American Handgunner May/June 1978

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ANDGUN silhouette shooting has en- Cooper, Dean ~rinnetl,'' Hal Swiggett,H joyed a brief but swift-moving his- .J. D. 'Jones and others. Match Directorsany other shooting were Dale Miller, Dutch Snow and Jurras.tion and Club de Auto Mag Interna- oe&itted. Shootinewas fr&style; . - offtionale,the event was titled; t he First Na- han~~itting, kneeling or rone. ~tional Handgun Metallic Silhouette The basic'match was orty shots, tenCham pionship. - each at the four banksof silhouette targets,On hand for the match were well known in five shot strings. Each contestant firedpistol shooters and writers such as Jeff . one shot at each target in the bank, thenrrepeated the'course of fire for a total of.forty 'shots. A total of \ifty-three shooterscompeted ip this match.. The seeds wereplanted,-although they w'uld take a fully k to properly gemiilate.-Three iignificani tournaments were,held in 1976. John' Adams, one of ttecompetitors at Tucson, formed the WesternHandgurtMetallic Silhouette Associationwith Ray Chapman and held what waspalled the Western Regional 'championshipsin San Fernando, Calif. Ron Ricci,of Medford, Massachpetts, held the firstEastern Regional championships at CampCurtis Guild in Reading, Mass. over theLabor Day -weekend with- ninety-tho registeredshooters. % . '. ..Less than a month later, on' October1-2-3, the 1976 National Championships.'
Angeles range in San Fernando hastricky, cross-canyon terrain. Theturkey and ram targets are visiblein this panoramic photograph.were held in El Paso, Texas. The title ofthe tournament on the program. read:1976 National Hunting Handgun SilhouetteChampionships. It was hosted by theFort Bliss Rod & Gun club and sparkpluggedby the late Tom Beall, one of the1975 Tucson competitors. Fifty-sevencompeted in the matches. -Basic rules of the 1976 championshipswere similar to the Tucson match with afew important exceptions. Any pistol ofany caliber was allowed, the only restrictionbeing a sight radius not to exceed 15inches and an overall weight not to exceed4% pounds.Led by John Adams, who proposed theidea, a group of interested shooters held ameeting during the El Paso match for thepurpose of forming a nationwide association.Representatives were on hand fromall areas where handgun silhouette shootingwas active from Canada to Mexico.Well known pistolems such as GeorgeNonte, Hal Swiggett, Lee Jurras andothers were on hand.With Ray Chapman as moderator, thefirst order of business was to select aname. I made the motion which was unanimouslyapproved: International HandgunMetallic Silhouette Association, thusIHMSA.John Adams was elected Executive Directorfor the 1976-1977 year and a severmember council was appointed to serve asan advisory committee.All the previous matches were hashedover and every idea that anyone had wasaired and discussed The primary desire ofall hands was to create a standard set ofrules so any shooter could attend a matchanywhere in the country, knowing hecould use his same equipment and shootby the same rules.It was obvious to everyone at the meetingthat the major problem developingwithout a set of standard rules waa that inview of the rapid progress and interest inhandgun silhouette shooting, plus a lackof information on the subject, clubs hereand there would simplyreach up in the airand bring down whatever kind of local'rules or regulations they could in order tosponsor a match. After a couple years bfwildcat matches, a shooter wishing tocompete in, say, five different matchesaround the country would have to havefive different guns to shoot by five differentsets of rules.Thus, the major decision was the creationof two categories, a stock productionclass open to all handgunners and an unlimitedcategory to encourage the developmentof long range handgunning toitÃ ultimate degree, the only two limitationsbeing a 15-inch sight radius and amaximum weight of 4+ pounds. No scopesights to be allowed in'either category.Three more months would pass beforethe germinated seeds would fully sproutand then burst forth in full bloom.The first match sanctioned by IHMSAwas held on January 8-9, 1977 at the Angelesrange in San Fernando, California,and suddenly it was a madhouse race. TheExecutive Director's office was beingswmped with membership applicationsand requests for match dates from all directionsincluding Alaska, Canada, Aus-(Continued on page 68)Left: In windstorms, targets arenailed to wooden stands; bulletshes are , the.n scpnei-d , as hits.T --t . ., , , , r ' I r i ---D. . . IRight: Competitor fires at 200meter rams during 1976 NationalChampionships, in El Paso, Texas.AMERICAN HANDGUNNER 0 MAY/JUNE <strong>1978</strong>
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