Mlaubner,
Personally, I think that I should be able to compete with my " open" class setup against anyone I wish. However, the people with pins seem to think that I may have an advantage with my scope and adjustable sight, the finger shooters feel my BT release gives me an edge, and the instictive shooters don' t even seem to want to discuss the subject. I know, I' m being a bit sarcastic, and I appologize for that. The point is, there are classes designed for your style of equipment, without going open. (MBR) Beyond that, yes if you want to shoot HC it is only reasonable that you should have to conform to the equipment rules for that class. The unfortunate part about establishing rules or guidelines for anything is that you immediately have to protect against everyone who wants to do an end run around the rules.