Author Topic: Postal Matches (Read 4122 times)

mitchell · « **Reply #30 on:** September 02, 2008, 11:09:08 AM »

no no man that wouldn't be fair i've shot 100 yard groups with my m24 in the .1's, i can't even do that with my 243.

and scattergunner the whole " shoot whatever you have at whatever you have to shoot at" thing wont work . you can't mail home body parts i already ask the barrett makes a mess of things inside of 200 , it was like putting a M80 in a tomato, real cool and no paper work

ScatterGunner · « **Reply #31 on:** September 02, 2008, 12:30:44 PM »

mitchell -

we will have a special category for you and any other servicemen serving our country who would like to be in the postal match.

i'll bet there are a lot of guys here who would like to see what real military hardware can do.

"SG"

mitchell · « **Reply #32 on:** September 03, 2008, 02:38:23 AM »

Quote from: ScatterGunner on September 02, 2008, 12:30:44 PM

mitchell -

we will have a special category for you and any other servicemen serving our country who would like to be in the postal match.

i'll bet there are a lot of guys here who would like to see what real military hardware can do.

"SG"

my rifles i use:

m24 will group as good as you can shoot
m14 right MOA
M82a1 1.5 MOA
M4 1.5MOA

i have a M4 range coming up they said will shoot at 100 after we zero so if we do i'll send it in.

Hofs01 · « **Reply #33 on:** September 07, 2008, 05:36:24 AM »

Rimfire rifle:
5 shot group
3X5 card for Target
Range 50 yards
Stable rest allowed
Optics allowed

Stimpy,

You going to enter the .22 you were shooting at the stump at Dan's?

JerryKo · « **Reply #34 on:** September 11, 2008, 08:52:16 AM »

This sounds like fun guys. I had read about a postal match before, and whats funny I've been off the site for a while except for quick "whats for sell" looks, and have been wondering about when a postal match might be held. So I look forward to trying it out. Hope that .204 is still driving tacks. Maybe I'll try the 338-06 at targets again too. Oh so little time....

Jerry

stimpylu32 · « **Reply #35 on:** September 11, 2008, 11:29:28 AM »

Quote from: Hofs01 on September 07, 2008, 05:36:24 AM

Rimfire rifle:
5 shot group
3X5 card for Target
Range 50 yards
Stable rest allowed
Optics allowed

Stimpy,

You going to enter the .22 you were shooting at the stump at Dan's?

Very funny , at that time I'd had better luck throwing the rifle at the card , would have given a better group .

stimpy

jmayton · « **Reply #36 on:** September 16, 2008, 02:04:12 PM »

ok, i shot my first string for this little match today and I'm dissapointed. trying some new bullets to see how they do and well, not as good as what I normally shoot. my standard loads did much better...but why can't we do a 4 round group (.625") or better yet a 3 round (.375"). Best I could do today was 1.38". Oh well, i'll have to keep at it.

i did learn two things today though...first, my handi shoots better a bit dirty (it took 7 fouling shots to get the groups down to normal) and second, the Pentax that my handi wears is not nearly as clear as my Nikon. i would shoot a round through the handi then move over to the savage and wow! what a difference. It also seemed that the Nikon had more magnification.

JerryKo · « **Reply #37 on:** September 22, 2008, 02:49:06 PM »

Well its not going well for me, hope its going better for others. The .204 isn't doing any better than 1.25 for 5 shots. It has been a little windy both times, but I didn't think it would affect it. So I'll give a good scrubbing and try again. The 338-06 had a 4shot .84 going and I completely missed the card on the fifth shot. I wished I couldn't see those first 4 holes. Made me a little tense for the last shot and blew it. Each pair were sharing holes slightly apart from one another, and then I ran out of time again for another 5 shots. I'll try again maybe tomorrow. I havn't shot a group that would compete with you guys yet.

Jerry

jmayton · « **Reply #38 on:** September 29, 2008, 04:54:02 PM »

I'm getting worse. Same loads. Two 1.75" groups. Shouldn't let the wife take the handi on our last hog hunt. Actually I can't blame her. I wasn't shooting good today at all.

JerryKo · « **Reply #39 on:** October 02, 2008, 02:09:34 PM »

Jmayton,

Maybe they can add a "handi"-capped class for us to shoot in.

Hope it gets better for you. I'm still stinking the range up with my shooting. Everyone else must have their poker faces on.

