General Grey Whiskers, SUH!
Do you and yor Western Scallywags agree to these terms of engagement?
The target is a standard 8.5 x 11 inch sheet of typing/printer paper with an X drawn thru the center from corner to corner.
Distance is 50 yards.
Take only 5 shots at your target and send it in. No do-overs.
Only registered forum members may participate.
Only traditional, open iron sighted muzzleloading rifles (NO Cannons). Percussion or flintlock ignition. (you can use a smoothbore if you would like)
Single patched round ball only. No restrictions on caliber. (a patchless ball may be used if so desired)
Shots will be taken off-hand at 50 yards.(Standing or seated is allowed, elbows unsupported by anything other than the shooters torso)(In the event that a member is not physically able to hold his rifle up unsupported, a "prop-rod" that is supported only by the shooters torso, no part of which prop-rod may touch the ground, may be used to hold up the fore-end of the rifle)
One target entry per member.
5 shots per target.
Mutilated targets and targets with more than 5 holes will be disqualified.
Only original targets will be accepted. No copies, faxes, scans, etc.
Each shot will be measured from the center of the hole to the center of the paper.
The center of the paper will be determined by the judge.
The total of all 5 shot measurements from each member will be added together to determine that members final score.
All of the scores for each Militia will be added together and then divided by the number of members on that Militia to determine the average for each team.
Lowest average score determines the winners of the East vs West Forum War.
Judges decisions are final.
Each Militia's average score will be posted at the end of the contest.
Your member screen name must be written on your target.
The war runs thru August 31, 2012.
Mail your target postmarked by September 1, 2012 to;
(pay attention here, I got a new P.O. box :wink: )
Eastern Militia:
Jim Green
P.O.Box 322
Pekin, IL 61555
Western Militia:
Lon Baugh
715 Atwater Blvd.
Atwater, CA 95301
Targets will not be returned unless an S.A.S.E. is included.
If you are in agreement with these terms, Let the fightin' commence!
Be safe and have fun! :hatsoff: