Cheaper Than Dirt! has teamed up with Mr. Completely to organize the 2010 E-Postal match season. As part of this years series of E-Postal matches, we’re hosting a season long Zombie Shoot.

The rules are simple: download the target, eliminate the Zombies, and don’t shoot the humans! There are four Zombies on the target, and two uninfected humans caught up in the foray. Eliminate the Zombies with three shots anywhere on the body, or one shot to the grey area for a clean head shot.

Print out your target on a regular 8.5×11 sheet of paper. But be warned: this target is NOT as easy as it looks! Scoring is based off of the number of shots you need to clear the targets. Each shot is one point, so the best score you can make is 4 points. Hit a human, and you’ll be penalized with two extra points on top of the one point for the shot you already fired. Based off of our testing, an average score is between 15 and 30 points.

Click HERE to download the .PDF of the target

The distance for this target is 25 feet or 10 yards, whichever is available at your range.

CLASS ONE: Any rimfire handgun with no more than a 12″ barrel, iron sights.

CLASS TWO: Any rimfire handgun with no more than a 12″ barrel, optic sights, no magnification.

CLASS THREE: Any centerfire (non-revolver) handgun with no more than a 12″ barrel, iron sights.

CLASS FOUR: Any centerfire (non-revolver) handgun with no more than a 12″ barrel, optic sights, no magnification.

CLASS FIVE: Any centerfire revolver with no more than a 12″ barrel, iron sights.

CLASS SIX: Any centerfire revolver with no more than a 12″ barrel, optic sights, no magnification.

CLASS SEVEN: Any handgun with no more than a 14″ barrel, any sights, scopes, laser, whatever. This class is primarily for target pistols.

CLASS EIGHT: Centerfire rifle with any optic: minimum range, 100 yards

CLASS NINE: Centerfire rifle with iron sights: minimum range, 50 yards

CLASS TEN: Rimfire rifle with any optic: minimum range, 50 yards

CLASS ELEVEN: Rimfire rifle with iron sights: minimum range, 30 yards

If you have something interesting to shoot that doesn’t quite fit in the above classes, go ahead and enter anyway.

DISTANCE : 25 feet, or Ten yards, which ever is available at your range. Rifle classes have their own minimum distance. If you can successfully clear the target with four shots, keep adding distance until you can no longer do so. Let’s see who can go the farthest!

SHOOTING POSITION: Standing, un-supported off-hand, one or two hands on gun permitted. Rifles may be shot supported from a bench, prone, or any other position. Machine rests are not allowed: we’re challenging you, not your gun!

SCORING: In each class you are allowed as many shots as it takes to clear the target. Eliminate the Zombies with three shots anywhere on the body, or one shot to the grey area for a clean head shot. Each shot can only be counted once. Shots touching two zombies only count as a hit on one of them, you may decide which Zombie you would like it to count as a hit on. Any shot touching a Zombie AND a human counts as a hit on the human and is penalized accordingly. The target has a perfect score of 4.

Ties will be decided based on the highest number of hits solidly in the headshot zone and not touching the edges.

For rifle classes, bonuses will be awarded for successful engagements at longer distances.

Mark your score on each target with a legible pen, along with the class and type of gun used. Don’t write your name on the target, only the name you want to appear in the results, as your target may get posted on the internet.

STRATEGY: Are you better off to risk trying for the head shot, and risk missing it, or should you play it safe and engage the Zombies with more shots to the center of mass?

MULTIPLE ENTRIES: You can enter more than once, in fact, it is encouraged. Shoot everything you own, and everything you can borrow! Take a buddy to the range, get him entered, then borrow his gun and enter that! The only restriction is that you can only enter once for any given gun, in any individual Class. You can shoot the target as many times as you like, and send in the best one.

Different calibers in the same gun count as one gun. For example, .38SPL and .357MAG are considered as one, as would be .44SPL and .44MAG. Different guns of the same caliber and barrel length can be entered.

PRIZES: Nope, it’s just for the fun of it and the bragging rights! HOWEVER, there WILL be a random drawing of all the entries to win a $50 Gift Certificate from Cheaper Than Dirt.

SUBMITTING YOUR ENTRY: Take a digital photo of, (or scan) your targets, and email the picture, along with:

1. Your score.

2. The name you want used when we post the results.

3. Gun description – Brand, model, semi-auto, revolver, black powder, caliber, barrel length, and type of sights

4. Class: Class One, Two, Three, four, five, six, or seven.

5. Anything interesting or unique about your entry that other shooters might enjoy hearing about.

Email it all to daniels@cheaperthandirt.com, or post it as a reply to this post so everyone can see how well you did!

If you can’t scan or send target pictures, send everything else to me in an email, and we’ll figure something out.

The rules are subject to revision as needed, should the need arise.

All entries must be received by Midnight on Monday, November 29th, 2010, and results will be posted within seven days, or less.

If you have any questions, leave the question in the comments to this post, or send me an email, or both.