1976 IPSC Handgun World Shoot

The 1976 IPSC Handgun World Shoot II held in Berndorf, Salzburg, Austria^[1] was the second IPSC Handgun World Shoot, and was won by Jan Foss of Norway in front of Ray Chapman of United States by a small margin. Foss had been unknown before the championship and did not participate internationally afterwards.

Jan Foss used a 9×19mm single-stack SIG P210 in minor power factor with an 8 round capacity, while Ray Chapman used a 7-round-capacity 1911 in major caliber .45 ACP. The Rhodesian teammates Dave Westerhout, Peter Maunder and Dave Arnold were handicapped in that they only had been able to bring two pistols to share, but the night before the championship the sight broke off one of the pistols, so all three had to share a single pistol throughout the championship.

Individual

Teams

The team competition became a sensational competition between Rhodesia and Norway, and in the end only 29 points separated the two. The USA team had been favorites before the championship, but had to settle for third place 185 points behind Rhodesia and 156 points behind Norway.

• IPSC Rifle World Shoots
• IPSC Shotgun World Shoot
• IPSC Action Air World Shoot

• News article in the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten, 1976 August 8
• Rhodesian Sport Profiles: David Ian Westerhout
• Front Sight Magazine November/ December 2006, page 58 of 84 Archived 2016-11-05 at the Wayback Machine