Biography

Ron Z - Member - Match Director - Scribe -

Air rifle Field Target enthusiast since 1999. I bought my first adult air rifle in 1995. It was an Air Arms TX200SR with a Bushnell 6-18 scope. Paid ~$775 and I still have the receipt from Airgun Express ! Though manufactured by Air Arms, mine carries an RWS logo. ( They were the importers for a couple years here in the USA.) It was just dumb luck that my initial air rifle purchase turned out to be such a fine gun. I have shot well over 30,000 pellets through that barrel. Over the years nearly every part on the rig has been tweaked, modified or customized. It is an excellent shooter and I'll never part with it. For years many shooting friends chided me for having this one and only field target rifle.

Summer 2007 - To The Dark Side? When the Dow-Jones crossed 14,000 for the first time that Summer I felt like celebrating. A good deal on a LG100ZM Steyr came my way. (Of course by the time the gun arrived and I was able to shoot it, the stock market had "corrected" but that's life.) I very much like the Steyr and began to campaign it in the 2008 Field Target season. It got me to the podium several times. I also enjoy doing those small tweaks and customizations. It appears to be an excellent consistent shooter...now if only I can become one too.

While I consider myself an average to good shooter, I have had the pleasure of shooting "in -the-zone" on a couple occasions and have brought home a trophy or two along the way including a 6th Place finish in the 2007 World Field Target Championship (2007).