The Waikato Times, Tuesday.Nov.10. Photo of Foster holding a rifle wearing U.S.A.Olympic jacket. Caption: American shooter Jack Foster explains a fine point of technique during a coaching siminar in Hamilton over the weekend. Foster said: New Zealand shooting is like a track team which only runs 100M dashes....New Zealanders are very knowledgeable in prone-position shooting, but up until now there has been little interest in other shooting styles. Foster's in NZ to hold coaching siminars for shooters, coaches and gunsmiths in Hamilton, Wellington and Christchurch. (lists his credentials)...After 2 tours in Vietnam as sniping instructor he spent 5 years as coach of the Unit's Int'l Rifle Team, then 5 years in command of it. Since leaving the army he's set up gunsmithing and equipment mail-order service which enjoys a nationwide clientele. "New Zealand has won several medals at world class in the prone position,.....but even in the prone position New Zealanders are still using a position which the Americans abandoned in the early 1960s - "and then we were behind the times because we were still playing catch-up with the Europeans". Americans shoot mainly with the body at about 45 degrees to the gun, a position which Mr. Foster said, provides more stability and lessens the effect of recoil. "It's not the ultimate, but at the moment it is the best position we know," he said. Although New Zealanders are up with the play in equipment, high costs, especially of ammunition, could strangle the sport here, Mr. Foster warned. "In the States we are already losing some competitive shooters because of the cost of ammunition, and you pay three times as much as we do," he said. "The cost is almost prohibitive. I'm amazed that the sport has survived here." "People talk about the great dearth of equipment here, but from what I've seen it"s pretty good. You just pay more for it." The cost of equipment has led to more New Zealanders doing their own gunsmithing, he said. "There aren't that many professional gunsmiths here because of the small number of competitive guns, and there are a lot more here than in the States who do their own work." "But it is also very hard for someone to get into doing his own work. You virtually have to learn how by looking over the shoulder of someone who is qualified, and there aren't that many qualified people here."