Timothy Pickering, a Massachusetts politician, was appointed to serve as the second United States Postmaster General under the United States Constitution by President George Washington. Therefore, it was deemed fitting and appropriate to honor his memory because there are three things that are common to Massachusetts politicians and this Massachusetts based match; going postal, rifle-as in rifling the people’s pockets, and laying down on the job.
You may shoot as an individual, a team, with irons, or any sights. Mix and match, collect all 4!
Dates: November, December, of 2009 and January, February, and March of 2010.
Location: Your home range
Distance: 50 feet
Rifle: A rifle as defined by NRA Smallbore Rules 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, or 3.4
Sights: Metallic and any sights as defined by NRA Smallbore Rule 3.7.
Target: NRA/USAS-50 target
Scoring: NRA Smallbore Rule 14
Classifications: Lewis System
Fee: None
Awards: There are no fees so there are no intrinsic awards. You shoot for club and individual honor. There is no “I” in team, although there is an ‘m’ and an ‘e’ but we will not discuss that at this time. Therefore, the greatest honor will be accorded to three man teams and then individuals, in a category appropriate to the competitor.
A club may enter as many three man teams as they wish. Each team may designate an optional alternate in case a team member is incapacitated. Generally this will only happen when a shooter has a bad day and the other two team members round on him for incompetence and break a bone or two. An alternate may also be used if a teammate has consumed copious amounts of raw fish and whiskey the night prior to the match.
A match bulletin will be provided each month and at the end of the match series.
Course of Fire: 60 shots from the prone position, NRA Smallbore Rule 5.6, with unlimited sighters at 50 feet.
Time Limit: One minute per shot with three minutes allowed for each target change.
Scores are to be mailed to Hap Rocketto, League Raconteur and Statistician, 18 Stenton Avenue, Westerly, RI 02891 USA or emailed to hap@pronematch.com no later than the last day of the month.
To Enter: Send to Hap Rocketto by email or snail mail no later than first day of each month
1.Club or individual(s) name(s).
2.Team name if more than one from a club
3.Team Captain’s Name and email and snail mail address
4.The names of the three team members and optional alternate, as well as any NRA categories and NRA classifications they may fall into or have.
5.The name of the bank, the location of its nearest ATM to Westerly Rhode, Island of that bank, the account number, and the pin of each team member to cover the insignificant five digit handling charges for this match. The handling charges will be equally divided among all entries and will not exceed the yearly tuition, room and board, books, and incidental expenses for academic year of 2009-2010 for Hap’s daughter.
