Speech on History of Sillhouette Shooting

[Krasmussen]

I need some info on the history of metallic sillhouette that is not already common knowledge in sillhouette shooting community. If you have any info please post. This is greatly appreciated and will help with my speech for school.

Thanks again,
Kolby

[Dee]

Have you tried to locate the Metallic Sihouette Shooting Book that was published in the 70's? I have been meaning to find a copy and I see them on ebay now and then. I figure not much new to learn but always like reading new things and adding to the library. Not sure what it contains but usually those books give some good insight to the historical aspects of the topic. Good luck with your speech and what a great topic would love to see a transcript when your done.


Dee

[Steve Tapp]

Kolby, I have the 2nd edition of The Gun Digest Book of Metallic Silhouette Shooting by Elgin Gates. I believe this is what Dee is refering to. You may borrow it for the asking to use as referance material. I also could supply you with N.R.A.'s Competition Division material on Metallic Silhouette.
Steve Tapp

[dwl]

I have the same book. It's a pretty good one though not much on the Mexican history. If the prior offer falls through you can have my copy.

dwl

[Bob259]

Kolby, Kitty can supply you with lots of stuff for your..... Oh on second thought your better off with the book

[Innocent]

Hot Mama's boy....you may want to pm or email either or both Lone Ringer or El Puma, both long time ss people, close to the sport.
Innocent

[jneihouse]

informative links.

http://www.tucsonrifleclub.org/Silhouette_Intro.shtml

http://members.cox.net/riflesilhouette/ ... istory.htm

http://www.mrpasilhouette.org/history.htm

[lone ringer]

Kolby, here are a few things I know that may not be general knowledge to many people that shoots silhouettes.

As you know the sport started in Mexico some time ago shooting live farm animals and as the sport got more popular steel cut outs were made of doves, chickens and turkeys. There are some places in Mexico where live animals are held (they shoot mostly goats or small sheep) at some of the matches but as everywhere else the animal lovers try very hard to eliminate those kinds of events.

With the exception of the Mexican Northern states and border towns where silhouette matches held they are very similar as the ones we have here but the way siluetas metalicas is practiced deep into Mexico is much different than it is here in the USA. Having attended several of the Mexican National matches I have to tell you that it is quite a challenge for anybody to win the aggregate match because the shooters that usually win have to be a good with both handguns and rifles

A National individual aggregate match includes three .22 pistol events (no single shot pistols allowed only revolver and semi auto) shooting with one hand (a la International) at 25-50 and 100 meters and two .22 rifle events, one is fired with open iron sights at 100 meters and the other with a .22 scoped rifle like the ones we use in SB at 150 meters. In the .22 handgun and rifle events the targets are doves (palomas) of different sizes.

The last three events are done with mostly scoped center fired rifles shooting chickens at 200 meters, turkeys at 385 and a running deer (very skinny deer) paper target at 400-500 meters. All of the matches except for the running deer are 10 shots fired in pairs from the proper distance stand, five shots on the right or left bank of targets and after changing sides five more shots at the other bank.

The running deer match is rigged mechanically to run on a rail for about 50 meters, is shoot one shooter at a time on the run, the shooter on the off hand position firing five shots in something like 30 seconds, the target is then scored and added to the aggregate.

The shoot offs are held at the end of the third day and would star at the shortest distance and move to the furthest on event at a time until all three first place winners were determined, if several shooters were tied for the first place a pair of shooters would be called to the line and they would shoot one shot at the middle target on their bank and then they would call the next pair to the line. If only one shooter was left they would not let him shoot by himself and would ask for a volunteer to shoot along side of him so as not to give him an unfair advantage over the ones that shot in pairs they would call that shooter that was not really involved in the actual shoot off THE FLY or tirador mosca it was not unusual for us to run out of day light and have to shoot with assistance of artificial lighting mostly lights from car headlights.

The matches I went to back in the 1980

[Bob259]

Great info Tony, Thanks for sharing!!

[Krasmussen]

Thank you. All of the info off of this has helped me put together a speech that will hopefully get me a good grade and possibly get a few of my fellow students interested in the sport.

Kolby

[unkmike7]

Thank you. All of the info off of this has helped me put together a speech that will hopefully get me a good grade and possibly get a few of my fellow students interested in the sport.

Kolby

That's what he said but here's what he ment......

Thank you. All of the info off of this has helped me put together a speech that will hopefully get me a good grade and possibly get me a few dates with some goodlooking cheerleaders......

[Bob259]

Thank you. All of the info off of this has helped me put together a speech that will hopefully get me a good grade and possibly get a few of my fellow students interested in the sport.

Kolby

That's what he said but here's what he ment......

Thank you. All of the info off of this has helped me put together a speech that will hopefully get me a good grade and possibly get me a few dates with some goodlooking cheerleaders......

Can't blame a guy for trying ... besides look who his coach is

[BlauBear]

Poor kid - he never had a chance.

[jneihouse]

Kolby is a chick magnet

Kitty

[Krasmussen]

Oh....I'd like to have chick magnet. Where can I get one of those....got any clue where I can find one??