well let me put it into what my opinion is and it is shared by alot of folks.
as far as I'am concerned I really do not care what you shoot as it does not have any effect on what I shoot or how I do.
but if I have to follow the rules that are set down why not everybody else.
most all matches in the us allow exactly what you have and will let you shoot it with the exception of the national matches in the cmp week.
the only state matches that may turn you down are the eic matches and most all of them will let you shoot and compete against other rifle's like yours UNLESS you are keeping someone from shooting a service rifle that wishes to enter after the match as filled.
its like this you can not enter your truck in a nascar winston cup stock car race because your truck does not meet the rules.
you can not take you ar15 to a 50 cal. 1,000 yard match because it is not a 50 cal in the way you have it.
they do not allow a m249, minimi, m50, 1919a2, bar, thompson, and I could go on at our matches either.
as far as sportsman or gamesman I really do not care as if you beet me then thats great as I get stomped on , on a regular basis.
but if I decide to spend $1,500 or $900 on a match service rifle legal rifle and follow the rules why should I and another serveral thousand folks in the us just say hey you do not have to follow the rules and hey you can still shoot so why do you not just shoot and enjoy it instead of making everbody else conform to what you happen to of bought. its not our fault.
and that goes for all of the folks that cry about why can't I use my ar15 with that neat ak/muzzle brake thingy.
its against the rules and I will carry a air horn with me and everytime they shoot I will blast that in their ear and throw dirt and rocks at them because thats what it is like shooting next to one.
we have one a@#-h#$% around at a couple of our clubs that trys to get them to stop shooting matches because he thinks the rules should not have to apply to him.
get this he should have the right to use his scoped bolt rifle to compete because he knows he can win that way. NOTTTTTT.
I asked him to tell me how he plans on reloading in the rapids since he has a scope on it and it does not use strippers,
his response was thats a stupid rule that needs to be changed also.
we had one of those rocket scientist at one of our clinics a few weeks ago.
how lame can you be if we flat say it is a service rifle only clinic.
if you do not have a rifle that meets the rules we provide one for you and its the same price $45 and we also provide all the ammo for that price and hands on instruction.
he shows up with a ruger mini-14 all tricked out with a electronic scope and laser and a fancy stock and wants to shoot that,
well ok you can but the electronic stuff has to go but while he is asking we notice the laser pointing at wall and moving all around the room.
then it gets pointed at our director signing folks up. now get this the muzzle is about a foot from his head and he looks over and sees no chamber flag (obi) and grabs the barrel and moves it away from his head and then sees the bolt is closed with a mag in the rifle. he stands up reaches over and opens the bolt, out pops a live round out of the chamber with a fully loaded 20 round mag.
the point to all of the above is that you can shoot what ever you wish at the match that allows you to use what you wish and if you do not lik eit then just write the nra and have them change it because I do not want you to shoot next to me at a big match or have the same chance for any prizes because I followed the rules and you do not want to.