Way cool! I'd have to shoot my 1941 P.38.
pretty sure i saw a P.38 or two, Not sure of they were legit war production post war P.1s though. as far as the other actual
period (maybe a better term would be "theme appropriate") side arms designs/platforms I saw,
- various Colt and S&W military revolvers from the 1892 thru to the S&W Victory
- a Webley or two
- 1911s of course, some in GI config but several of us 1911 shooters, including the Match director (the young lady in the WAVE uniform from the match photos) were just using our USPSA guns
- at least one Luger, and he had a complete IDPA holster and mag pouch set for it.
- at least a couple of Hi-Powers
not sure if the talk about limiting pistols the same as rifles in future matches was due to seeing how many period sidearms showed up, or if there was some grumbling about the smattering of Glocks and Barretta 92s that showed up (those are the only two post-'45 designs I saw).
rifles ran the gamut, Enfields, Mausers, Mosins, and Springfields In "service rifle", 4or5 M-1 Carbines and one SKS (allowed last year due to the field test guns supposedly shipping out prior to the fall of Berlin..) in Carbine, Self-loading Service Rifle was the largest division with 15 Garands (half the shooters), A G43 and a 1941 Johnson (the shooter dressed as a Marine Raider as well).
It was a pretty good match, especially considering that it was the first vintage match that group had done.
The only things I really had even minor gripes about, were that I don't like open squadding, and there was one stage where the assigned "Stage RO" needed at least one if not two assigned helpers (score keeper and a traffic cop due to a combo of the open squadding and the stage design, read: limited sight line and constant failure of the swinger, resulted in a major traffic jam.
