KWK wrote on May 11^th, 2011 at 11:02pm:


This is looking more and more like a hostile takeover of the ASSRA rulebook.    

Ya gotta wonder at the motivation, when there's adequate venues for bolt rifles to compete elsewhere.      
 

It was interesting for a while.  Too bad.    

            Joe.

You mean, you mean, there's other guys here reading what were writing about, oh my God, I didn't know that   

Well anyway, some guys seem to think there are a lot of other shooting organizations out there other than ASSRA,  so where would one go if they were looking to shoot an old Win. H W with bullets that had jackets on them against other traditional single shot rifles such as falling blocks,  rolling blocks etc. with modern bullets ?.

Most everyone knows that it's not allowed under ASSRA rules. So what other organizations is there that shoots traditional single shot rifles such as falling blocks rolling blocks etc. with modern bullets ?.
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Is that another trick question? Lol!!   


              Joe. 

     

To answer the question the Match Rules for the first ASSRA match state no bolt-action rifles. There was a match offered for gas checked bullets, however none of the original match participants entered it and at the first shooters meeting it was agreed that all shooting would be plain-based bullets only. At the end of the next year a constitution was written that included both the No bolt-action rule and the plain-based bullet rule. If you dig around in history deep enough you can find a president for anything, but, the constitution of the ASSRA has never allowed these two things. 
If someone wants to shoot bolt guns with cast bullets that's what the Cast Bullet Association is for. If someone wants to shoot jacketed bullets in competition with another type of action I am aware of no rule in either bench-rest organisations that prevent you from competing.
We have existed for more than 60 years that's longer than the golden age and the revival in the 30s put together. The board wrestles with new technology that the founders did not envision all the time. They try to use the guidelines of the founders and apply them to the present. Allowing bolts and jacketed bullets would be the equivalent of the US Supreme Court striking down the 2nd amendment. 

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Hmmm, I must ponder that...

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An overwrought non sequitur that is.

(Actually, I feel the lead bullet rule makes some sense.)

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Fair enough. 

It remains, though, quite ironic that in trying to recreate the Golden Era of target shooting, the ASSRA founders managed to ban part of that tradition! 

Perhaps the founders were simply ignorant of the heritage. Perhaps they sought to exclude the demon that had vanquished their beloved singles; if so, they must have been ignorant of the fact their beloved singles had once before vanquished the turn bolt in its single shot form--rather amusing, no?

For the record, I own no bolt guns and likely never will. Now and then, I do enjoy rattling the cages at the funny farm.

The strippers will be the target changers.  Sorry, iron sights only, no 'scopes allowed.  

Beer is part of the Schuetzen tradition, as I understand it, so that's part of The Plan.