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2024 TEXTREME GRAND PRIX MATCH REPORT

DAILY, persistent, and ongoing forecasts for high possibilities of rain and storms virtually every hour not only over the last several weeks, but throughout our three-day competition weekend certainly suppressed turn-out for the TEXtreme leg of the 2024 Extreme Field Target Grand Prix. Of course, considering the match director invested countless hours of heart, soul, blood and sweat 🥵 preparing for the biggest event in TEXtreme history.

But despite paranoid meteorologists’ doom-and-gloom forecasts, the suppressed turnout nevertheless equalled TEXtreme’s attendance record. That we experienced not a single drop of precipitation during any of the the three matches not only reinforces my distrust of weather forecasts, but lends some credibility to my refusal to cancel or postpone this Grand Prix.

Not to suggest pre-match rains didn’t transform some lanes into an obstacle course of mud-holes and treacherous footing. Nor wasn’t the heat/humidity index also challenging enough in itself. Neither will I infer said mud-holes lent any advantage to the smallest, lightest, most buoyant competitor; surely that results phenomenon is pure happenstance/coincidence. :unsure:

I should apologize in advance for making this match report as short as possible. The alternative would be delaying a more detailed report until I recover from the exhausting three-day weekend.

That several much younger competitors confessed their exhaustion yesterday gives perspective to the septuagenarian match director’s physical and mental state after not only slogging through the three-day obstacle courses of shooting competitions, but doing so after three weeks of similarly-‘taxing’ course preparation and grooming WORK. So in order to not further delay the match report, I’ll rely heavily on Art Womack’s selfless assemblage of spread-sheets detailing “the rest of the story”. A million thanks, Art!

In SUPERHUMAN fashion, Derrick Wall won all three weekend matches! His 57/60 Friday pistol match score was one point better enough to capture the Pistol Match Winner $350 Airguns Of Arizona gift certificate, Match Winner gong, custom gold (colored) pellet pouch, Match Winner engraved TEXtreme pellet-tin set, and Match Winner hat pin.

Caleb Dickinson was close behind with a 56/60 to capture the Second Place $250 AoA gift certificate, silver(ish) colored custom pellet pouch, and Second Place engraved TEXtreme pellet-tin set.

Billy Davison’s 54/60 got him the Third Place $150 AOA gift certificate, a bronze(ish) custom pellet pouch, and set of three Third Place engraved TEXtreme pellet tins.

Good show, Pistoleros! (y)

Derrick Wall went on to also post the highest scores in both rifle matches; shooting a perfect 60/60 in Saturday’s uncharacteristically light-winded match, and a near-perfect 59/60 in Sunday’s characteristically-windy match. For those superhuman, 119/120 aggregate efforts Derrick captured $1000 in Airguns Of Arizona Rifle Champion CASH, an $899 Athlon Heras SPR 15-60X56 rifle scope, the Rifle Champion engraved gong, gold (colored) custom pellet pouch, set of three Rifle Champion engraved TEXtreme pellet tins, a Match Winner hat pin, three 2024 EFT Grand Prix points, and as I understand it, the Extreme Field Target 60 and 120 shot NATIONAL RECORD scores. UTTERLY PHENOMENAL SHOOTING, DERRICK! :eek::oops:

Reigning Extreme Field Target National Champion Caleb Dickinson came second in both rifle matches with a 55 on Saturday and 53 on Sunday; his 108/120 aggregate good for the Second Place Rifle bounty- $500 in Airguns Of Arizona Second Place CASH, a $250 Airguns Of Arizona Second Place gift certificate, a custom silver(ish) pellet pouch, a set of three Second Place engraved TEXtreme pellet tins, and two 2024 EFT Grand Prix points. Great shooting, Champ!

Paul Bracaglia, aka- Pablo, shot a 55 on Saturday and 51 on Sunday for a 106/120 aggregate Rifle score. Pablo’s fine effort was good for the $250 Airguns Of Arizona Third Place CASH, $250 Third Place AoA gift certificate, a custom bronze(ish) pellet pouch, a set of three Second Place engraved TEXtreme pellet tins, and one 2024 EFT Grand Prix point. Fine shooting, Pablo.

Brian Stafford captured Fourth Place in the Rifle competition virtue of impressive consistency demonstrated with excellent scores in both rifle matches; 53/60 on Saturday and 52/60 on Sunday for an excellent 105/120 aggregate. Brian came away with the $250 Airguns Of Arizona Fourth Place gift certificate, and $150 in Airguns Of Arizona Fourth Place CASH for his efforts. Excellent shooting, Brian.

