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Write up 2017 Internationals

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Please note correction on the proposed rule on the reflex sight that a one year trial period.2017 IHMSA World Championship
By Jim Fields - Match Director

The 2017 IHMSA World Championship held at the Oklahoma City Gun Club July 14th thru the 22nd, was a total success with entries nearing the 500 mark.
Weather conditions were a little on the warm side with temperatures averaging around 94 degrees for the 9 days of the event. However wind conditions for the entire match were on the calm side as the scores below indicate.
With a new 12 foot apron on the back side of our 403 ft. firing line, spotters & spectators were in the shade from morning into the late afternoon.
As normal, shooters from as far away as Australia were in attendance & were greeted by a new air-conditioned reloading facility recently completed & they took full advantage by reloading many rounds of their favorite calibers to be shot in this match. We certainly appreciate our overseas shooters for traveling great distances to shoot in our fantastic sport of handgun silhouette competition.
Some of the highlights of the match included a couple of world records set by Scott Thompson, Mustang, OK, who shot the first ever 80x80 UFS (1/5 scale open) in World Championship competition & followed that up with an 80x80 in UASFS (1/5 scale scope) for a record 1/5 scale 160 aggregate score, great shooting Scott.
One of the best, if not the best standing shooter in our sport, Joe Cullison did it again with a US-Int. BB standing score of 75x80, fantastic Joe.
Linda Lanning, Atwood, KS, won both high lady in BB-UAS as well as SB-UAS with an 80x80 in each, great shooting Linda.
Another accomplishment was Steve Martens, our IHMSA president who shot a UAS 40x40 in the ULTRA 500 match & followed that up with a 34x40 in Unlimited for a 74x80 aggregate score.
Another highlight for our match, we had eight (8) junior shooters ranging in age from 9 to 16 who competed in this match & a couple of them shot 80x80's, great shooting guys & gals.
With low wind & excellent lighting conditions all week we had a total of sixty-nine (69) 80x80's & a 40x40 in ULTRA 500 plus four (4) 40x40's in AIR competition. WOW!!
Broken down, Big Bore, Revolver, 0, Production, four (4), BB Unlimited, nine (9), BB 1/2 scale, five (5) & BB UAS, thirteen (13)
In Small-bore, Production 0, Revolver 0, Unlimited, nine (9) UASFS, (1/5) four (4) UFS, (1/5) one (1) UAS, twenty-two (22) PH Short, one (1) PH .22, one (1)
A proposal was presented to the IHMSA board during this match to allow reflex (red dot) sights on production guns including BB & SB to shooters over the IHMSA senior age limit of 60, with an allowance of 4 extra ounces of added weight to production guns which include revolvers. This proposal was approved for a one (1) year trial time period beginning January 1st, 2018.
The 2018 IHMSA World Championship, for the fifth time in six years, again will be held here at the Oklahoma City Gun Club, tentative dates are set for July 13th thru the 21st. Make plans to attend that one for sure.
See all the match the results in an upcoming edition of the IHMSA News hard copy or on our web page in the near future.
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