It has a breechblock that rotates, but does not draw back, as with a "typical" bolt action rifle...it's much like a Snider in that respect, except that the Snider block moves up, out of the action, and the Werndl moves down into the action.  If I was running a Schuetzen match, I would allow it.   

David

40_Rod wrote on May 11^th, 2011 at 7:32am:
 

  *snickering* Made my day!! 

      Joe. 

Section 1.0†† Single Shot Rifle
 A single shot rifle is defined as a breech loading cartridge rifle without magazine or provision for additional cartridges, in which the action must be operated, and in which a cartridge or shell must be manually inserted for each shot. Bolt-action rifles are specifically excluded regardless of age or model. The action may be of the falling block, tipping block, rolling block, tip up or any similar type whether made recently or in years past. Regardless of the action type, the rifle shall basically conform to the style and appearance of rifles made from the Civil War era to 1914 period either here in the U.S. or elsewhere. This will include both factory made rifles and rifles fabricated by custom gun makers of that period.

In any readings of the constitution and rules, I have only seen "Scheutzen" mentioned one time.

It says the 25 ring target used by the ASSRA is based on the german schuetzen target, no other mention is anywhere I can find in any ASSRA document about rifles of anything else.

Guess my Ward-Burton's out, right?

one must consider that the style of offhand shooting that WE in the ASSRA consider "schuetzen" is somewhat an artificial construct.  Back in Europe much of the later Swiss/Germanic shooting was done using "Militia style" rifles and Mil-ISSUE ammo.  naturally this included early big bore BP bolt guns.   Much of the tradition and some of the forms used as well as some of the nomenclature harks back to the crossbow and handbows of an even earlier era. 

The American shooter(---drawing a blank on his name---And I serialized his memoir when I was editor---) who traveled   supporting himself with his shooting made a trip to Europe to compete there and had to outfit himself with a "needle-gun" and ammo to compete

When ASSRA's founders created the organization, their intent was to preserve enjoy single shot rifles.   Competition was one part of it, as as collection, and hunting and restoration/gunsmithing.  IN a way they were broader minded than we are.  They had a more open midset that I often see.  they enjoyed their single shot high speed jacketed bullet  rifles.  While they probably would have been aghast at someone re-barreling a Schoyen or Pope original target rifle into a 219 Zipper; they seem ot have had no problem with making a varmint rifle out of a run of the mill plain hunting single shot.  I'm sure they were aware of a few schuetzenized turn-bolt rifles, just as they would have been of schuetzenized lever actions.    BUt they clearly and carefully wrote the ASSRA rules to keep them out.   

I'd be willing to bet that a careful search would turn up a few turnbolt and leveraction rifles used in local "schuetzen" matches in the 1st quarter of the past century  where run-what-you-brung was permitted.

But ASSRA made no allowance for them and while we may quibble here on this e-forum over all sorts if arcane issues  I would not bet yesterday's used doughnut  that that'll be changing

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Was this senseless prohibition on turn bolts in either the association constitution or in the earliest rules? As I recall some recent editorials, it was not.

That's the idea behind these posts.