Might be good, might not

[desert deuce]

I agree with that.
But with one major concern, and it might not be major to some,, If there is not a single governing body keeping the order in targets, distances, time limits etc, and the records of scores of each individual competitors activity, then target rifle turns into something akin to gong matches. Everybody goes has fun, but a couple of weeks later, there's no record to see who did what, and was there a national record set, met or beat.
My big concern with the NMLRA taking the lead control, is whether or not they will sanction matches at any place other than Friendship/Atterbury/Oak Ridge, if not then target rifle will die for lack of participation.
Having the BPTRA along with the NMLRA would not be a bad thing, as competition for consumers usually works out better for the consumer.
And should on the off chance NRA competitions gets their stuff together, and follows the direction handed to them by the board of directors, I maintain, there's still room for all 3. But the sanctioning body that gives the best service to the competitors will merge to the top.

I keep getting visual pictures of an old saying, "The road to hell is paved with good intentions." With the word intentions bearing on my concern. We/I clearly see what appears to be a surreptitious take over of target rifle by NMLRA through their membership on the NRA Black Powder Committee made possible by the overt actions of Competitions Division (and others) intentionally driving down the participation at the National Target Matches at Raton over a seven year period. Looks like Deep State antics from here.

Then looking at the obvious skullduggery manifested by operatives at the NRA Committee level to not only keep the truth from the Board of Directors but also operate exclusively without the knowledge and consent of the Competitors does not inspire confidence. Sooner or later, I suspect sooner, someone or a group of someone's is going to pin the tail on that donkey for everyone to see. At that point those that have been operating in their own self interest behind the scenes against the competitors best interests will be exposed and hopefully they will be excluded from a meaningful and lasting reorganization.

Whether or not this can be worked out remains to be seen and I think it has a chance of succeeding in time if the advice and consent of the competitors is a guiding influence. That guidance was provided to NRA Competitions Division in writing in 2016 and has been summarily ignored.

[Don McDowell]

Yup

[Fogman01]

This post by Jeanne Ring on Shiloh Forum today:

"Re: 2020 Nationals 2.0
Post by Jeanne Ring » Sat Oct 12, 2019 7:29 pm
Del, as of this writing there is no midrange or long range on the schedule for 2020."

Since there is no mid-range or Creedmoor LR match this year I would suggest we stop expecting anything from the NRA and just attend as many Long Range matches as we can no matter who runs them. Let's support those match directors/organizations who are good enough to offer us an opportunity to continue to shoot by holding a match for us. BPTRA is trying to offer a way forward and if the Sep match at Byers is any indication then count me in! The BPTRA match at Byers had great sponsor support so it is obvious that there are a lot of folks who support what we are doing even the NRA no longer wants to. Looking forward to Phoenix in March!

[Don McDowell]

Yessir the BPTRA is established, and we pretty well know what they're about and where they're going.. Well worth the support of shooters.

[desert deuce]

Yessir the BPTRA is established, and we pretty well know what they're about and where they're going.. Well worth the support of shooters.

Competitors speak with their feet through their entry fees.