NRA Highpower Rifle these days

by bj , Saturday, November 26, 2016, 19:03 (2857 days ago) @ Bryan

I got into highpower rifle at a club where I would go visit so I still go up there and shoot occasionally. I like the challenge and visiting my friends. Highpower rifle is predominately an open sight game, or at least it was, and it mixes precision with supporting the rifle using your own bones and muscles. There is some enjoyment involved but it is mostly a personal challenge.

I've participated in other types of shooting in the past- airpistol, trap, NRA hunter pistol silhouette, IHMSA silhouette, NAA indoor and outdoor archery, and NFAA field archery. NAA archery is a lot like highpower rifle, it takes a lot of concentration and precision. The competitions that I liked the most were IHMSA silhouette and NFAA field archery. IHMSA has all but completely disappeared but there is still some field archery around. I keep thinking that one of these days I will get a new bow and get back into that, but it takes a lot of time for practice.

Back to highpower rifle- it requires good eyesight and now that a lot of competitors are getting older and having a harder time competing, CMP is beginning to allow optical sights. So that is something for you to consider. I have yet to try it with optical sights but I will as soon as I can.