First of all, let me say that it is my intention to promote the shooting sports.  This is my avenue for doing so.

I think that one of the problems with America today, is that shooting is being vilified by an ignorant (no shit!), paranoid and mostly feminized population.

To a large extent, this is our fault!

When I say our fault, I mean the shooters of America.  By not insisting that our family and friends get involved, we have created the situation we have today.   If nothing else, we should be relentlessly promoting our sport.  One person at a time if necessary-through healthy competition.

One of the big problems is that most Joe Blow shooters don’t even know these avenues of the shooting sports exist.  If 1/10^th of all the guys who go to the gunshows actually shot, one would not be able to get on the shooting range because of all of the crowds!  States would be forced to build new ranges from all the voter outcry for new facilities!  There are a lot of average gun owners who do not shoot in competition.  There are numerous reasons for this, varying from being busy (two income homes), lazy (too much TV), intimidated (a lot of people do not want to find out they might suck), etc..  For the most part, they don’t shoot because they do not know how!  Frankly, this information is just not available to the masses.  The NRA, for example.  The agenda seems to be guns not shooting.  I say pacification through education.  Win their “hearts and minds” so to speak.  The media so easily influences ignorant masses, get rid of the ignorance.

Problem #2 is the level of snobbery that exists inside the competitions.  The people are not snobs, the rules create unwitting snobs!  Who came up with these dumbass rules anyway?  Certainly not a bunch of average Joe’s who want to shoot for fun.  It is unfathomable to me that the NRA does not have an “anysight” (rifle with a scope) Highpower class. It is almost like they do not want an average guy to show up with his deer rifle or varmint rifle and shoot Highpower at the Nationals.  No, instead he has to devote his deer rifle to Highpower shooting and pay somebody for a bunch of modifications to his rifle before he can even start.

I am raving….sorry….  I pay my dues, I am entitled to my opinion. 

 To make a long story short, the AR15 could be the single saving grace to the future of Highpower Competition.

    This may sound stupid, but here me out.  The CMP is certainly not the answer.  Selling beat up, rack grade M1 Garands to everyone who has already shot in a competition is no strategy for the promotion of the sport!  Why isn’t the CMP at the gunshows promoting shooting?  Selling M1 Garands and .22’s to anyone who will sign up for a class?  These are the average Joe’s who need the information, not the shooters already affiliated with shooting clubs. 

The average gunshow variety AR15 is the answer. 

Most regular guys who like to shoot can’t afford a whole safe full of guns.  Because of family or monetary constraints, a lot of potential enthusiasts can only afford one really nice gun at a time.  Put another way, most guys are too cheap to buy exclusively target oriented guns, especially a $1500 M1A.  I can understand this thinking.  Fortunately, it is no longer necessary. 

Excellent quality post ban AR15 varmint rifles are readily available, of high quality, and are really quite inexpensive.

     These rifle can be EFFORTLESSLY upgraded for Highpower competition for less than the price of  a decent varmint scope.  These rifles are highly competitive all the way up to the High Master class with zero modifications (a fact that few gunsmiths will readily admit)! 

 The real beauty is that the sights can be removed in seconds and replaced with a Varmint Scope for a good prairie dog or groundhog hunt!

 Let me show you….