Like we already know, oft times all it takes is one miss to cause a 2nd place finish so if we can trust our equipment that goes a long long way.
Personally I've had rifles I used for FT that weren't capable of winning. POI shifts, not precise enough, too lightweight, poor triggers, those kind of things.
Then scopes and rings that had problems too.
Equipment problems become annoying and when they keep turning up it destroys the fun factor for me because I know I can do better. At times I would have packed up and left because of equipment problems if I was just there to shoot rather than hang out with friends too.
I don't know anybody that wouldn't refuse using $1000 worth of equipment that was up to the task of winning and that the shooter was satisfied with. I darn sure would go that route and spend whatever extra $ I had on other things that I wanted in life. Most of the time that is not the case for us though.
Therefore I've had no choice but to buy the best that I could because if I miss it needs to be my fault not any other reason or I might as well quit the sport, it's just how I feel. I'm fine with not winning (kinda, we all want to win, right??) but not because something failed in the rifle and scope system.
Competition is a chaos thing, I don't know how to explain it but sometimes it's a persons time to win??? I've shot what I thought was a mediocre performance and won, and at times really fought for a win and didn't. Practice does help but the match can have things happen in it, like mistakes, wrong wind calls, and unforeseen mishaps. Shoulda, woulda, coulda...
Then there are shooters that are better positional shooters, so if there are a lot of those shots in a match the best positional shooter will most likely win.
I don't know who Drumsnguns is but maybe he is a former BR champion?? Those of us without much experience in the game are not going to be able to compete at that level. Some people by necessity or choice shoot bazillions of pellets every week, or have done so in previous years. We who don't will often struggle to be nipping at their heels.
We all look at things through our own unique lens of perspective, though some have their lens cracked a little bit
lol JK. I thought I was wrong once but I was mistaken, haha
There's a couple jokes to spice up our day, lol. Will I sell my nicer guns, nope, not unless I absolutely have too. I'm not going practicing all the time either, I will never be that person.
