Yesterday a friend, Bill, and I went to Camp Perry to shoot the Vintage Military Rifle Match. You can use any standard "as issued" bolt action rifle from any country.
I took my Swiss K31 that I had at Mingo. Its chambered in 7.5X55mm and pretty much duplicates .308 Win. M1917 Enfields, various Mausers and Swiss straight pulls are the most commonly used rifles.
You have 3 stages, all shot from 200 yards. Stage 1 is slow prone and you have 15 minutes to fire 5 sighters then 10 shots for score. Stage 2 you start from a standing position with a loaded magazine and an open bolt. You have 80 seconds to drop into the prone position fire 10 shots, must include a magazine change (or charge from a clip). Stage 3 is 10 minutes to fire 10 rounds offhand.
Bill borrowed my Swiss 96/11. Its an older model, same chambering but its a much longer rifle.
All shooters take turns in the pits pulling and scoring targets. the bull is about 12" in diameter.
a good rapid string target.
Some random pics
I ended up with a score of 223 out of 300. Not great but I didn't have the time to practice like i wanted and the wind was a problem for me offhand(first offhand shot was a complete miss). all in all I'm happy with it.
I took my Swiss K31 that I had at Mingo. Its chambered in 7.5X55mm and pretty much duplicates .308 Win. M1917 Enfields, various Mausers and Swiss straight pulls are the most commonly used rifles.
You have 3 stages, all shot from 200 yards. Stage 1 is slow prone and you have 15 minutes to fire 5 sighters then 10 shots for score. Stage 2 you start from a standing position with a loaded magazine and an open bolt. You have 80 seconds to drop into the prone position fire 10 shots, must include a magazine change (or charge from a clip). Stage 3 is 10 minutes to fire 10 rounds offhand.
Bill borrowed my Swiss 96/11. Its an older model, same chambering but its a much longer rifle.
All shooters take turns in the pits pulling and scoring targets. the bull is about 12" in diameter.
a good rapid string target.
Some random pics
I ended up with a score of 223 out of 300. Not great but I didn't have the time to practice like i wanted and the wind was a problem for me offhand(first offhand shot was a complete miss). all in all I'm happy with it.
