Posted on 05/20/2002 4:53:14 PM PDT by CapandBall
Following Free Republic's successful & fun first postal match (How about a Freeper Postal Match?) for pistols, I'm sponsoring a rifle match. A "postal match" is conducted by mail, hence the name "postal" and should not be confused with a contest that involves shooting up your co-workers in a rage.
Shooters in different parts of the country compete against each other in a contest of marksmanship. Shooters are mailed numbered targets which they shoot. The targets are returned via the mail (hence "postal") and scored. Obviously, the honor system comes into play here.
The rules (up to this point) for this match are as follows:
1> A rimfire and a centerfire rifle are required. You will need 30 rounds for each weapon.
2> Iron sights only. No scopes, red-dots, lasers, etc.
3> Diatance is 100 yards.
4> Ten shots each position; standing, sitting, and prone for each type of rifle.
5> Ten minutes for ten shots, each position.
6> The following are not allowed:
...a> match rifles
...b> match ammo
...b> use of spotting scopes between shots
...c> compitition type "cuffed" slings
...d> shooting jackest
You can see the result of the First Freeper Postal Match here: First Freeper Postal Match Results!
There are 6 targets total, all type SR-21, that you will receive in the mail. We have 8 confirmed for this match so far, and need 7 more to fill it out, 15 total. To date I have snail mail addresses for:
Shooter 2.5
NY.SS-Bar9
ctdonath2
umgud
KG9 Kid
chookter
M1911
CapandBall
Freep mail me with a mailing address if you are interested. We had some problems using regular mail in the last match, so I'll probley use priority mail. First come first serve.
What time did we agree on?--I forget....
I never did adjust the sights on the Mateba. I had a call from a friend's daughter to come to the range and bring a gun she really liked to shoot. I had car trouble so I didn't shoot at all but I brought the Mateba along with the other pistol so they could try it. It's really funny that I don't get comments about it. It's more of a shock where they don't say a lot. It' more like stunned silence. I brought it to a steel man on man match and we just passed it around to shoot. Smiles all around because they could really see the potential in a match like that. Otherwise, it's pretty useless. I wish someone else would make a revolver with the barrel on the 6 O'clock position. That can't be that hard.
I got a Winchester model 68 .22 - 28" barrel, single feed bolt, which was my dads, bought in 1940. It is identical to the model 67 except it has rear peep sights and a front Redfield globe sight. My neighbor M1911 has a model 67 and we will be shooting this match togeather, both shooting Garands for the centerfire.
Good shooting everybody.
What you do lose is sight radius, making it a bit harder to line everything up properly.
May I respectfully observe that this rifle sounds very similar to my Mossberg Model 44US... which was disallowed from the match for being of above-average accuracy?
Mossberg Model 44US
http://www.jouster.com/lanestips/mossberghistory.html
Winchester
model 67
http://www.sarcoinc.com/d160.html
http://www.treasurehuntarms.com/mimosaservices/antiqfirearms.htm
model 67 vs 68
http://www.e-gunparts.com/forum/readreply.asp?rep=11454&qt=12807&cat=10
If anyone can find other info on the the model 67 or 68, please post it.
Cap, I'm sorry but if you have a rifle that is a single feed with match sights, I'm going to have to ask you if what you have also has a heavy barrel. Again, if your model has a heavy barrel, you shouldn't use it for this match.
I think the next match is going to be stock Garands and 10/22's.
I picked this gun up from my dad last weekend. I shot it jr NRA as a kid 35+ years ago. When I got home I went to my neighbors, M1911, and showed him the gun. He went to his gun safe, pulled out his model 67, and we compared them. They appeared identical in every way, except the sights.
More on the sights. These are not, according to my dad, the origional Winchester model 68 sights. He added them when he got it and they are, front and rear, Redfield. I have the origional Winchester sights in a box, as well as the Redfield box with 4-5 different front sight globes (I am amazed my dad can keep track of these things, especially stuff he got in 1940 when he was 12 y.o.)
So then I was curious about the difference between the two models, and after searching the web (and not finding anything), I posted the question at www.e-gunparts.com/forum about the difference between the 67 & 68.
I know it's difficult to say that an entry junior rifle like that shouldn't be considered alongside an Anschutz but I don't know how else we can make this fair for the guys who never even put their hunting rifles to paper after all these years.
It appears that the 68 was the peep-sight version of the 67, though both of those rifles were drilled and tapped for the Lyman 57 micrometer rear sight that was available on the "target" (NOT "match") model of the detachable magazine model 69 (and later 69A) and tubular-magazine model 72 (and later 72A). There was a match rifle based on this design, it is the heavy-barrel version of the Model 75. It's the only one of the bunch that gets near the Mossberg M44US where barrel weight is concerned. Gun Parts Corp. lists only one barrel for the 68.
I hope this helps.
The next match will be a rock throwing contest.
I think that link shows my Mossberg pump at the top.
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