David Turner also exhibited excellent consistency in the Rifle competition to capture the Fifth Place podium position. His 51/60, 50/60, and 101/120 aggregate got David the $150 Airguns Of Arizona Fifth Place gift certificate, and $100 in Airguns Of Arizona Fifth Place CASH. Good Shooting, DT.

Although our schwag-bags were small, good things often come in small packages. Star of the schwag were Patch Worm bore cleaning kits provided by my buddy Joe Peacock. Unfortunately Joe’s website is currently experiencing technical issues, but I’ll provide the link as soon as his airgun products website is accessible. Many thanks, Joe!

A mutual buddy of Joe’s and ongoing TEXtreme sponsor, Jerry Cupples provided PelletGage notebooks for schwag. TEXtreme Airgun Sports provided sets of three engraved gold (colored) pellet tins. Jim Martin donated Trailers Plus Sales (in Weatherford, Texas) ballpoint pens. Caleb Dickenson provided ear-plugs, to avoid hearing-damage litigation resulting from his rifle’s muzzle report.😵‍💫 And Airguns Of Arizona provided AoA stickers. That’s a lotta neat stuff in little schwag bags; but reminds me we not only ran short of schwag bags, but I forgot to assemble more (as promised). Anyone shorted should PLEASE remind me so I can make reparations! 🥺

I can’t thank Airguns Of Arizona ENOUGH for their most generous and ongoing sponsorship from TEXtreme get-go. In this case alone AoA stepped up with over $3000 in cash and gift certificate donations.🤯
THANK YOU, AIRGUNS OF ARIZONA!!!

For the second year in a row sponsoring the TEXtreme leg of the Extreme Field Target Grand Prix series, Athlon Optics stepped up with a generous donation of an Athlon Heras SPR 15-60X56 rifle scope; an outstanding Field Target specific scope. MANY THANKS, ATHLON!

Friends, please support the generous sponsors that support your airgunning passion. Without their support these excellent airgun competitions would be much less, if existing at all.

Lastly I want to thank everyone else that helped in so many ways, as well as everyone that attended the TEXtreme leg of the 2024 Extreme Field Target Grand Prix national competition series. Maggyy and I had a ball, and hope you all enjoyed yourselves despite less than ideal shooting conditions. We love you all! 🥰

Happy Shooting,
Ron & Maggyy

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P.S.- Art will follow with detailed spread-sheets. Thanks again, Bud!

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FWB  Am I the only one who can't shoot a FWB 124...?

I'm a collector of quality (mostly) piston powered airguns. I've had 4 different FWB 120 series rifles over the years and not one of them has ever shot well for me. I mention that I'm a collector because I want to stress the point that I have numerous piston guns and only 3 or 4 of them produce unacceptable accuracy. I've tried a soft hold, a loose hold, a firm hold, and a tight hold. I've tried countless types of pellets and ruled out scope issues. The only thing that I can think of is that although none of my other rifles have a problem being shot off of a bag, perhaps these guns do. Some of you have seen my channel and you've seen what kind of accuracy that I can achieve while shooting off of a bag.
I just picked up a 127D and cleaned out the old wax like remnants of what used to be the original FWB seal. I ordered and installed new seals ( piston and breech seals) along with an ARH full power kit.
Sat down this evening for the second shooting session with it to try to get it zeroed and I can't get any sort of consistency out of the POI. That's 4, 120 series rifles that I've owned now that I can't extract any accuracy from. Is it time for me to toss in the towel and accept that me and the old FWB Sports will never see eye to eye?

PCP Rifle  NLA Taipan Veteran Standard .177

Would like to trade my Taipan Veteran Standard .177 with grey laminated stock. Donnyfl moderator adapter. Comes with two magazine single shot tray fill probe in original box. I would like to get an Atomic XR in any caliber or an HW100. Cash can be added for right deal. I have two other Taipan Veterans and would like to try out something different. Thank you for looking. Scope
Also would sell for 900 shipped. No scope included.
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Brocock/BRK  Ghost Carbine Three Groups at 40 yards…

Am still getting acquainted with the Ghost Carbine after the work day today the wind was basically still. So I sent these three, five shot groups, bipod front, shoulder as rear bag. Am certain these could be tighter, but am not a benchrest shooter… The goal was to try and achieve similar trajectories with the JSB Exact Jumbo 18s and the CPHPs 14s. The JSBs sent with the PW on 10, the Crosmans, PW on minimum. Holding dead on for both loads at 40 yards. As you can see any small pest is in serious danger with either load.

