I have to agree with Mr. Louis in one respect.  Whatever the endeavor, the truly "best" are those who earn that designation repeatedly, some even consistently.  As for the rest, they well deserve congratulations and whatever "trophy" comes with; they are the best "of the moment", but not "of all time".

Also, Rich's way to determine shooting prowess is not always a valid test.  For example, there are those who see Pope in a lesser light for the lame way he backed out of Niedner's shoulder-to-shoulder challenge.  But had that challenge been issued when Pope's eyesight and wrist were still strong and his barrel-making skills still formidable, the match would surely have happened and likely still talked about today.

Bill Lawrence

JLouis,

I would suggest that the only worthwhile measure of shooting ability is based on head to head competition at a given match.
Every one shoots under the same conditions, and on the clock.

Rich

How would you go about retrieving and compiling points, John?  

Sounds like a big complicated job and a lot of us have shot matches all over the states and other countries. Not all clubs have affiliations. 

Maybe you should start another thread, something like "single shot BR shooters hall of fame", proposal?

All though it might now take allot of work the scores have been posted here since 2004 and also in the ASSRA Journals. The ISSA I don't believe goes back that far on their web site now. In regards to the CBA Ed Krasny has kept track of them going all the way back to at least 1998. So in short it is not just about the ISSA, ASSRA or the CBA but all of the matches those here have all shot over the years including the Wyoming Schuetzen Union and maybe someone also has access to the records as well? 

BPJack someone mentioned Mel Harris on this site and he is actually a member on this site. I have also talked to him in a few PM's just between ourselves.

bpjack wrote on Sep 15^th, 2021 at 11:51pm:



I haven't shot there in a year but Tommy and Bev and others used to shoot plainbase class there.  Last match I shot my #1 30-06 breech seat in production class 
And when Jack Floyd was still with us it used to be a great time hanging out with the Canadians.

That was his plan, but he and Steve Barber decided that the heat was too much after the first day which was the .22 and .25 ISSA relays.  They were trying to sleep and hang out in the hot 'bunkhouse'.  They left shortly after I did mid-afternoon Monday after the day's shooting.

Jack