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.

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.

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.

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

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

• Match Report - 1977 Handgun World Shoot, Rhodesia