helitack32f1
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You have a lot of good ideas but you also gave the reason they don't do just hole punching, it's boring to those who are just casual watchers rather than shooting sports fans.Some guys have never touched a bow. Wouldn't that be an unfair advantage?
Heck one guy missed the target at the elimination vote twice. I think a smallest group challenge would be the most logical competition. Unfortunately, paper holes are less visual than BOOM! on TV. They'd have to make the boom target smaller. Maybe smallest group while choosing teams?
I think they need to do either a rifle or pistol competition with their own personal gun. Then they all have an equal 'advantage'. Then we'll see who shoots a Glock better than a 1911 or even a S&W revolver. Or pit a 10-22 vs. an M1A or a Remington 700. Even with different calibers, there's a certain amount of accuracy you can expect from any rifle in the hands of a "Top Shot" competitor. You'll probably get some race guns or comp rifles, but again, they're competing in a shooting competition, no excuses, right?
As for the idea of having people using different rifles, exactly how would you determine what distance to shoot? A 10/22 will only be accurate to about 50 yards, an M1A could be good beyond 100 yards with iron sights but even with optics will not be as accurate as the 700 Remington due to it being an auto. Now I am sure you could use an optimized M1A with high-end optics, but then you have to allow the 700 to be optimized as well, which will probably make it more inherently accurate than the M1A again. Are they to shoot the M1A and the 700 at the 10/22's most effective range?
When it comes down to it, they have done a great job of creating a fun to watch show with excellent variety in challenges. Even the bow competition you mention didn't really give much of an advantage to those that had experience because those with experience probably didn't do much bouncing of arrows to hit targets prior to the show.