portside wrote on Nov 23
rd, 2015 at 10:31am:
I guess I don't understand why guys invest so much in the old time type single shot rifles and their loading techniques and so on then put the most modern scope they can find on said rifle . Kind of like saying, I am really into primitive camping but, not without cable TV and air conditioning. In other words it sounds like many single shot shooters like the old rifles but, all of that is out the window when winning matches is all they are really interested in!
Dave
That is a good question and of course can be dealt with very easily by rule changes but, I'm sure that it would open a very large can of worms!
I started this sport at a good time (1985) for this issue and I had no preconceived ideas about it other than I wanted to buy and shoot single shots. Had there been scope rules, I would have easily complied with them.
Modern scopes were reasonably priced and external scopes were CHEAP. Most serious competitors used modern scopes in those days and the externals were used by collector/shooters. I didn't want a external, they were to big, to bulking and to fragile looking. I reget my mind set now
A simple rule change for this basic type of scope would be a minimum scope length or a maxium scope, body diameter.
I can't see where there would be a cost factor, I would be very suprized if the people that are using the most modern, large ojective lens scopes, don't have at least one scope of STS quality or better.
Frank