Note that shooting a .243 automatically moves you to the F-Open side. I've seen a lot of 580-590+ scores with over 50% of shots being X's even in only the 2 matches I've joined in on. I've learned that you can have a great performing rifle, but if you don't reload your own ammo it makes it very difficult to stay competitive!

A solid Bipod or rest is required as well as a rear bag that will allow the rifle to sit like a rock with your crosshairs as close to motionless as possible. After my first 3x600 match I instantly realized that I needed to make my shooting platform more stable. After the first 3x1000 I realized I definitely needed to get into reloading as the Factory ammo wasn't pushing the rounds fast enough to stay consistent. I used a buddies reloads on the final round and my score increased immensely. Also realized the slight better glass wouldn't hurt as I would then beable to see the scoring rings for better hold off calculations.