aren't any anywhere. The world's full of all kinds of people.
I've no doubt that sandbaggers are out there. I haven't seen anyone around here doing it, but that doesn't mean I don't think there aren't any anywhere. The world's full of all kinds of people.-
Pete A.
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I guess I'm "jaded" as I've met nothing but good folks at ALL the clubs, matchs, club shoots, etc. Lots of people working hard to help other shooters. Lots of good natured people applauding my successes and offering encouraging words on those "B" days.
My 2 sons (11 & 15) are welcomed with open arms at every event. Both are treated with the same respect that any adult would recieve and are fully "one of the gang".
Never do I have to worry about forgetting a gun, ammo, clip, having equipment problem, etc. There's always a helping hand. I'm trying to extend the same to any shooter around me.
So to me even to discss this is concerning.
My suggestion would be to focus on the next target and our own score cards rather than conjuring up "what if's" of our all too few fellow shooters. Starting with this oh so negative thought can't be good for one's scores anyway.
Pete A.
My 2 sons (11 & 15) are welcomed with open arms at every event. Both are treated with the same respect that any adult would recieve and are fully "one of the gang".
Never do I have to worry about forgetting a gun, ammo, clip, having equipment problem, etc. There's always a helping hand. I'm trying to extend the same to any shooter around me.
So to me even to discss this is concerning.
My suggestion would be to focus on the next target and our own score cards rather than conjuring up "what if's" of our all too few fellow shooters. Starting with this oh so negative thought can't be good for one's scores anyway.
Pete A.
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Jason
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I've only seen this what could be this one time ever. At the only big match I shoot each year, there was a shooter in my classification that I hadn't heard of shooting scores right at the top end of the class above ours. It seemed fishy to me, but could have just as easily been someone who had only shot a match or two before the big one and had gotten classified a little lower than their real shooting skill. I honestly don't remember his name or if he won anything great. I just chalked it up to either him shooting well or there being bad apples in every barrel. Either way, I wasn't going to let it mess up my shooting or my enjoyment of the match.
Just as with that episode, I've seen a couple people who expected the world to stop turning while they were shooting. When other relays are up, they'll be behind the line talking and laughing like everyone else. When they are up, though, they'll throw nasty looks at anyone who makes a peep (even another shooter's spotter) and will sometimes even throw an unkind word toward someone who laughs or talks right before or after they miss a target.
All together, I have seen less than five silhouette shooters total who have been anything other than as welcoming and helpful as they could possibly be, out of at least a couple hundred. Having shot other events (benchrest, trap, etc.), that's a wonderful ratio and the best that I have experienced. Come to think of it, that's better than I have experienced in any sport, not just shooting sports. So yes, there are a few folks that aren't exactly role models, but they are so few and far between in silhouette that it's not worth worrying about. If you happen across one, then deal with it then. It may not ever happen. Don't let it hurt your enjoyment of the sport in the meantime.
Just as with that episode, I've seen a couple people who expected the world to stop turning while they were shooting. When other relays are up, they'll be behind the line talking and laughing like everyone else. When they are up, though, they'll throw nasty looks at anyone who makes a peep (even another shooter's spotter) and will sometimes even throw an unkind word toward someone who laughs or talks right before or after they miss a target.
All together, I have seen less than five silhouette shooters total who have been anything other than as welcoming and helpful as they could possibly be, out of at least a couple hundred. Having shot other events (benchrest, trap, etc.), that's a wonderful ratio and the best that I have experienced. Come to think of it, that's better than I have experienced in any sport, not just shooting sports. So yes, there are a few folks that aren't exactly role models, but they are so few and far between in silhouette that it's not worth worrying about. If you happen across one, then deal with it then. It may not ever happen. Don't let it hurt your enjoyment of the sport in the meantime.