Boy i could invent a Whole New Vocabulary for That Guy.......I asked to shoot a blackpowder match at my LGC a few years ago, as a way to get to know a sidehammer .50 I own but haven't fired. I read the rules that the club had posted online and determined that while I wouldn't be competitive, my equipment offered no technological advantage over what everyone else had if I used Pyrodex and patched round balls. I called & asked, answered questions about what I had, and was told they'd love to see some new faces.
Morning of the match, I showed up and was told that my T/C Gray Hawk was "illegal" because of its stainless steel construction and synthetic stock with rubber butt pad. I asked if I could shoot for no scoring placement anyway, figuring my money was still good, but was promptly informed that "targets are expensive, and our time is limited." There were all of 9 people at the range, not counting myself. (Several had rifles with laced-on leather butt pads which obviously covered some hidden soft padding, causing me to scratch my head over the prohibition against the screwed-on rubber pad on my T/C.)
The group claims NMLRA affiliation, which might be why they couldn't compromise whatever rules govern their sport, but it was still off-putting to me. Worst part was as I went to leave, the guy who'd rather curtly and bureaucratically told me to get my mutt "modern" rifle away from their pedigreed wood stocked thoroughbreds asked me how much I'd take for my Gray Hawk. I replied "I don't really know; seems I'd have to find out how it shoots somewhere else before I could decide whether or not to part with it."
Kudos to you for being ABLE to just walk.........unbelieveable
Sorry , i should not have said that , true or not , i apoligize
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