I headed out to the World Championships in Sarlospuzta, Hungary. Flew into Budapest. Interesting city, rather small. Despite the fact that the Warsaw Pact collapsed 26 years ago, Eastern Europe still shows scars. In particular, the level of development was distinctly behind that of Western Europe. Budapest struck me as being a rather small city, not a great metropolis like London, Paris, or Vienna. Here's some photos I took from Buda Castle.
We stayed in Kecksemet, a town about an hour south of Budapest. It was about the size of Lexington Park. Good hotel.
The range itself was at a resort. Here are some photos:
and the resort-to-range shuttle.
Overall, the U.S. Team did OK, not great. I only had one good event, but it was enough to win us a silver in the replica percussion revolver team match. We did have one pistol shooter, Bob Lineaweaver, who set a new world record with the original revolver at 50 meters - which won not only that match but the revolver aggregate. (and people wonder why I put such emphasis on practice at 50 yards) Our shotgunners did OK.
The British team did quite well in pistol and shotgun. The Germans dominated most of the rifle events, as they normally do.
Hungary was a very interesting country. Most of the people I ran into spoke some English. Very nice folks. Good food if you like a meat-and-potatoes diet.
I did get involved in a major rules change...which took up an entire day. There were some rules concerning replica arms that needed major clarification, and I took the initiative to tackle a rewrite. Got elected to the Executive Committee for my trouble.
