From what I gather, they are great rifles no doubt. But I think a few things that make it Ill fit for competition are the way the receiver and the rail stair step. How high the bore is when sitting in a bag, think pistols with high bore and how it effects recoil. I think those are gripe ls people have that are trying to be very competitive or take the sport seriously. I would just shoot matches and become better with the sweet rifle that you have. Also I would watch the AI AT-X video the lowlight put out. It go into detail about what you asked.