about the ISSF Jacket ruling

[from Kurt Thune]

Dear Colleague,
This interesting article appeared February 4th, 2004, on the ISSF web-page.
The address is: issfnews.com
The place is the discussion forum which is found at: COMMUNITY/forum/general.
The G. Anderson letter seems to be taken away from the issf news FrontPage. Too much negative critic??
There is still brave people in this world!
Spread this as much as you can as soon as possible. Thank you. Kurt Thune


the truth? DANIEL (last reply: 04.02.2004 15:32) Mr. Anderson you are unfair!
Last week there was a meeting for shooters and coaches during the international air-gun competition in Munich. Some of the shooters there had been shooting together with you when you lived and practised on their shooting range in Munich in the end of the 1960’s.
These shooters told us what kind of jacket and trousers you used during your own active carrier. Over underwear tight jeans plus military style trousers with a very thick and stiff rubber on the back which did go down on the both legs. The jacket a USA Service Rifle style jacket. This kind of jacket is 3-5 times thicker than a ISSF jacket and the several layers of lining is cross-stitched together. The equipment you used was much stiffer and better than what the Russian and most of the European shooters could get in those days.
You write that the shooters of those days have no back problems. You must know that this is completely wrong. I, and most of my friends who shot seriously before we Europeans had real trousers, we all have more or less back problems caused by shooting rifle in standing position!
Now you deny today’s shooters to use trousers which protect the back. This is deeply unfair and incorrect against today’s youngsters. Guess what all of us now are thinking: How many medals would you really have won with such lousy jacket and trousers as the Russian’s had to use?
According to the ISSF Constitution, which can be seen in the ISSF web-page, changes in the rules are made by ISSF General Assembly (ISSF Parliament) proposed by ISSF Rifle Committee, rules 1.6.0, 1.8.0 and 1.15.0. If a decision already have made it is against ISSF Constitution, undemocratic and against the wish of most of the active members. It is the decision of a dictator. Is that the way you want to go to the history Mr. Anderson?
Daniel Burger, Swiss International Shooter

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[David Levene]

: The G. Anderson letter seems to be taken away from the issf news FrontPage. Too much negative critic??
It is still there.
dalevene-at-blueyonder.co.uk.48965.48955