DeSoto Airgunners held the final match of 2013 on a day that was picture perfect for shooting. Slight overcast kept the sun glare to a minimum yet there was plenty of blue sky to allow for a warm up to the mid 80's by afternoon. Considering that most of the country was in a deep freeze we were indeed blessed in southwest Florida. A puffy breeze added to the difficulty of the day's events: a 42 shot air rifle field target match followed by a casual air pistol silhouette shoot.

A total of 11 competitors attended the match, a strong turn-out given we're in the midst of the holiday silly season when "spare time" becomes a contradiction of terms for most of us. Some folks that drove from afar couldn't stay for the pistol event...Those that did were a little rusty. Let's just say that we all agreed to not keep any official score for the silhouette match.

Name	Rifle	Scope	Pellet	Score
PRECHARGE:
Donovan Taylor (wft)	ISP	March 10-60	JSB 7.9	40
Ron Zeman	Steyr LG100zm	Nikko 10-50	JSB H	40
Paul Stakun	TM1000	Hawke 6 - 24	AA 10.3	39
Cliff Smith	AA ProTarget	BSA 10-50	AA 8.4	39
Bill Shade	USFT	Sightron 10-50	JSB 10.3	37
Rob Nelson	AA S400 xfac	Swift 8-32	CPH	15

PISTON:
Gene Childers	HW77	Bushnell T 6-18	CPL	31
Dick Otten	TX200	NightForce 36FT	JSB 8.4	30
Neil Jones	TX200	Bush Elite 8-32	CPL	26

HUNTER Div.
Jack Rainey (piston)	TX200	Leupold 6-20	CPL	17
Colin Pilkington (Piston)	HW77	RWS 4-12	SuperDome	17