So this weekend was the 7th annual Classic Battle Rifle Match held by the Nampa & Rod Gun in Nampa, Idaho. We had the usual team, Mike, Kevin, Paul and myself. The match is based upon a 5 stage shooting match from 200 yard using only bolt action battle rifles from WWII era. No scopes are allowed, only stock iron sites. Mike and Paul were using their Russian, Mosin Nagant M-44 carbines. Kevin was using his Mosin Nagant 91-30 (a longer version of the M-44, used by Russian snipers in WWII. Basically what they were using in the movie Enemy at the Gates). All three of these shoot the 7.62x54 round. I was teamed up with Helga, my Yugoslavian M-24/47 Mauser. My mauser fires that beast known as a 196 grain 8mm round. It's quite punishing on your shoulder and eardrums.
Anyway, here are some images from our shoot on saturday.
Here is an example of a Mauser. 
One of the other guys shooting his Mauser. Look at the size of that round, huge.
The firing line, Mike spotting. Some of the guys we were up against are rumored to be ex-snipers from the Vietnam war era. Pretty tough dudes and simply stunning shots.
Kevin marking scores.
The view from the line. Yes, that's 200 yards. Can you see the silhouette targets way out yonder? Oh, did I mention some of the targets are moving... not a problem.
Paul, you'd never guess he was from England.
Mike, team elite.
Kevin is just happy to be done. I think everyone was quite sore. These old beasts are just plain brutal on the shoulder. Each person had to shoot 100 rounds in about 30 min. 
So after our 4th place finish last year, we pulled it all together, did some serious damage down range, and pulled off a unexpected 1st place finish. The other competitors were pretty bummed to get spanked by a bunch of PowerBar food scientists and packaging guys.
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