Jerry

jmayton · « **Reply #40 on:** October 02, 2008, 04:24:12 PM »

Jerry, that sounds like a plan. If nothing else we can shoot against each other.

wyohandi · « **Reply #41 on:** October 05, 2008, 07:58:45 AM »

Well I'm going to send in this 270win group, see how it stacks up.
Would go out and try for better but it's hunting season

and I'm
saving my really good shooting for the deer and elk

ScatterGunner · « **Reply #42 on:** October 20, 2008, 04:05:58 AM »

wyohandi -

got your card in saturdays' mail. yours is the first postal match post card received and that places you in first place so far!

the cards are supposed to be post marked by Oct 31st, i'll give it a few days aftetr that to let the mail get through then start scoring.

"SG"

wyohandi · « **Reply #43 on:** October 20, 2008, 02:30:20 PM »

Cool! As long as nobody else sends in a card

I just won't mention the 1st place out of 1 thing

MSP Ret · « **Reply #44 on:** October 20, 2008, 02:39:00 PM »

Talk about not being observant, this is the first time I have seen anything about the postal matches this year!!! I just happened to look in the "stickies" and here it is..Best of luck guys....<><....

ScatterGunner · « **Reply #45 on:** October 22, 2008, 01:57:03 PM »

you still have 9 days to go msp!

how've you been? is your camp done yet?

"SG"

MSP Ret · « **Reply #46 on:** October 24, 2008, 12:06:39 PM »

Hi buddy, nice to hear from you again as well. Regarding the camp, the answer is no, the camp is just as it was, the house has had a lot of work done on it though. The house won over the camp and now with the economy the way it is I have all I can do to keep the house and the camp going the way they are. How have you been? Getting any hunting or shooting in? I am planning on heading up north to the camp on the 31st for a week or 10 days and then going back for about the same amount of time over the Thanksgiving Holiday and returning home about the first of December. Any pheasant hunting with the .410 or how about partridge(Grouse) around home. Have you been making any beans? Now that it is getting time to fire up the woodstove it's about time for homemade beans with a few partridge breasts thrown in for a meal fit for a king, beans and partridge breasts, a nice fresh loaf of bread and a couple of glasses of wine, my mouth is watering already. One of my buddies from up north fries the breasts after dipping them in flour and egg (I think) and we have then as appetizers before our meal washed down with a cold beer. When in Maine, do as the Mainers I always say. I did have a great trout and salmon fishing trip up north shortly after ice out and was invited to go to Canada for Walleye next year. I said I would go and am looking forward to it....<><....

ScatterGunner · « **Reply #47 on:** October 29, 2008, 12:57:10 PM »

i figure that a post mark date of next monday, november 3rd, will be better. that will give one more complete weekend for all of you who still haven't shot up your 3 x 5 cards.

"SG"

JerryKo · « **Reply #48 on:** October 31, 2008, 09:37:39 AM »

SG will probably come through, but if somebody has the address to send "targets" to, could you pm ME with that info. Thanks.

Jerry

ScatterGunner · « **Reply #49 on:** November 06, 2008, 08:09:04 AM »

ok, it's thursday and so far only 1 card. i guess this is why postal matches fizzled out !

i'll give it a few more days then post the 'result'!

"SG"

JerryKo · « **Reply #50 on:** November 06, 2008, 03:12:37 PM »

I have two coming your way. They went out Mondays mail. Hope others procrastinated to last day too. SG, I hope you did some shooting.

Jerry

jmayton · « **Reply #51 on:** November 07, 2008, 03:44:04 AM »

I have to apologize. I thought i was getting close to a good load, and work got busier than normal and I never was able to get back to the range.

Winter Hawk · « **Reply #52 on:** November 15, 2008, 03:29:22 AM »

Was there a final list of who shot and where they placed, or was the postal shoot a bust this time around?

Inquiring minds want to know!
-Winter Hawk-

Lazermule · « **Reply #53 on:** December 02, 2008, 02:32:55 AM »

Looks like the postal match didn't pan out?

How about using it as a fundraiser for the website? $1 a gun? All proceeds go to the website? Just a suggestion that would let folks showcase their talents and help out the site at the same time. Also, we could have all of the cards scanned and displayed in a "Postal Match Library" on the site for future reference. Info on the card could be hand load or factory load information.

Just a suggestion that might help us build a stronger site with more information and have fun doing it.

LAZER