Not too long ago, some fellas roughed up some WORLD CLASS shooters at the IBS 200-300 Group Nationals. 
And one of them had over 11,000 rounds on the barrel.
I wish I could go to the SS but I pull weeds for a living so.....Spring is a busy time for me.
It is not easy to discern nowadays but a little research will show that the winning X count in Score shooting is not that much different now from years past. It is true that most guns on the line in Score are now HV 30's but someone who can shoot can get it done with a PPC.
Now.... IBS ranges are allowed to hold a LV match only. This was done to allow more shooting opportunities for members and to add some diversity to the match format that has, to date been offered not to mention more fees for the clubs and IBS. A range can hold a LV/HV match.
This was an opportunity for the LV PPC guns to come out and play on a more even field. The problem lies in the Match director.
Speak to your match director and ask for a LV only match or a LV/HV 2 yardage match. (offer to help run the match)Then and only then will you see some PPC's on the line at a Score match.
David, I was hoping someone would bring this up.
Pertinent to this discussion was the above mentioned IBS LR Nationals, where Dean Breeden and Harley Baker nabbed the WIN and Place slots shooting their 30 BR rifles - being idiots
NOT, these competitors used the BEST rigs they had . . . which, competently guided, proved good enough to best the rest of the field. Sadly, THAT demonstration of precision was dismissed as a "fluke"!
As pointed out by others, people serious about winning, take the best they have - especially to the bigger tournaments. I will admit that a thirty caliber rig isn't for everyone - in fact, few will wield the precision as well as they will a lesser recoiling rig. Oh, for the afore mentioned NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, at which HOF members were among the troden upon, one must assume that [at least] THOSE contestants (HoF members) took their best gear and game . . . but on this forum, Dean and Harley got NO respect.
In the end, winning BR tournaments is about using the best tool for the job . . . and executing at the highest level.
Ted, like you, many (most?) of us who are inclined to shoot score tournaments, have limited time. Thus we alot our valuable vacation-time to other priorities: my personal, "must attend" events: the NBRSA Hunter Nationals; the Wisconsin State NBRSA Hunter Rifle Championships; and my annual two week Wyoming hunting trip.
The SS is on my , "maybe someday" list - maybe once I nab a 190+ B&C mule deer buck or, get too old to climb the mountains. Simply put, it boils down to priotities.
Then, David, what makes ya think that some of us [knuckle dragging Hunter Rifle freaks] won't drag our LV 30BRs to those LV/HV events?
RG
