Keyboard warriors Dave. This will be a long one, maggots been riled.ovenpaa wrote:Shooting disciplines, like work and forums all have their pluses and negatives, good types and absolute twits and if we all based our choice of discipline on what we read on forums I doubt many of us would be shooting any more than a single discipline. Luckily many of us have the sense to push the elitist twaddle to one side and just get on with what we enjoy most.
On a personal note I am always disappointed to read of what is bordering on angst between 'rival' forums and anyone who is a member of a few UK forums will have seen a fair amount of it these last few months. If we cannot agree between ourselves what hope have we got for the future of our sport?
Reminds me of that red badge/blue badge thing...
I have yet to slag another forum off, I dont see the point.
We all make mistakes, apparently mine was mentioning CSR. No apologies there.
Mind you, you get the same for mentioning F class.
What worries me is that I give a crap about any of this....what an absolute waste of time, I need to get out more.
Better off out walking or reading a book.
A parting shot though.
For what its worth, I am new to CSR (It was SR when I shot it) but the attraction is immediate. Unfortuneately as has been pointed out people people appear to have internet and actual personas.
I can honestly say whatever experience (or more likely way off the mark "ere Geoff says this so it must be right" pre concieved ideas) you have of CSR, the people involved are all helpful, keen and hard grafting individuals. All have been welcoming regardless.
They take the p*** a lot, its un avoidable but refreshing, you also get equal helpings of encouragement to get on or respect when you shoot well. This comes from all levels of ability, you dont see an entourage or any real cliques.
As regards the CSR forum, something new happened to me on there. I inadvertantly upset a couple of people who, rather than slagging me off and steaming about it publically, gave me a call and talked to me about it. I respect that, so dont always judge a book by its cover. Open it and shagging well read it.
There are them out there that cannot stomach anything that does not fit their blinkered (and usually quite destructive) attitudes.
Remember that my background is Military, so I dont worry about carrying loaded or ready. I was a SAAI and carried out field firing exarcises as SO and Firer. I have also shot small bore and full bore TR, various military comps, and Ftr as well as general shooting...all equally badly, but my point is that I can usually see most points of view and dont come from a background of ignorance.
In the past 2 months my club (F Class) was kicked off a firing point by a "so called" senior TR club because they would not wait for us to finish our detail before falling back. Thats their call, they coul dhave been more diplomatic but such is life. What these people fail to realise is that active ear deffenders allow you to hear all the things you should not...so to the dumpy foreign lady who resembled a cross between a poisonous toad and a tetley tea person, who was mouthing off about the Euros....thanks but do your reserach love
You then had some snot (TR RO again) complaining that we might get hit at the 200 point (CSR Training Day).
All within parameters and given short shrift.
There have been some choice comments on here about carrying loaded or ready rifles down the range. If we dont do it it cant be done type stuff. It is being done, safely, by a growing number.
Its my best guess that this is why the discipline is so protective at times.
Start thinking outside the box folks before we self destruct FFS. Try it, it wont kill you.
Anyhoo, thats me done.
