Match Results 9-12-2010
AnyThing Goes FT Match
DeSoto Airgunners held its AnyThing Goes Field Target match today. This 46 shot competition had shooters representing Piston, International, PCP, Hunter and Junior divisions. Technically, in today's event the lines and rules between divisions could be “stretched”.....a hunter may be allowed to click elevation, a PCP shooter may be allowed to use a bi-pod.......you get the picture...Anything Goes ! Given all this freedom however, most shooters stuck to the “rules and guidelines” of their division and most importanly...... everyone had a blast.
A couple new shooters Jim Getzen and his young son Will surprised us with their excellent performance sharing a Marauder and some shooting sticks. It's always good to see new faces having lots of fun.
Thanks also go to Ed Escue, Donovan Taylor and Dan Chong for making the considerable trek from Florida's East Coast, and to stalwart Cliff Smith who drove from Tampa.
Dick Otten set up a challenging course with a tree shot, a couple offhanders and a good mix of difficulty across the 8 lanes. During the match Ed reminded me of a two day match we shot many Summers ago at Rodney Boyce's club. That August 2002 shoot was called the “Fahrenheit 100”. The name referred to the number of shots and the ambient temperature. Today's 46 shot match at DeSoto Airgunners felt like it could have been subtitled the Celsius 46. A slight exaggeration, but it was hot today; even in the shaded lanes. ( FYI: 46 degrees C is approx 115 degrees F ).
For the FT purists, high score PCP shooter was Donovan Taylor who wore his thick leather shooting jacket and shot from the classic FT position. He really sweated for each of the 44 kills he made. Ron Zeman's score of 38 was good enough for (traditional) High Piston shooter and Dan Chong took (traditional) Hunter Division. Cliff soloed in the traditional international division with his back-up TX.
The full score board:
Competitor
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Rifle
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Scope
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Pellet
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Notes
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Score
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Will Getzen
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Marauder
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Hawke 8-25
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CPL
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Bi-Pod Junior Div FT* (PCP)
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73 (29 kills)
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Donovan Taylor
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Steyr 110
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Comp 35
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AA 10.37
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Traditional FT (PCP)
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44
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Jim Getzen
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Marauder
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Hawke 8-25
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CPL
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Bi-pod FT (PCP)
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41
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Ron Zeman
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TX200SR
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Burris 8-32
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FTS
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Traditional FT (Piston)
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38
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Ed Escue
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HuntsMan
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Hako 8-32
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CPH
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Traditional FT (PCP)
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37
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Dick Otten
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USFT
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Leupold 35X
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JSB Hvy.
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Traditional FT (PCP)
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32
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Dan Chong
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FX T12
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Nikko 6-24
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CPH
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Traditional Hunter (PCP)
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32
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Cliff Smith
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TX200
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Bushnell 6-24
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CPL
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Traditional International (Piston)
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26
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*Junior shooter was scored 1 point for “a target face hit” 2 points for a “kill”
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