Colt

COMPETITION

Pistol:      Free percussion revolvers, original only
Sights:     Contemporary sights. Height of fore-sight unlimited but profile shall be of original style
Target:     MLAIC C50 metre pistol target
Position:  Standing
Distance: 25 metres
Bullet:       Round ball or picket bullet
The best 10 hits out of 13 shots fired within a time limit of 30 minutes are evaluated.

Determination of order in the event of a tie:

    1. A greater number of 10, 9, etc. In the event of a match for all ten hits, the decision is made according to point 2. 
    2. According to the distances (from the center of the target) of the worst hits of all the ones counted.

Final

They don't shoot.

HISTORY

Designer of the first successful percussion revolver to be manufactured on a large scale (from 1838 onwards).
Cup donated by Jim Briggs of the Nation Muzzle Loading Rifle Association of USA (1972)