A workable competition could be created with individual entries shooting 5-Stand rounds with identified brands of shotgun all weekend at a vintage gun event. At the end of the weekend, high scoring individuals would be recognized along with the brands of gun shot. It would be difficult to recognize team efforts without the "creating of teams" by qualification rounds which are very time consuming. Possibly "declared teams" could shoot during the weekend, not neccesarily shooting shoulder to shoulder, to establish team honors. Records of team scores could be kept by numbering the declared teams. They would not be teams made by qualification scores, but by a pre-shooting declaration as in an NSSA skeet shoot. Such team members could be as few as three in number rather than the ten of the Parker/L.C.Smith match. When signing up to shoot, such sub-categories as Hammer Gun or Damascus or Smallbore could be declared. As at professionally run vintager events, (please, no comments) a running scoreboard with all events and scores kept up to date, would add to the competitive interest. Could the Model 24 Winchester Team possibly win top team honors?? Of course, it would be neccesary to have a dedicated 5-Stand for the event. The crew that runs the Parker/L.C.Smith 5-Stand at the Southern Side by Side would be my choice. What a great bunch of guys. I think they are independent contractors and don't work for Bill Kempfler. Am I correct in this assumption? At the Southern, this crew started their operation at 8 AM, pulled and scored targets at least until 6 PM for three and a half days. A round is shot every 20 minutes with 5 man squads. At this rate, they can run 450 competitors through in a three day event. This could work.
