...I'll PM you about how we would work military rifles into main match stage. [ie: Reduced cast load or DISTANT targets with real ball ammo?]
Those who were present at Muster 2005 will have a good idea how this can be done ... without significantly reduced loads or other special preparations ....
I was prevailed upon (only after much arm-twisting,
of course) to shoot through the Zulu War
Defence of Rorke's Drift scenario using a very appropriate rifle: my .577/450 Martini-Henry. As indicated by that experience, the solution is quite simple really: you just need to ensure that there is at least
one target which
cannot be knocked down (or destroyed) by hits from such a rifle, coupled with a rule that if a rifle target gets "killed", the shooter moves on to the next - at least until that one also disappears - and so on ....
Major Matt and others will attest that in the
Rorke's Drift event, the Martini-Henry demonstrated its vaunted "hard-hitting" reputation very well - I only managed one hit (or at most two) on each of the close in targets before they went down, and accordingly ended up taking most of my shots at the final one (which was a big-bore rifle gong, anyway)