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And noise suppression devices became heavily regulated by the ATFEParlor shooting, common around the turn of the century. Calibers got bigger, wars intervened, cities grew into the country and it just faded away.
We used to have .22 matches in my A.O. most were between team members but some times against another team! My personal fav was "Running game" where your shooting off hand at running and some times bouncing targets! The targets were at 10 to 75 yards, small steel game animals pulled along on basically a roller skate and string! The prizes were usually a root beer float, or a hot dog dinner at the local A&W I'm lucky I didn' get fat!
My Brother and my Cousins and I would sit out by one of the beaver dams and we would shoot Dragon flies buzzing around, and some times the many garden spiders in the middle of their webs! We always had a ton of fun, usually betting a .22 shell on a particularly difficult shot, if you made the shot, every one had to "Pay up" and pass over a .22! We even had a pot going, every one put a small in the pot, and every miss cost you A shell, when the time came for the best shot of the day, if you made it, you colleced, if you missed you had to pay an entire box of .22, then the next shooter got his turn! Those were really fun days!
It is probably not a wide spread thing and I never played, but a former co-worker of mine would scatter colored Easter Eggs on a hillside. She then sent the kids on an Easter Egg hunt with their rifles, one shot at a time. The kid that hit the most eggs, won a special Easter basket.
If you fancy a test of skill, take the IronsMan Challenge.
Ironsman Qualifier
The challenge is (with centerfire rifle, no optics, obviously) from a low ready, with a loaded rifle, assume a firing position and make a hit on a 6" round target at 100 yards within 5 seconds flat.
I've seen a lot of good shooters who've been called out cold and couldn't make the shot. I've only seen a few guys who could get to prone and get the shot off in time.
There are also challenges for pistol, rimfire, shotgun, and even air rifle.
Give it a go. Easiest to do with a 6" steel plate.
Disclaimer: the guy who came up with this is a friend of mine.
@tdb59
Sounds an aweful lot like a training for 'Muricans about to deploy to France circa 1918 for "The Great War"
So in honor of those greatest of men, I say we break out some 1903 Springfield Rifles and 1911s and see how we stack up! It's these types of challenges I get excited about! Something about using "Old" shootin irons really put a a smile on my face!