Wasn't that pretty much what Thell Reed and Ray Chapman were doing with the first California Combat Pistol League shoots, which eventually morped into IPSC around 1976 or so?
I'd add a couple of additional names to that list of the old fellers who were the greats, however. At least five more come to mind....
I know Thell and Ray were shooting at the Leatherslap meets with the late Col. Cooper (from reading, I’m way too young to have been there)
What other pistoleros did I miss? Rex Applegate?
FITZ! I can’t believe I forgot Fitz, especially when I have a signed copy of “Shooting”.
Geez.....