# SDMB shooting tournament, redux. **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 29, 2008, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-shooting-tournament-redux/439607 "2008-02-29T05:16:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-shooting-tournament-redux/439607/1 "2008-02-29T05:16:03Z")
A while back there was a group of Dopers who were going to shoot a string and post the targets (see [here](http://home.earthlink.net/~druidbob/favorite.htm)). I’m not sure if anything ever came of that. What I do know is that I said I would participate, but couldn’t follow through. I propose that we try to do it again, only this time we actually make it out to the range this time and post up some targets. If there’s interest, I might be willing to provide some small incentive, say, a fifth of your choice for the winner, perhaps? Anybody game? We can negotiate the rules later if we get a critical mass of people that want to play. Of course, my real motivation is that I want a bottle of hootch, but it always tastes better when you earn it than when you buy it for yourself. How’s that for throwing down the gauntlet? ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-shooting-tournament-redux/439607/2 "2008-02-29T05:58:51Z")
I’m in. I’m sure I’ll lose, but it will give me an excuse to get out to a range and shoot. I haven’t really been shooting in years, so it would be good to get back in practice. Since I’ve never really shot at a real range before (mostly just in the back woods at my family’s camp, (don’t worry, we took proper safety precautions,)) someone should fill me in on the rules and whatnot. The page you linked to mentioned types of targets…I assume these targets can easily be bought at the range or online? Also, I need to find a range around here… ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-shooting-tournament-redux/439607/3 "2008-02-29T06:13:13Z")
I’m in. What game are we shooting? ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-shooting-tournament-redux/439607/4 "2008-02-29T17:22:05Z")
[QUOTE=Airman Doors, USAF] Of course, my real motivation is that I want a bottle of hootch, but it always tastes better when you earn it than when you buy it for yourself. [/QUOTE] And hey, if you add a pack of smokes to the first prize jackpot, well then you have an entire government agency covered with one simple contest! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-shooting-tournament-redux/439607/5 "2008-02-29T17:58:21Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] And hey, if you add a pack of smokes to the first prize jackpot, well then you have an entire government agency covered with one simple contest! 😃 [/QUOTE] A littl known fact is that the actual acronym is BATFE, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. Fortunately for all invloved, I have none of them. More’s the pity. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-shooting-tournament-redux/439607/6 "2008-02-29T18:19:41Z")
We’re covered. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-shooting-tournament-redux/439607/7 "2008-02-29T18:19:54Z")
Original thread is [1st Annual SDMB International Postal Rifle Shoot - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=383609) We never really got the rules nailed down IIRC, and there was some fun bickering trying to get things figured out. I haven’t been competing over the winter so I’m quite sure I’m not going to be shooting very well, but count me in. Unless shotguns show up, I’ve never delved into the intricacies of scatterguns, alas. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-shooting-tournament-redux/439607/8 "2008-03-01T08:31:14Z")
I’m in! I always up for a competition shoot, although I don’t know how well I’m going to do given that I’ll be using WWI or WWII vintage rifles with iron sights… ---
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-shooting-tournament-redux/439607/9 "2008-03-01T18:19:44Z")
I’ll put a side bet in with you, Martini, if everyone else wants to use high-falutin’ stuff. I’ve been trying to get myself in training for a Garand competition in May, anyways. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-shooting-tournament-redux/439607/10 "2008-03-01T19:18:06Z")
[QUOTE=Airman Doors, USAF] A littl known fact is that the actual acronym is BATFE, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. Fortunately for all invloved, I have none of them. More’s the pity. [/QUOTE] Don’t have any what, bureaus? ---
**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-shooting-tournament-redux/439607/11 "2008-03-01T19:55:56Z")
I’ll keep an eye on this thread. I’m likely to be in California before anything’s off the ground, and I don’t have a handle on any ranges or the shooting community out there yet. Still, I’d like to be in, if I can swing it. I have a new SKS I’d like to get some rounds through. ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-shooting-tournament-redux/439607/12 "2008-03-01T20:20:40Z")
I still have my old iron sight 03 Springfield, but if anyone wants to go scoped rifle I’m up for that too. And/or handgun. ---
**Author:** ![Kaboodle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8edcca/32.png) [@Kaboodle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaboodle)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-shooting-tournament-redux/439607/13 "2008-03-01T22:38:57Z")
I shot in the [1st Annual SDMB International Postal Rifle Shoot](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=383609) (Same link as above) in the military/service rifle category with my M1 Garand. We shot our targets, mailed them in… and I lost to **Bobotheoptimist**. Congrats Bobo! with thanks to **Cowgirl Jules** for scoring. I’d like to participate this year in the same category. It looks like **Bobotheoptimist** , **Martini Enfield** , and **Diomedes** would be my competition so far. I might participate in a pistol category depending on the rules. I’m much better with a rifle. I’ll volunteer my services as a scorer/judge if needed. ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-shooting-tournament-redux/439607/14 "2008-03-01T22:55:27Z")
[QUOTE=Kaboodle] We shot our targets, mailed them in… and I lost to **Bobotheoptimist**. Congrats Bobo! with thanks to **Cowgirl Jules** for scoring. [/QUOTE] I shot service rifle matches for a couple years before that contest, nearly a full year with the 03 Springfield so I was dialed in that time (and got lucky, to tell the truth). I haven’t competed since last September and haven’t hardly shot at all this winter. Pretty sure I’m going to suck this time, but that’s ok, it’s an excuse to shoot. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-shooting-tournament-redux/439607/15 "2008-03-01T23:07:06Z")
I’m in. Just picked up a new 9MM today (PT92 in Stainless Steel) that I need to break in. Wish I had a rifle. ---
**Author:** ![Kaboodle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8edcca/32.png) [@Kaboodle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaboodle)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-shooting-tournament-redux/439607/16 "2008-03-01T23:16:30Z")
I try to shoot in the Garand Match at Camp Perry as part of the [National Matches](http://www.odcmp.com/NationalMatches.htm) every year. The Garand Match was in August and IIRC the SDMB shoot was around October. I haven’t touched my Garand since then and offhand is my weakest position. But like you said it’s an excuse to shoot. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-shooting-tournament-redux/439607/17 "2008-03-05T08:56:51Z")
Have we got any ideas on format? I’m thinking of a few separate categories here to try and keep it “fair”, but make sure it’s still fun: _Rimfire Rifle_ .22 rifles, fired at 25 yards, with or without scopes (at that range it really doesn’t make a lot of difference IMHO 😉 ) _Centrefire Rifle_ Any Centrefire rifle, fired at 100 yards with a scope _Vintage Rifle_ Any rifle from around the WWII era or earlier, (including modern lever-action rifles) fired at 50 yards with iron sights. _Rimfire Handgun_ .22 Handgun, fired at 10 yards _Centrefire Handgun_ Centrefire handgun, fired at 10 yards; no laser sights etc. Ideas? ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-shooting-tournament-redux/439607/18 "2008-03-05T11:02:58Z")
10 yards is a little light for handguns. 25? ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-shooting-tournament-redux/439607/19 "2008-03-05T13:33:23Z")
[QUOTE=Scumpup] 10 yards is a little light for handguns. 25? [/QUOTE] Standard competition range here is 10m; 25m is long range and anything beyond that is for Metallic Silhouette only. We could compromise on 15 yards as a suggestion, though. ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-shooting-tournament-redux/439607/20 "2008-03-05T18:06:51Z")
If ammo prices come down, I’m up for all those **Martini** listed. If prices don’t, I might sit out scoped rifle. 10 meters with an iron sight handgun sounds about right to me, but that’s my weakest. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-shooting-tournament-redux/439607.md?page=2)