Back in 1776 when Daniel Morgan was putting together his sharpshooters, one of his officers put a board up at 175 yards. On this board in the center was painted a nose. The men shot at the nose, to qualify for the squad the shots had to be close to the nose. Of course these shot were not fired offhand.
I got this in a PT from grzrob the other day. Since he was the winner of the last contest I thought I'd use his idea for the next one, so...
Nose Piercing Contest
Any traditional, open sighted, sidelock muzzleloading rifle or smoothbore, firing a single projectile, normally fired from the shoulder, is allowed.
No cannons. No chunk guns.
Your target is a standard 8.5" x 11" sheet of printer paper with your best(doesn't hafta be that good :haha: ) rendition of a nose drawn in the center. Shots will be measured from center of paper not necessarily from center of noses. :wink:
Distance is 100 yards.
Shots may be taken from a rested position.
Three shots as close as possible to center of the target.
Targets with more than 3 holes will be disqualified.
Shots will be measured from the center of the target to the center of the hole.
Smallest total measure of all 3 shots determines the winner.
Targets that have been mutilated will be disqualified.
All Muzzleloadingforum members are eligible to participate.
Members screen name must be written on their target.(So we know who won. )
One entry per member.
Multiple targets may be submitted in the same envelope to save postage if more than one member shoots in the same group.
Targets must be postmarked by February 1, 2011 to be eligible.
Targets received after February 10, 2011 will be disqualified.
Targets will not be returned unless an S.A.S.E. is included.
Good luck, have fun, and be safe! :hatsoff:
Mail entries to;
Jim Green
P.O. Box 22
Pekin, IL 61555-0022