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Postal Match #10 D-Day Remembrance |
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What is a postal match? More..... It just happens to be that the anniversary of Surplusrifle.com falls on the same day as D-Day (June 6th). So we decided to have a postal with that theme. Essentially, this is like an Allies vs. Axis shoot, except it is limited to weapons like those that would have been found on the Normandy beaches that day, 61 years ago. Allies: Weapons of any of the Allied country that participated in the D-Day invasion are acceptable. Weapons of same design made AFTER 1944 made by ALLIED countries are acceptable as well. (i.e., your US made M-1 Garand from the Korean war will be fine). Axis: Weapons of Germany and the Axis countries that were in Normandy are acceptable. Weapons that are based on German weapons are acceptable, such as the M48 Yugo (don’t want to simply limit it to PURE German weapons). When I say, “…that were in Normandy are acceptable.” does NOT mean that YOUR particular rifle had to have ACTUALLY been there. Now, to make things more realistic, we could make up rules like: Allied: Shoot match soaking wet after running 200 yards in sand. Axis: Shoot match with pants around ankles. But we won’t. NEW starting this match: There is now a separate Surplusrifle.com postals forum. Any questions and/or rules changes or discussions, can be posted in that forum. At: http://www.websitetoolbox.com/tool/mb/surplusrifle?forum=22886
Categories:
Category 1 Short Range (Axis or Allied): Rifles: Any center fire Allied/Axis rifle used at Normandy. Original design stocks. Sights: Standard issue iron sights for you particular rifle. Ammunition: Any center fire ammo Position: Offhand (standing) no support, sling okay. No specialty shooting garments (recoil pad okay) Distance: 50 yards Target: Modified SR-1 Course of fire: 3 targets, 5 shots each
Category 2 Long Range (Axis or Allied): Rifles: Any center fire Allied/Axis rifle used at Normandy. Original design stocks. Sights: Standard issue iron sights for you particular rifle. Ammunition: Any center fire ammo Position: Bench rested, forward support only, no gun cradles or rear support No specialty shooting garments (recoil pad okay) Distance: 100 yards Target: Modified SR-1 Course of fire: 3 targets, 5 shots each Category 3 Long Range (Axis or Allied): Rifles: Any center fire Allied/Axis rifle used at Normandy. Original design stocks. Sights: Optical sights ONLY. Ammunition: Any center fire ammo Position: Bench rested, forward support only, no gun cradles or rear support No specialty shooting garments (recoil pad okay) Distance: 100 yards Target: Modified SR-1 Course of fire: 3 targets, 5 shots each Additional Rules: 1st place certificates are awarded in a category where there 7 or less shooters 2nd place certificates are awarded in a category where there are 8-15 shooters 3rd place certificates are awarded in a category where there are 15+ shooters Juniors are awarded 1st place in a category if there are 1-3 junior shooters Juniors are awarded 2nd place in a category if there are 4-7 junior shooters Juniors are awarded 3rd place in a category if there are 8+ junior shooters
Junior rules: 16 years of age and under, may shoot Category 1 from a BENCH instead of standing. Category 2 and 3 rules stay the same for juniors. Please note on entry form whether a shooter is a junior. Juniors are eligible for door prizes, however, if not appropriate to the age level, their parent/guardian will have to accept the door prize. Depending on the number of juniors who participate, we may/may not establish a separate sub-category for them Target rules: 1. Use 6 targets (max). Send us the best 3 in for your score. 2. Make sure that the black area of the bull is no larger than 6 inches across 3. Each shooter may submit ONE set of 3 targets for each category. Regardless of the number of categories you send, each shooter has ONE door prize entry chance. 4. Shooters may shoot on BOTH Allied and Axis sides with different rifles, therefore, each person may submit up to 6 sets of targets (3 categories Axis, 3 categories Allied) Targets:
Modified downloaded Surplusrifle.com SR-1. Maximum 6” across measurement for black area (please check your print outs). You must use our target! Scoring: Prior to sending targets in, please SCORE YOUR OWN targets. Scores will be verified prior to posting. If you have questions about scoring, please contact us or read this article: Scoring Postal Match Targets. Standard scoring with an X count and a total score out of 150. Additionally, if there is a tie on score and X count, a size of group measurement will be used to break the tie.
Awards: There will be certificates sent to the top shooters in each group. Door prizes will be selected at random from all qualified entries. Deadline: Must be RECEIVED by 7/23/05. Any entries arriving after that date will be discarded. Send targets to: Email: orst86@gmail.com or use the Surplusrifle.com forum site at: http://www.websitetoolbox.com/tool/mb/surplusrifle?forum=22886 |
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