I've heard, but can't verify, that there used to be a high power rifle competition in the Olympics until about 1970s or 1980s. I was told that the course of fire was too rigorous and too demanding of the athletes and that the sport had gotten too expensive for all but a few shooters to be able to compete. Too bad.NcongruNt wrote:I have wondered why there is no classification for high-powered rifles. The first reason to come to mind is that in most parts of the world, firearm ownership and use is very restricted... While .22 is a standard platform for competition, I don't see why there cannot be other competitions in other calibers, such as .223 or .308.
While gun ownership is restricted in many parts of the world, this doesn't prevent governmental sport authority bureaucracies from grooming shooters. In China virtually no citizens own guns, yet a Chinese woman took gold in woman's pistol competition.
Congratulations to Pfc. Eller for his success, it certainly didn't come to him overnight. He is deserving and he makes us Texans very proud.