Jay,
It is a lot like a cue stick from a great maker. Folks can and do buy all the latest and greatest toys. They can't buy wins. A wealthy friend of mine got into benchrest. The best of everything from the best names in the business. Then on one of his first trips to the range he meets the greatest short range(100-300 yards) benchrest shooter that the world may ever see and the guy takes him under his wing. Most benchrest shooters would think they had died and gone to heaven but Ron still couldn't win, couldn't even shoot well. It takes a lot of knowledge and a lot of work. Once he figured out that he couldn't buy a win or have somebody hand him all the knowledge needed to win he quit.
Although the equipment means you can shoot very tiny groups it also means everyone else can too. One shot a few tenths of an inch from where it was supposed to be can mean a ruined event. The "x-ring" at 100 yards when shooting for score is a dot about the size of a #2 pencil lead and nobody is worried about the score or even how many x's they hit, they are keeping up with how many x's they have missed! That is why a dime at 100 yards seems like such a slam dunk, it is dozens of times larger than the x-ring.
Hu
Thanks Hu,
I thought I was a good shot when I could take out my Remington .22 rifle and hit a little circle on a piece of wood I set up in my backyard., from about 50'.
