Idea for a for fun comp at my gun club...

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See what you guy's think.

I would love to get a competition going for WWI and WWII only weapons.

Here is what I would write into the rules.

WWI or WWII weapons only. Rifles must be surplus un moded only. Firs only mil surp ammo, or factory ammo only, and only the cartridge they were designed for. NO AFTERMARKET MODS to the rifles at all, not even triggers.

Two classes of rifles, Sniper weapons and iron sighted rifles.

Ranges from 100~300. and a 600 yard only range.

Vintage pistol, any WWI or WWII pistol or revolver chambered in the same cartridge it was designed for using factory ammo. Modern 1911s would be OK as long as there have been NO mods.

What do you guys think? I got a lot of positive feedback from members on this saying they would compete if the rules didn't degenrate into blown out tricked out rifles and pistols.
 
You mean like this? (scroll down three pages)

NEW Vintage Sniper Rifle Team Matches
Rules for the new Vintage Sniper Rifle Team Match for two-person teams are now available in the 2011 edition of the CMP Competition Rules. This year, Vintage Sniper Rifle Team Matches will be fired at the Eastern CMP Games on 10 May, the National Matches on 3 August and the Western CMP Games on 18 October. In addition, any CMP-affiliated club that has 300- and 600-yard firing distances on their club range may now apply to conduct a Vintage Sniper Rifle Team Match as a CMP-sanctioned competition.

This match is for two-person teams. One team member shoots while the other serves as a spotter. After ten shots at either the 300- or 600-yard distance, the two change roles for another ten shots. Each shooter fires a total of 20 shots and team rankings are based on their 40-shot totals.

All teams are required to use as-issued rifles employed for military sniping purposes in 1953 or earlier. The M1903A4, the M1C, M1D and many foreign military sniper rifles are legal for this match. Rule 6.4.3 includes a Table with a complete list of the permitted rifles, which may be either originals or replica rifles. The Table also lists the allowed original scopes and permitted replica (non-issue) optics such as the Lyman Alaskan, Weaver K2.5 and K4 and Stith-Kollmorgen.
 
I like the notion of a WWII-style 3Gun match.

However, I'd strongly recommend that you familiarize yourself with the rules and classifications of the various practical shooting sports before moving ahead with this idea, as that will give you a much more solid foundation to build your game on.

For instance, the idea of a non-modified rifle is a little ridiculous. Would you really disallow the use of a National Match M1 Garand? Or an EIC hardball pistol?

Also, do you really think it's a good idea to prohibit people from loading their own ammo for the matches? If you force them to shoot factory ammo, especially for calibers that would be prohibitively expensive to acquire now (.30-06 and .45 ACP, for example), you're going to price a lot of people out of the game simply on ammo grounds alone.
 
Justin, great idea on checking the rules for familiarization first. On the mods, I don't want this to turn into a comp where money has the upper hand. I was competing in a for fun three gun comp at this same range, and when certain participants started buying super trick ARs and started to bring basically unlimited 1911s many stopped competing to the point where the few guys who had money for 10K worth of guns were the only ones there. Then they gave up since it was no longer fun.

I casually mentioned at a shoot one day "You know, it would be fun if we had a match here that only allowed stock rifles and pistols with NO mods." And it took off like a rocket! Everyone at the shoot that day though it was a brilliant idea and told me I should write up the rules and we would all hit the range for some fun competition. This doesn't count out the guys with a ton of money, but makes the playing filed a lot closer for those who don't have a ton to spend on guns or aftermarket goodies for the guns they have.

The reason I suggested factory ammo was also to keep the playing filed more stable, but that is a great point about it costing more to not be able to use reloads.
 
Andrew, that is a good point but this is New Mexico and at least 75% of the members of my club here have at least something they can compete with in their safe. Shoot, at least 20 guys here at my club want to do it right now! I am sure many more will want to since you can buy a Mosin or something similar for under a couple hundred dollars.
 
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