Zootshooting

[DeaconKC]

For those who enjoy shooting sports, this is an offshoot of the SASS guys, called Zootshooting, it uses 1920 to 1970 guns for the competition. Here's a video of it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w72CKogD_8I

 

[VintageRed]

LOL, I thoroughly enjoyed that video. Watching everyone run around gangster style was quite entertaining.

Though, aren't Tommy Guns illegal? Fun to watch nevertheless.

Thank you for sharing!

~D.

 

[Jerekson]

The whole "Zoot-suit" thing was absolutely ridiculous, but those were some nice fiirearms, and those guys really knew how to use them.

 

[Nathan Flowers]

LOL, I thoroughly enjoyed that video. Watching everyone run around gangster style was quite entertaining.

Though, aren't Tommy Guns illegal? Fun to watch nevertheless.

Thank you for sharing!

~D.

They're not illegal to own. They're just taxed and regulated.

I agree, Zootshooting is a neat idea. I hope to see them get more historically accurate with the clothes, too.

 

[thunderw21]

Nice! My kind of sport.

 

[Chasseur]

Damn that looks fun! Wish I had a local group out here!

 

[KeyGrip]

That is amazing. A combination of dress sense and firearms proficiency to which I can aspire.

 

[DBLIII]

The price of a Thompson would be painful, not to mention feeding it!

 

[dr greg]

Gun fun

That's amusing, and something you could only dream about over here

 

[reetpleat]

That is pretty cool. But some better clothes and music would be even better. I guess we all have to deal with the difference between our conception if the era and popular interpretation.

 

[Story]

'We're going to need more hats".
lol
Too cool.

 

[rmrdaddy]

FANTASTIC!!

And Royal Crown Revue to boot! Looks like a lot of fun!

 

[Shovelhead]

The price of a Thompson would be painful, not to mention feeding it!

.45 cal ammunition has doubled in the last couple of years. I used to shoot a 1911A1 in a PPC league, it ran me about thirty bucks a night before the jump in prices. 50 rounds of the Remington green box or the Winchester White Box (both REAL cheap stuff is over twenty bucks today. So sixty bucks a night, bye bye league.

 

[Madcap72]

Pretty cool.

Condition 3 1911's? Ugh... guess it takes all kinds.

Plus, no one had a Winchester Mod. 12, or Browning A5 shotgun to bring? Too bad!


Still great idea!!! If anyone wants to try to get something like that going in Seattle, let me know. I have modern built versions of about every gangster era gun you can think of. (.38 super 1911, semi-auto Thompson, mod 12's the works)

 

[Diamondback]

Ms. VintageRed, it's a lot more complicated than a blanket "legal/illegal". To lawfully own a full-auto Thompson (a long-barrel semiauto's okay except in states with an "Ugly Guns Ban" aka "Assault Weapons Ban"), all of the following must be true:
1. It must have been manufactured and first registered with ATF (the dreaded "Form 4" $200 tax-stamp) prior to May 1986, when the Registry was closed.
2. You must have a Form 4 registration for it, which has to be approved before you pick it up.
3. It must be legal to own in your state of residence (30-some states are still only banning "offensive/aggressive possession", rather than all ownership; alas, mine's not one)

Interesting looking sport--too bad there's no way to make a range safe so that something like this can allow shoulder-holsters or crossdraws...

 

[KittyT]

I hope to see them get more historically accurate with the clothes, too.

Except that you would never want to shoot wearing vintage clothing. Shooting gets you dirty and deposits lead dust in your clothes. You would have to have those clothes cleaned after every time you wore them shooting. Not the kind of wear and tear I'd want to put my vintage through!

 

[John in Covina]

Shooting in an authentic G-MAN style!

 

[Story]

They have their own website - www.zootshooters.com

Remember, folks - it's a nascient effort. Journey of a thousand miles, single step... Rome, one day.. yadda yadda yadda


Bugsy on the firing line, with his R.S.O. Rocky.

 

[VintageRed]

Ms. VintageRed, it's a lot more complicated than a blanket "legal/illegal".

Thank you sir, for your explanation as well. Someone else was kind enough to shoot me (excuse the pun) a PM with similar information. I feel much more knowledgeable now.

On an aside, I do love your sig phrase. I'll have to keep that one in mind.


~Red

 

[Story]

Except that you would never want to shoot wearing vintage clothing. Shooting gets you dirty and deposits lead dust in your clothes. You would have to have those clothes cleaned after every time you wore them shooting. Not the kind of wear and tear I'd want to put my vintage through!

Good point, although might the outdoor conditions reduce that problem significantly?

Or, you can just dress like Fred C. Dobbs (I suggested they have a Treasure of Sierra Madre 'caper', with .38 double action revolvers and lever action rifles).