Inherently dangerous

[J.B.]

Gong matches are flat out 'fun' and I would hazard a guess to suggest a lot of people wouldnt be shooting these rifles at paper or Creedmoor matches if they hadnt first had their appetites tempted by a hit on steel at some distant range. The Quigley has become a bit of a pilgrimage for some of us and we've enjoyed it every time. I've similar feelings to Kurt on this and feel the Quigley is the unofficial World Championship for this type of shoot. The 'inherently dangerous' tag sounds just like a legal caveat to me and included to preclude any over zealous lawyers getting their 'knickers in a twist'. I've seen people cutting up a steak that were more of a danger to society than most I observed at the Q. While there would appear to be a good argument to make it a 'BPO' ( black powder only ) shoot, this would clearly make a dent in the people who have chosen not to shoot black for whatever reason and up to now have enjoyed the trip, the social intercourse and the shooting challenges that the Quigley provides. Any accident is unfortunate ..whether its a crash on the way to the range or a reloading mishap. I'm so relieved when my plane touches down in L.A. ( yes...even L.A ) without incident that shooting with 600 others seems a walk in the park. I'm certainly not against it perhaps becoming a BPO shoot as I now shoot bp but it will discriminate ( there's that word again ) against others that dont and wont make the change for the sake of perhaps one shoot a year. Back here we constantly pay the price for one persons careless mistake or premeditated action without a thought of the injustice to those who havent done anything wrong. Penalising the masses for the sins of one..is a popular edict around here. Education might be a better route than prohibition. Just a thought.

Gavin.