IBO Binocular rule
 

Will I be able to use my Minox 8.5 power in an IBO tournament or will the extra .5 make them unusable under the 8 power maximum rule?

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I would dare say under the 8 power rule you wont be allowed to used them.


Aussie by birth Texan by choice

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fourwheelrod - YES, you can use the 8.5 power binos. This was a topic last year and I remember it very well.

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Id like to hear that from someone at IBO

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n23d....is with the IBO. She is Michigan Rep.

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<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle> I was just going to let BowPro give him the official word.

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8.5 had better be legal... It was said by Ken and other IBO officials that they are.... So now I'm in the process of getting a pair of 8.5 pwr. Swarovski EL's...WooHoo...I'll be able to see a gnat on a bulls butt at 1000 yds..LOL...<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

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BowTech_Shooter - Don't get your ponytail in a knot <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle> They are legal!



Edited by - n23d on 01/25/2003 09:17:52

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Hey Pat why are you going to stand 1000 yds from a mirror<img src=icon_smile_shock.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_tongue.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

Sorry mate could not help myself<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>


Aussie by birth Texan by choice

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Ausie-guy, It's on now. I know I told you I wasn't comming down for the Winternationals but you better watch your back there Mister... I just may be there and you won't know what's going on...LOL...

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Come on down Pat.
You wont be hard to find seein you will be the only guy with a &quot;PIGTAIL&quot;<img src=icon_smile_shock.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_tongue.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_evil.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

I welcome the challange<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>


Aussie by birth Texan by choice

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n23d,
My apologies,I didnt realize you where a IBO rep. My bad..<img src=icon_smile_blush.gif border=0 align=middle>

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Grndzer - No problem! You can always count on a straight answer from me, if I don't know the answer . . . I'll find out for ya. <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

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Whew. I'm glad to hear the 8.5s are legal. Now I can glue the emblems back on my Minox.<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>
Pat, I'll tell ya the sex of the gnat.<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

Phil.
&quot;Could you guys be quiet, my dad's trying to shoot.&quot;<img src=icon_smile_shock.gif border=0 align=middle>

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as long as we are going to ignore the 8x rule i can use my 10x is this right the rule was made for a reason now we are gonna ignore it

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I guess if you want to get DQ'd - go for it <img src=icon_smile_shock.gif border=0 align=middle>

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than if i use a 8.5x i should get dq'd also 8.5 is greater than 8

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That's right bowman1; if they ignore this rule and get away with it, then it's a free-for-all on any binocular power.
Bowtech_shooter, how can Ken and the other IBO officials say that 8.5X binoculars are legal, when it states in the IBO Rules,

Section: Use Of Binoculars: C. Binoculars (hand held) will be allowed with a maximum of 8X magnification per manufacturers specification.

That means in plain english, that nothing, not even a .5X over an 8X is allowed.
n23d, I don't understand how you can say that, if you are an IBO official. Are you saying this hoping to benefit a select few, a binocular company, or maybe both? Nothing over an 8X is allowed! It says that in the IBO Rules. Even if this topic that you remember so well, was discussed last year, it obviously was not changed. As this rules stands now, it is not allowed! And, if anyone is using anything above an 8X, they would have to be disqualified!

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The reason I remember it so well is that I had just paid roughly $1100.00 for a pair of binos, guess what? 8 power. I later found out that 8.5 were allowed.

BowPro - Help me out here

Edited by - n23d on 01/26/2003 23:19:04

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Bowtech_shooter, how can Ken and the other IBO officials say that 8.5X binoculars are legal, when it states in the IBO Rules,

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Don't ask me how or why, I was just going by what I was told. I was pretty ticked when they put a limit on the binocular powers as it was. I had just bought a pair of 10 pwr. a few months before they made this rule...

It has been said it's legal so, like I said I'm getting a pair of 8.5 pwr. Swarovski's

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BowTech_Shooter - You'll be happy with that purchase. Best money I've spent on binos. <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

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BowTech_Shooter - You'll be happy with that purchase. Best money I've spent on binos. <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>
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Where did I say I was going to purchase them?...LOL...<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

I thought you'd get them for me as a late X Mas present...<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

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Ok, let me know which ones you want. I'll get them ordered right away. <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

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Sorry I have not been able to respond to all this mis-information sooner! I've been gone and when I got back my computer no longer functioned with the old pass words.
As a point of reference, in many of the rules there is a margin of grace. 280-288, 4&quot; will allow 3.75, etc.
In this instance the 8.5's are allowed.
I had an opportunity two years ago to have a demonstration of equipment that measures magnification. It was at the Springnationals in Fla. Pretty neat. They wanted to bring it to the World's to check equipment.Now that would make a line to stand in. But I suppose we could do random checks and all the finalists.
Suffice all this to say the tolerences held for magnification on many optics are not exceptionally close.

The company was there to preview an upscale line of optics they were bringing out. That was Pentax. Not one pair was 8.5x.
This past fall we were told that if we changed the rules by the logic of a particular company they would give a Diamond level sponsorship. The board did not consider it.
The same as when the rule was originally changed. Much of the info provided was by several optics makers. They agreed with the problem for our game. BUT, when the board made the change we DID lose a major sponsor. Other organisations did not make the change and kept the sponsor. That was their choice.
But the IBO board made a decision based upon the information that they had available to curtail a way to measure distance to a point that a significant advantage was gained by the person with the optics capable of this process.
Mr. Doyle your reference was about as out of line as any I have read in a long time. Do you think that the board would change the rules to accomodate four sets of binoculars donated for the Bowhunter Defense Ranges? That's beyond silly.
When I see you Friday I am going to give you a dollar.Make sure to ask me what it is for!
ken12