Here is an Olympic event I would like to see reinstated,,,

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aarondhgraham

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I was Googling "olympic pistols" because I'm curious about the guns when I stumbled upon this article.

3. Dueling pistol, 1906

No actual duels were fought, alas. Rather, contestants shot at a dummy dressed in a frock coat. Shooting events tend to be rather dull to watch, but they would have a chance with creative thinking like this.
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I am enamored with the romantic aspect of formal dueling,,,
I'm sure someone will jump and give me grief for this,,,
But as kids we did this all the time,,,
With dart guns of course.

Back to back,,,
We paced off ten steps,,,
Then on command we turned and fired.

So how would this be scored with modern equipment and technology,,,
I doubt the frock coated mannequins would fly in modern times,,,
But a target that combined accuracy and speed should be okay.

How would the scoring formula go?,,,
I would say time plus accuracy
Would this work?

Distance would be 10 paces/person x two people = 20 paces,,,
Assuming a military pace of 30"/pace,,,
600" @ 12"/foot = 50 feet.

Contestants start with their back to the target with guns pointed up,,,
Turn, fire, record the elapsed time from the "Go" command until bullet impact,,,
Then add some hundreds of a second for each increment of distance from the center of the target.

Deciding how many hundreds of a second and what distance increment would be the challenge.

Or maybe it would simply be a very small (say 2") target,,,
Time to impact would be the sole criteria,,,
A miss would disqualify the shot.

Three shots per match,,,
Or would one shot be more apropos to an actual duel?

Sudden death shootouts (no pun intended) for tied scores.

Oh,,,
Black powder,,,
Single-shot cap and ball,,,
Traditional styled handguns only.

I'm just spit-ballng here but I personally would like to see this match.

Aarond

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It could be brought back with high powered paint ball guns.

I did not realize they did away with softball just this year until I read the article.
 
Hello couillon,,,

In actuality I see paintballers do this all the time,,,
Usually during the lunch break when they are bored. :cool:

But no, I would want it to be with real fieryarms.

Many moons back I had a pair of cheapo plainsman C&B pistols,,,
Me and my buddies would set up one bowling pin,,,
Place the loaded guns on the table (cocked),,,
And on command grab the guns and fire.

On the rare occasion one of us hit the danged thing,,,
Then we got to argue on who actually hit it. :D

Aaahhhhh - good times.

Aarond

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Fast draw competition has all of that but you do not shoot at any person.

We used rubber band guns :) we were paper boys so thats what we had a lot of. Ouch it still stings.... some used bb guns till johnny lost an eye.... then they all disappeared. majically
 
Hello markj,,,

Fast draw competition has all of that but you do not shoot at any person.
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Although I'm not familiar with all of the details of fast draw competition,,,
I can easily envision some similarities between the two,,,
But IIRC, fast draw doesn't use real ammo.

I'm reasonably sure that they use wax bullets and shotgun primers,,,
That's from the dim recesses of my memory watching a match in Las Vegas.

We used rubber band guns
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I'm looking at a rubber-band pistol right now,,,
A friend saw it at a gun show and bought it for me as a joke.

Aarond

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Kentucky has an interesting law regarding dueling,,,

Kentucky has an interesting law regarding dueling,,,
I stumbled on this in a Google search.

Man, ya just hafta love the internet.

It seems that even in 2010 Kentuckians taking public office must raise their firing hand and say out loud that to their knowledge they've not dueled, as the state Constitution still requires. The spoken line routinely elicits chuckles from witnesses.
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Aarond

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Yep, I had to take the oath that I had not dueled with deadly weapons nor acted as a second in a duel with deadly weapons.
 
Was there not shooting at live birds at one time in the Olympics?

They could imitate one of the original events more closely by having soldiers run a foot race wearing armor. What they wear now probably weights as much as what Greek hoplites wore.
 
It could be brought back with high powered paint ball guns.
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Paintball was my first thought. And, yes, that is exactly what we did during matches or tournaments when the other teams were taking a break
 
I'm looking at a rubber-band pistol right now,,,
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My son just got a rubber band shooting rifle :) now that is so much better than what we used...

yep fast draw primers and wax at a target usually a balloon for the western type stuff. Very fast and very accurate.

In GR Brit they did a bird shoot using pigeons I belive. in one Olympics.
 
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