2025 Postal and Fun Match

[Nessmuk]

The TMA 2025 Postal Match and the 2025 Postal Fun Shoot

    The TMA 2025 Postal Match and the 2025 Postal Fun Shoot will start on April 1st and end on the last day of October 2025.

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ANYONE can enter the monthly contests, there are no match fees.  If you are not already registered on the TMA forum, it's also free, just sign up!  Submit a completed target face type for just one month, or a group of selective months, or all seven months - totally your call !

Trad muzzleloaders only, .31 to .75 in bore, iron sights, lead round balls only.  Long gun or pistol (either rifled or smoothbore), any traditional ignition system
(flintlock., percussion, match lock, wheel lock) are all welcome.

You can use multiple trad muzzleloaders - it doesn't matter if one month you shoot a rifled long gun and another month you shoot a smoothbore pistol. 
All that matters is that a firearm that meets the rules standards (shown above) is employed.  Lots of choices!

There are no special equipment "classes", run what ya brung as long as it fits the general rules, we all compete as one happy trad muzzleloader fun lovin' group.




QUICK SYNOPSIS OF THE 2025 POSTAL MATCH / POSTAL FUN SHOOT

1.  Make a post in this thread that you will be shooting in the TMA Postal Match and/or Postal Fun Shoot.
2. This year in addition to our Postal Match we have included a Postal Fun Shoot to include a Rendezvous type target choice in addition to our Traditional Target.
This is for folks who are bored with bullseye targets and would like a different challenge. To keep the “Rondy” challenge fresh, I will only post the Rondy target one week before the first of the month.

3.  Print your target, mount your target with cardboard backing (this will allow the cleanest bullet holes).
If you don’t have access to a printer or lack the computer skills to download to a flashdrive, PM me with your address.
I will mail you a target with the understanding that you will mail it back to me with 5 bullet holes in it.

Print out the TMA Bullseye target face for match shooting -http://tradmla.org/postal21/tma821.pdf

Print out the TMA Rendezvous target face for match shooting
 These targets will be available 1 week before the start of the month.


3.  Pick one or more months to shoot.

4.  Shoot for score!

---> All targets are to be shot at a measured 25 yards, five shots per target.

---> Bullet holes must completely break a scoring line to count for the higher value.

---> Target faces and scores will get posted when recieved. Note: If there are mailed targets on the way, I will mark the standings as provisional until the mailed targets arrive.

---> Each competitor can submit one target face for score for the  monthly postal match and one for the the Postal Fun Shoot, one Traditional and one Rondy.

5.  Each month, submit your best scored target face by emailing an image of it to score@TradMLA.org. or nessmuk@cox.net or snail mail the target to :
Mark Van der Veer
 2790 Greystone Lane
 Choctaw, OK, 73020.
If you mail your targets, please PM me(Nessmuk)  so I’ll look for it in the mail.

Targets must be filled out with name, date, rifle or smoothbore, flint or percussion, caliber, SHOOTING POSITION and the total score. 
All scored targets must be email or mailed dated no later than the last day of the month the face was scored.

6.  That's it!

For more match details, see below!

SHOOTING POSITION FOR POSTAL MATCH

Shooters may shoot off-hand OR from a bench using ELBOWS ONLY, NO Rest of any kind.

SHOOTING POSITION FOR POSTAL FUN SHOOT

Shooters may use any position they wish, off-hand, sitting, kneeling. squatting, sitting or standing.
IF A REST IS USED IT MUST BE NON-ADJUSTABLE TYPE THAT WOULD BE COMMON IN THE 1850’s OR EARLIER. (Home-made would be best!)

TARGET FACES ...

You must download and print out the special TMA target face.

You can shoot the TMA target face type multiple times, but submit only ONE face type per month for score - your call.

NOTE:  You must have shot the target face you are submitting within the month of submission.  If you shot a target face in April, it can only be submitted in April.

You do not have to submit any target face for score every month.  You can shoot just one month of the match and submit just one target face for score.

All up to what you wish to do.  This is a very flexible postal match that allows you to compete just one month, or multiple months, or all seven months.

There will be monthly winners and an overall year winner for each face type, too.

The more months you submit a target face, the higher your year's aggregate score will be.

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---> As usual, all targets are to be shot at a measured 25 yards, five shots per target.

---> Bullet holes must completely break a scoring line to count for the higher value.

All target faces Must be secured to a cardboard backing - stapled, taped, glued, whatever - target faces must be held Tight to the backing as this will insure clean holes that all can see.
There WILL be forthcoming holes in your target faces, right???   


YOU CAN ALSO POST YOUR TARGET AS A REPLY TO THE MONTHS MATCH ANNOUNCEMENT


Submit your best scored target face by emailing an image of it to:
 score@TradMLA.org. or nessmuk@cox.net or snail mail the target to :
Mark Van der Veer
 2790 Greystone Lane
 Choctaw, OK, 73020.
If you mail your targets, please PM me so I’ll look for it in the mail.

Targets must be filled out with name, date, rifle or smoothbore, flint or percussion, caliber, shooting position and the total score.
 All scored targets must be email dated no later than the last day of the month the face was scored.

Down below please find links to the TMA bullseye we'll be using.  Just print the target faces out.  Don't have a printer? 
Copy the two target face files to a thumb drive and bring it either to a friend (with a printer!) or a library or Staples, and have a few copies printed.
If you don’t have access to a printer or lack the computer skills to download to a thumb drive, PM me with your address.
I will mail you a target with the understanding that you will mail it back to me with 5 bullet holes in it.
 

Print out the TMA Bullseye target face for match shooting -http://tradmla.org/postal21/tma821.pdf
 

Look for the “Rondy” Fun Shoot target on the Monthly post

If you have any questions, Ideas, complaints or miscellaneous thoughts, feel free to PM me.

Nessmuk
LET"S MAKE SOME SMOKE!!

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[dmarsh]

Got my bullseye targets printed however maybe I am missing something, but I can't find the fun shoot rondy target.  And yes, I am planning on shooting.  Thanks for running the show.  Dave

[Nessmuk]

dang! you're quick! check the April target post!


 

[RedOneFive]

I'm in!

[Paulk]

I’m in

[Salty]

Nessmuk, glad you're back. I plan to shoot both targets every month, hopefully.
Thank you for keeping this going.
Salty

[cwgrizz]

Well I have the easy part done, I printed the targets.  Now to get out to shoot them when the wind isn't blowing 30 mph. 

[Nessmuk]

Maybe tomorrow our winds will drop

[Salty]

Well I shot the April bullseye before the Texas sized skeeters tried to carry me away.

[Winter Hawk]

NICE!   
~Kees~

[doggoner]

I would like to join the shooting group and will start this month if that's ok with the group.

doggoner

[KDubs]

Never too late,glad you're joining
Kevin

[Winter Hawk]

 

[No Powder]

Hey Dennis, do you have a place on your property to shoot or do you have a range nearby you use? I know there are so many fellows that would join in, but they have no place to shoot their targets, or the range fees are out of hand. I've been blessed with a gun club with range about 10 miles away.

[Hank in WV]

That's my issue. I finaly got new eyes a bit over a month ago and can now see again, but I have no handy place to shoot.