Marksmanship Contest

In Celebration of the

END OF THE EVIL EMPIRE

Sunday, October 3, 2021

At The
Shongum Sportsmen Association's
100 Yard Range

10:00am - 3:00pm

Due to Covid concerns, No Lunch Was Served at the shoot.
However, Coffee, Juice and Donuts were available at the range.

On December 8, 1991, the old Soviet Union ceased to exist. After 45 years, the Cold War was over and communism was beaten. The fall of the rest of the axis of evil was imminent and peace was at hand or so it seemed at the time. Unfortunately the expected Pax Americana did not usher in world peace and American soldiers, sailors, and marines continue to confront our nation's enemies who are well armed with Combloc weapons taken from the arsenals of Russia and other iron curtain countries.

While Combloc rifles and pistols are somewhat roughly made and for the most part lack refinements such as finely adjustable sights, they are none the less effective combat arms and in some cases capable of astounding accuracy. Various Combloc weapons particularly the ubiquitous Mosin Nagants have found their way to the United States as captured war trophies while others have been imported to satisfy the growing market of low budget arms collectors and Vintage Military Rifle (VMR) shooters.

An intrepid band of these elite Combloc rifle and pistol collectors, proudly represented by members of the Shongum Sportsmen's Association, (SSA)and guests, gathered at the Shongum Sportsmen's Association (SSA) 100 Yard Range on Sunday October 3, 2021 for the Annual End of the Evil Empire Military Match. It was a day of comradeship, friendly competition, sponsored by the SSA.

Entrants competing in the marksmanship contests were allowed to use only unmodified rifles and pistols with original sights as adopted by various Combloc countries. There were eight rifle and four handgun contests in the course of fire, structured to test the marksmanship skills of participants. In addition there were two special awards; Young Pioneer for young shooters under 18, and one for the highest scoring female shooter, named for one of the most successful Soviet woman snipers to survive the Great Patriotic War (WWII), Lyudmila Pavlichenko. Note: (This year these events had no entries.)

All matches this year were held in perfect weather conditions under the new Shongum 100 Yard Range Cover. When shooters arrived, the up frames at 100 yards under the watchfull eye of Shoot Coordinator, Geoff W. Trophies were not awarded this year due to Covid Restrictions. Targets were scored and given to Stan G. who would report the results to all at a later date. (All scores in link at bottom of this report).

Contest rules required that shooters fire 10 rounds in 2 minutes at targets placed at 100 yards. Participants brought some of their best Russian, Finnish, Chinese, and Warsaw Pact Mosin Nagants, Simonovs, and semi-automatic Kalashnikovs to compete for bragging rights. Some truly noteworthy examples of these rifles included a Czechoslovakian VZ-58 brought back from Grenada, and several Russian and Yugoslavian made Simonov SKS Carbines in near mint condition.

Rifle matches were efficiently conducted by Comrade Chairman of the Shooting Directorate, Geoff W. with assitance from Stanislaus G. and others.

At the conclusion of the rifle contests, shooters moved down range on the outdoor range for the Handgun Events.

Targets were scored on the line by Shooters and then checked by Stan G. Scores, photos, and anecdotes were forwared to webmaster Tom Plante in North Carolina to be put into report form for all.


Medals Commemerating the Creation of Lenningrad were issued to the winners.

Two matches were tied. Russ P. and John M. both shot 10X in the Sniper Match . Paul M. and John M. both shot 65 in the Tokarev Match.

Happily once again, it would appear that all participating comrades survived the event and will be able to compete again in future matches.

The following are some photos forwarded to Tom for this report:

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