Who is doing all the Enfield target shooting??

[Frederick303]

My real interest in Enfield shooting dates to going to the Canadian Fullbore Nationals in 1996 and 1997, New Zealand in 2000 and NSW in Australia in 2002. Between the various trips I spent many happy hors on the rages with old Enfields and it set the hook. Went from a collection of 6 Enfields (which I thought very complete with a 2 - No1 , 2- No4, 1 No 5 and a P14) to a number I do not mention... which is pretty complete. unfortunately it is next to impossible to get folks to shoot a straight Enfield match and they are simply not competitive in any current US competition venue.

There is something to be said for being directed into a limited field of competition. It does seem to keep some semblance of direction and concentration of effort, which in the free range environment of the modern shooting scene is just simply lacking. Simply stated in a field as obscure as black power antique shooting, there are the following areas:

Traditional Kentucky rifle shooting (AKA friendship Indiana)
NSSA (shooting with muskets, aka civil war style)
Long range black powder (muzzle loader and cartridge)
Silhouette black powder (same course as modern rifles)
"Chunk" shooting (blackpowder bench-rest with traditional heavy guns)
Cowboy shooting (for muzzle loader revolvers)
Black powder trap (yes there are guys that do that.)
Modern In-line black powder bench matches.

With all these competition areas, it is very hard for any one activity to get the numbers of folks that used to be directed into one or two activities.