Kentuckiana rifleman
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Does anyone here compete in biathlons in the states? And has anyone heard of any warm weather biathlons or such events that would include cardiovascular endurance with marksmanship? (sorry for the run on sentence)
I've always had this idea for a type of competition that isn't for "the elite" but does require a bit of effort to successfully complete (and wanted to host competitions). And here is the basic idea...
Participants are placed at a starting line and told "go" one at a time just like a biathlon, only here their jogging instead of skiing. Once they reach the first set of stages, they will shoot at five targets prone at around 50 to 100 yards. If the participant is able to "clean house" without a miss then your awarded to an extra point to your total score at the end of the match.
If a participant misses a target he or she has two tries to continue to fire until the board is cleared this goes for all stages. After the first stage has been cleared then participants would jog down to the second stage where the participant would fire from the kneeling position at 40 yards. Lastly the participants would arrive at the third stage, obviously standing at 20 to 30 yards.
Now this isn't the last stage, the last stage is three targets that are fired at in the prone once again. Then the participants finish their round with a jog to the finish line. Each stage is no more than and eighth of a mile apart and there are judges or referees from start to finish at each point.
The match would consist of 4 heats then a final round to determine a winner. If there is a tie in points the shooters would go into a sudden death round.
Now their are more rules and stuff to the game, but I figured that this would get us started. My older brother and I had a variant of this that we would do when we were kids. Our standard rifle for this was an SKS rifle.
I've always had this idea for a type of competition that isn't for "the elite" but does require a bit of effort to successfully complete (and wanted to host competitions). And here is the basic idea...
Participants are placed at a starting line and told "go" one at a time just like a biathlon, only here their jogging instead of skiing. Once they reach the first set of stages, they will shoot at five targets prone at around 50 to 100 yards. If the participant is able to "clean house" without a miss then your awarded to an extra point to your total score at the end of the match.
If a participant misses a target he or she has two tries to continue to fire until the board is cleared this goes for all stages. After the first stage has been cleared then participants would jog down to the second stage where the participant would fire from the kneeling position at 40 yards. Lastly the participants would arrive at the third stage, obviously standing at 20 to 30 yards.
Now this isn't the last stage, the last stage is three targets that are fired at in the prone once again. Then the participants finish their round with a jog to the finish line. Each stage is no more than and eighth of a mile apart and there are judges or referees from start to finish at each point.
The match would consist of 4 heats then a final round to determine a winner. If there is a tie in points the shooters would go into a sudden death round.
Now their are more rules and stuff to the game, but I figured that this would get us started. My older brother and I had a variant of this that we would do when we were kids. Our standard rifle for this was an SKS rifle.
