Hello Bill:
I haven't done it in years, but one of the best ones I ever ran was in my other club further Down East here in Maine, where we shot prone and offhand relays at 200 meters (as the target butts were setup for IHMSA silhouette). At that club, 50% of the guns on the line would be m/96 Swedish Mausers, and typically 3 of the top 5 shooters would be using a Swede. Even shooters who didn't shoot well had a blast! Around Veterans Day, we always had the best turnout and we'd shoot for meat prizes -- prime rib or hot dogs -- and the highest score picks first.
I even know of many guys who would "get a free pass" on any given Sunday by telling their wife or significant other they were "Going to a meat shoot at the club..."; and they'd spend half a day at the range by themselves, or with a few others, and then stop and buy a nice steak on their way home -- "
Hey honey, look what I won for you today!"
(And to be honest, I did that once too...)
Here's a view of the targets over a prone shooter:
200 m Targets.jpg
Some shooters were better prepared than others to shoot prone:
Bob A - Prone.jpg
Here's a shooter with his Swiss shooting the old fashioned way -- standing up, but with a sling allowed:
Matt W - Offhand.jpg
The same Swiss shooter with his target, so you can see the size of the "200 meter repair centers" (I think that's what they were called):
Matt W - Target.jpg
And here's more shooters on the line -- with yours truly on the left in the Swedish WWII uniform
(I even wore the helmet when I'd drive down range on the 3-wheeler to change targets...)
shooting a Husqvarna m/38 short rifle:
DH & m38b.jpg
If the 200 meters intimidates you, try clay birds on a berm at 50 yards -- 10 shots on 10 birds -- offhand, no sling -- it's not as easy as you think.
I'd say GO FOR IT -- try it and have some fun!
Old No7
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