NRL realism

[khuber84]

I understand where the 16 pound limit came from (Idaho), but it still seems excessive and the amount of hunters actual lugging a 16 pound rifle is probably minimal. What I would wish is the rifle weight somehow factored into score as the scenarios NRL attempts to recreate are more akin to a hunt yould have to hike and would factor in rifle weight.

Set 12 pounds as the benchmark (seems fair with a bipod attached), but have a points multiplier or detractor based on weight. Spitballing here, but say every pound below 12 pounds increases your score by 5% and every pound over 12 decreases your score by 5%. A guy shooting a 16 pound rifle would only get 80% of the score, while someone shooting an 8 pound rifle would get 120%.

You'd have to do the same with power factor, as the recoil is higher and harder to shoot.

Here's the deal, hits are hits, first rounds worth 2x the points. I think 12# is a very practical number. It's not as easy as ya think!

 

[Carl Ross]

Is NRL Hunter perfect for testing all around western hunting/shooting skills? No.

If you go from "box of ammo a year guy" to regular competitor, will the skills you develop improve your shooting? Yes.

Many rules (especially equipment rules) are what they are because it was made through a PRS/NRL race gun lens. And...there is a large crossover in participation between NRL Hunter shooters and PRS/NRL race gun shooters. While not perfect from the perspective of making the best western hunting/shooting skills test, it did attract enough shooters to get the thing off the ground.

Getting people who already compete in firearms sports to try a different flavor of competition isn't THAT hard. Getting people who are fanatical hunters to spend significant time and money to shoot more in a weekend than they do in a year, is much harder. Even in this thread, you have people ask why anyone would consider shooting competition vs spend time in the field.

I seriously considered running a "hunters prep" match a few years ago, but I had too much going on to make it happen. I've since built a standing "hunters course" at a private facility I teach at. I need to get some reps on it and shake it out properly.

 

[ID_Matt]

Set 12 pounds as the benchmark (seems fair with a bipod attached), but have a points multiplier or detractor based on weight. Spitballing here, but say every pound below 12 pounds increases your score by 5% and every pound over 12 decreases your score by 5%. A guy shooting a 16 pound rifle would only get 80% of the score, while someone shooting an 8 pound rifle would get 120%.

Wait, so I hit more targets than you but since your gun is 1 lb lighter, you win?? So in some circumstances, being less lethal is actually rewarded?

I somewhat get the thought, but too many rules just gets crazy to track. People are going to complain no matter what so just make it easy and set it at 12 lbs, (which isn’t crazy) if you add a bipod and suppressor and call it good. This thread is already an example that you can’t please everyone.