A few other differences, ASSRA is mostly reentry matches with a few 1 time shoot matches. I don't think any are real shoulder to shoulder, just shoot at any time (during match) and at your leisure . ISSA and WSU all 1 chance shoulder to shoulder matches. ASSRA has a open class you can use shooting coats and I think so does the WSU.  

Also St Louis has as many covered points if not more and could handle a major match as well as Raton. (and is in the middle of the country.

I vote for St Louis, shoulder to shoulder, re-entry, Hudson match. Never been to any one of them guess that makes me a newbie. But I think that it would be great to get some sort of national shoot going once a year. Thats my two cents worth anyway.

Richard

The logistic's of it can be worked out. The NRA holds big matches in most parts of the country. I think having divisions such as west, Central and East would be a good thing, too. Possibly even 6 divisions to account for Northern and Southern areas. That would build rivalry between areas, always a good thing for competition. 

Hold qualifying regional matches and then one or two big national matches always held at different locations.

One other aspect is how to bring in younger shooters. Money would be a draw for all ages and working with High power groups to interest there young shooters would be the best way, I think.

The future is in the young not, us old farts. I have wondered what the next 20 years will bring for our guns and sport. When I started this, I was 41 and was considered a "kid". I would like to see people in there 20's and 30's fall in love with these guns. There must be a way......

Frank

And thus it took its last breath and died a natural death. So much for loving a sport enough to want to see it go beyond yourself.

Bnice
St Louis is certainly a candidate location for a national schuetzenfest. They actually have 60 firing points but using two relays, 120 shooters could be accommodated. One drawback to St Louis is the lack of on-site RV facilities or housing. I don’t know about the membership makeup of the ASSRA or WSU but the ISSA has a large contingent of RV campers. 
My earlier statement about Whittington Center was in the context of home ranges. As St Louis is not the home range of any of the schuetzen organizations, the logistics of putting on a shoot there would be a challenge. It would probably take coordination and pooling of resources from the several schuetzen groups to pull off such a match. The thought of it certainly peaks my interest though.
I’ll repeat my earlier closing:
Any takers?

The year 2030.............and then there were none. But, then who would care. All our guns will be locked up in collectors safe's, never to to be used again.

Frank

Then theres the NRA where you can shoot BPCS.  Thats five organizations.

Long range?  Who handles that?  

Nice to have so many organizations supporting single shots in so many different disciplines.  Yes, I think it's good.  

Now the price of gas and diesel, thats some real doom and gloom there!

         Joe.  

BP wrote on Jul 13^th, 2011 at 2:51am:
Or worse, they will collect the $50 or $100, each from the cops when they have their 'gun turn-in, no questions asked' drive. Whenever I see these on the tube I am amazed at the money that ignorant folks throw away. Last one had a beautiful Browning Sweet-16 going into the crusher. Can imagine what has gone in that I haven't seen.