Hmm,
First thing I would like to say that I am having great deal of fun in these matches and exchanging notes with all:). I am competing against myself, compairing with others and having fun with those who are doing the same thing. I feel very fortunate to have found this great forum at the GTA. Like most things, it may be hard to please everyone and to collate all this info is going to be quite a chore I think!
For me about 20 shots minimum rifle is fine, I think its enough to get a good reading of how I'm shooting at that particular moment in time, I am happy with the number of shots as they are. It would take me about the same amount of time to shoot more or less shots once I set up anyway.
-As far as more people joining in.... I do think that a single gate for each type of match is the way to go, have sticky with a "print target here to play" and maybe the rules. Target shooting is not everyone's thing...but if it were easy to print a target and give it a shot it may help those on the fence:) Also Not everyone has choice of guns so I think to have some open matches would work well.
- I just like to shoot the same targets matches with the same gun each time with the idea being to improve each time. I prefer a not so easy medium target...I like a challenge and of course to have fun:)
Also I would probably enjoy any matches Ya'll came up with so long as there is a challenge and fun i would certainly try a 60 shot 10m standing postion for example:) For what its worth, about +/-10 matches a week seems to be my comfort point. The Targets and Matches that I like most are:-
Rifle
1. 25 yd open sight. a challenge to say the least!
2. 30 am Bench rest
3. 30m PCP front rest only
4. I would really enjoy a 10 m bench if there where to be one:) Not sure on a target to use at this point., but max 20 shots seems enough to keep the challenge up:)
5. 10m open rifle. I do 4 shots at 5 not 5 shots at 4 targets, its easier for me to see score.
6. 10m standing rifle , steroid15
7. Although I stopped doing this one ...10m single pump rifle I liked because I could use my 853 W/peeps but did not seem popular and I not like to do it alone:) I now just compete against my kids on this one.
Pistol
1. 10m GTA, 10 shots, one hand.
2. 10m pistol open
3. 5m pistol open
4. 10m multi pump pistol / iron sights, 3 shots at 5 targets. A real challenge!
Ok thats all I can think of for now, Tony.