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GarandMarine:
I'm developing a sporting program demo sheet for a potential new job this week. Albeit it's all shooting sports, but I'm very excited at the possibility of this job and "hacking" (with an axe) a position into this new company that's me shaped. I have a calendar set up with "events", mostly every other week, and then a big monthly "hardcore" competition, which each of the three proposed leagues having their "big" competition, designed as a large tournament quarterly.
The three proposed league types are:
Lane Three Gun: A modification of normal three gun, which doesn't really work on an indoor range because of the movement and sheer amount of space required, lane three gun will have shooters competing in timed heats using their rifle, shotgun and sidearm in some combination, because of the nature of the beast, more of a focus, and more points will be placed on accuracy than in normal three gun competition which uses steel silhouettes with each hit counting so long as it connects.
Schütze (Rifleman is one of the better translations for this word) Challenge: Based on a popular European marksmanship competition focused around acquiring relatively cheap military surplus bolt action rifles such as the K98 Mauser (and it's many variants), the 1903 Springfield (not so cheap any more sadly), the Mosin Nagant three line rifle (and it's ridiculous number of variants), and an untold number of other options using surplus ammunition, the take I'm building on this would feature multiple position heats, require high degrees of accuracy at various ranges, and for fun might even include laps around the building. Designed to be very open and accommodating to new shooters and younger shooters, who like as not don't have the money for a lot of the expensive toys. No semi-automatic rifles, even the M1 Garand, will be accepted, and speed loading the weapon will be part of the timed competition for heats.
Third Slot - Not quite sure what I want to put here, but I was considering proposing a rotating benchrest rimfire, benchrest centerfire and supported slow fire pistol competition.
ev4n:
There is a 6 year span in the middle of the 80s where Wayne Gretzky would have been 5th or better in scoring, including winning a scoring title, if you had stolen a point a game from his totals.
These days, a point a game player is somewhere between good and great. Gretzky was that much better than the field.
The Seldom Killer:
GM, if you fancy it adding some athleticism, you could always put a summer/winter biathlon event on the programme. Admittedly few people are likely to own a biathlon rifle so you could design a more accessible shooting system.
jwhouk:
--- Quote from: ev4n on 18 Dec 2014, 10:29 ---There is a 6 year span in the middle of the 80s where Wayne Gretzky would have been 5th or better in scoring, including winning a scoring title, if you had stolen a point a game from his totals.
These days, a point a game player is somewhere between good and great. Gretzky was that much better than the field.
--- End quote ---
Even those of us who remember seeing him in his primer can't even fathom how good he was. Trying to explain to anyone who was born after he left to go to LA how much better he was compared to the rest of the NHL is like trying to explain the Grand Canyon to a blind person.
jwhouk:
(Ahem)
Six time champs. Opposing team has only lost six games in last eight years - all of them to us.
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