1977 IPSC Handgun World Shoot III
Location	Salisbury, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)
Medalists
David Westerhout   Peter Maunder   Raul Walters
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The 1977 IPSC Handgun World Shoot III was held in Salisbury, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) at the end of August, and was the third IPSC Handgun World Shoot, and was won by Dave Westerhout in front of his Rhodesian teammate and second-place winner Peter Maunder by 116.403 points and third-place winner Raul Walters of United States with further 41.741 points.

After the World Shoot, Westerhout was also honoured as the Rhodesian Sportsman of the Year for 1977 and was awarded the John Hopley Memorial Trophy.

Up till 1977 the World Shoots had been held once a year, but subsequent championships were to be held once every two years.

Equipment

Dave Westerhout shot minor power factor using a double stack Browning Hi-Power in 9×19mm equipped with an aluminum Bomar sight rib and a stock 13 round capacity. Silver winner Peter Maunder of Rhodesia also shot 9×19mm minor using a Hi-power, while bronze winner Raul Walters of USA shot a 7-round capacity 1911 in major caliber .45 ACP. Fourth place Vidar Nakling from Norway used an 8-round capacity SIG P210 in 9×19mm minor. Fifth place Tommy Campbell of USA and sixth place Ray Chapman of USA both used major 7 round capacity 1911's in major .45 ACP like the bronze winner Raul Walters.

Champions

Individual

Both Ray Chapman and David Westerhout was highly seeded before the match. Dave had already represented both Great Britain and Rhodesia in international competitions, and later also represented Zimbabwe at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Rapid Fire Pistol.

Overall	Competitor	Points	Percent
Gold	David Westerhout	1960.433	100.00%
Silver	Peter Maunder	1844.030	94.06%
Bronze	Raul Walters	1802.289	91.93%
4th	Vidar Nakling	1802.272	91.93%
5th	Tom Campbell	1793.337	91.48%
6th	Ray Chapman	1778.371	90.71%
7th	Lionel Smith	1776.675	90.63%
8th	Jerry Usher	1741.721	88.84%
9th	Ron Lerch	1731.898	88.34%
10th	Leonard Knight	1719.523	87.71%

Teams

After six days of shooting the Rhodesian team claimed its second World Championship win in a row with the small margin of 41.010 points to the U.S. team. During the match there was never many points separating the two teams and the lead was traded throughout the match. Finally the results had to checked with a computer, and it wasn't until some time after the shooting was over that the Rhodesian team was declared as winners. South Africa came in third followed by Great Britain, West Germany and Belgium.

Overall	Country	Points	Percent	Team members
Gold	Rhodesia	8776.064	100.00%	Dave Westerhout (Team Captain), Lionel Smith, Alex du Plessis, Andy Langley and Peter Boniface
Silver	United States	8735.054	99.53%
Bronze	South Africa	7808.542	88.98%
4th	Great Britain	7437.616	73.67%
5th	West Germany	6941.581	79.10%
6th	Belgium	6465.203	73.67%

(Other teams: Australia, Norway, and Switzerland.)