FT Match 12-10-23


Today’s DeSoto Airgunners match attracted a dozen competitors,  a good turn-out  considering we're in the midst of another  busy ’Silly Season’ with Christmas and New Years around a very short corner.   

Match time  saw range conditions better than was forecast.  There were steadily increasing winds but the thunderstorms and gale force threat  held off till much later that evening.   Today’s 48 shot event was set across 8 lanes 3 targets per lane – our usual course configuration that included a kneeling  and a standing lane.   It was a challenging course.  The  1-inch hit zone Ghost Gator target was placed on the kneeling lane at about 22 yards.  That target  with an apparently "floating" bulls-eye always gets attention and frequent  groans.


Lane 8 really tested your rifle set-up.  Not much wiggle room in those sub half-inch hit zones, (specially for a .22  cal pellet like Carl was shooting.)   Winds started picking  up seriously towards the end of the event further increasing the Troyer Factor of the course.


TOP GUN award went to Dennis D.   While Dennis and Larry G tied with scores of 43 points there was no shoot-off.  Dennis earned the Top Gun recognition by opting for added difficulty.   Dennis shot the entire course from a kneeling position except for  Standing Lane 7 (which he cleaned standing).  Pretty Impressive in my book.  

The dozen competitors represented several AAFTA  Divisions with Lindsay shooting his piston rig in Hunter  fashion., six competitors in Hunter- PCP  and 5 Open Division competitors.  No WFTF division shooters today.  

The match ran smoothly with one cold line called to verify a target condition.  No Troyer Scale was calculated but between target difficulty and the puffy gusts, my    experience would place our course at medium difficulty.    That Dennis shot the course only from Standing and Kneeling positions made him today's unchallenged Top Gun.    One more note about today's match,  It is the 12th Airgun event at DeSoto this year.  It's the first full calendar year where the 'Airgunners didn't  have a rain-out, flood, hurricane or other impediment.   

Looking forward to a New Year of  safe enjoyable challenging frustrating and generally enjoyable airgun activities.


Results and equipment matrix:

Division  -  Name
    Rifle
    Scope
   Pellet
  Score  
   Notes
   OPEN Div. (PCP)
possible  48
Dennis D. *
Thomas
 March 8-80
 JSB 13.4
43
All Kneeling & Standing *
Larry G.
Thomas
 Falcon
 JSB 13,4
43
 No shoot-off
Gene C.
QB - 78 Modified
 Tasco 8-40
 JSB 13.4
42
Cliff  S.
 RAW TM 1000
 Sightron 10-50
  AA 10.3
34
Ron  Z.
Steyr LG100
Nikko 10-50
JSB 10.3
32
HUNTER (PCP)
Chip  W.
FX Crown
Sightron 10-50
 AA 10.3
37
Hi Hunter
Carl P
Avenger   .22
 Aztec ffp
 CP 14.3
34
.22 cal
Chip  W.
FX Crown
Sightron 10-50
 AA 10.3
37
Linda M.
Thomas
 NightForce
 FX13.4
33
Dave T.
Thomas
Sightron 10-50
FX 13.4
31
John T.
RAW TM1000
Sightron 10-50
 JSB 10.3
26
Jerry M
Thomas
 NightForce
 FX 13.4
DNF
Scope Issues
HUNTER (Piston)
Lindsey Matthews
 TX200
 JSB 8.4
25
Spring Gun