I would if I could. I think UK HFT embraces some of the early ideals of Field Target and really went back to the roots of field target. It's not about equipment (read high magnification scopes). It's celebrates (relatively) low power precision shooting, field ranging and wind reading.
I watched a video on YouTube where some of the guys were shooting with the sticks. I'm all for it. I just like the idea of just judging the distance and not touching your scope and knowing based on where your parallax is set and how the target is blurred to get an idea of the distance also. Then do your holdover or under based on that. It would be hard to learn all the tricks you need for good ranging and setting your scope up optimally for best use of your pellet flight path. Learning to judge kill zone sizes based on distances with the reticle. Lots of work but no different than what we do already for AAFTA. I've been playing with it some with my TX
You would definitely have to work on the course setup and I think they limit the max distance to 45 and as close as 8. I would come if it was not an all day drive or if it was a GP 2 day type match to make the trip worth it.
That would be a fun match to go do for sure. I was talking to Joe from JD designs and I guess there's a match somewhere here in the states where in the open class you can only dial once per lane which is pretty cool. I think in Oregon they have a type of springer class that shoots with the pistols. Now I'm not saying hand everyone the exact same gun, or set up and let's shoot. I'm just saying there is such an equipment race in all shooting sports that the sport is based on your wallet nowadays. I shot PRS and they have different divisions one is open one is production and they limit the cost of the gun and scope. Now the cost has been raised some but it's still there. it has to be a factory made gun and scope under well in PRS Rimfire I think it was $1500 total. Now the add-ons to the rifle like scope level bipod muzzle brake suppressor wasn't a part of that total. But the gun had to be original as far as action and barrel . Then there was a class open that wasn't uncommon for guys to spend 6000 for a rifle and half that for scope. I just like shooting and some days I want all the gizmos and other days just my r9 in 20cal a tin of pellets and just go shoot. We have all done it and just had a blast. To me the UK HFT is kinda like that. BUT it's a equipment race in that division as well. I would love to do it once to see how I truly feel about it. Also, you have a max of 2 points per target-2 if you drop it,1 if you hit the target and as they call it a donut for a complete miss.