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Family of woodchucks discovered - popped one and then . . . poof! The corpse disappeared (?)

Hey there guys . . . readers digest - I got a call from a neighbor re: chuckie having setup residence underneath his workshop. Sure enough s/he's a biggun'! I wasn't able to get it (him/her) on that particular day - never re-appeared. I went back there today though and "whoa . . . . there's a small clan of 'em living under there! I saw at least four (three small'ish ones, and "the big one" - don't know if that's big mamma or big daddy ). Cutting to the chase - I managed to pop one, thought it was "the big one" when it popped its head around the far back corner of the shed. When I went to retrieve the corpse though - it wasn't so big after all. Wasn't a "baby" - not that small but wasn't the biggest one I've ever nailed before either. Anyway - I picked it up and placed it out in a grassy area not to far away from the shed figuring predators (hawks, turkey buzzards, eagles, crows, etc ... ) would get it. An hour or so later I went back out there to show to property owner and the corpse was gone. ( huh?? )

Are chuckie's known to drag dead brothers, sisters, etc ... back into a hole? ( turns out this shed has multiple holes . . . ) Chuckie's are principally vegetarians but, according to mr google, they are apparently known to be the occasional meat eaters too. I've never seen a chuckie corpse pull a Houdini like this one - just curious what you guys might think.

Oh -- .25 cal RTI P1 Performance w/the RPB barrel in it, 32g Patriot slug @953 fps if anyone curious.

-=- jd -=-
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PCP Rifle  SOLD .22 Prod AR Carbine - Carbon Bottle - Cothran Tube

Haven't been able to do much shooting since moving to Chicago, so I'm selling off some projects. This is a project gun from several years ago when I was younger and dumber. As such, there is one stripped screw in the KAK brace, which can be replaced, and the knurling on the LDC adapter is marred. I currently have it shooting at 14.8 fpe

Has an aluminum AR15 buffer tube adapter and KAK brace that I 3D printed a butt pad for. It includes a Covert brand LDC.

The main interesting part of the rifle, and why I believe it's worth purchasing, is that it has a custom stainless steel air tube from Don Cothran, which was machined such that the tank block is about 1/4" from the face of the valve. While that limits the available plenum, it allows for a very well balanced gun, despite being a bottle gun. The gun is then finished with a drop block and 15ci carbon fiber bottle. This makes the overall package very light and handy. I do not recall exactly what I had the regulator set at, but I believe it's between 1000-1300 psi.

Asking $325 shipped in the US via PayPal. Add 3% if paying via Goods & Service, offers welcome. I am pricing this based on what it would cost to buy the custom Cothran tube, the QB tank block, AR tube adapter, and the carbon bottle alone and not factoring in the cost of a Prod base.

Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions or want an pictures of certain parts of the gun.

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New Air rifle purchase guessing game!!!

I just purchased two air rifles that should be delivered anytime now. I thought it would be fun to have you guys and gals try to guess and see which two air rifles I purchased. I’ll give you three hints. 1. I purchased them from Krale. 2. There traditional style. 3. These two air rifles are siblings.
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PCP Rifle  SOLD FX Dynamic Express .25cal 600mm FS or Trade

I have a 8 month old FX Dynamic .25cal 600mm with maybe 300 rounds through it looks brand new. Thought I was going to get involved in some longer range shooting but just never have more plinking and pest control then anything. The gun is just longer and more than I need. It will ship with everything it came with hard case, manual, mag and box it was sent in from Utah Air Guns. 1475.00 shipped PayPal + 3%. Or a check hold till it clears. If there is some serious interest let me know I will take several pictures and get them to you. Gun only or we could talk on scope and moderator. This is the Dynamic Express 600mm. Would also be interested in working out a trade for something like a BRK Ghost HP or something closer to that lower 30in length,higher end guns.

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Lesson learned, buyer beware bargain pellets

This week end I went to my first AG show. Re ally enjoyed it , saw some great guns and met some nice people. The problem I had was mostly self induced I suppose. The vendor was selling tins of JSB Exact .22 Heavy’s. I was kind of in a happy stupor and not thinking logically. He wanted 15 for 2 so I said how about 8 for one, he said I can do that. Anyway, I get home and want to try them, first few fantastic. Then I looked in the tin and saw a whole mix of crap . Lots of good ones but lots not so much. Even some .177’s a some elongated(stretched) pellets. Should have op-ed the tin at the show, lesson learned. If it seems to good to be true, it just might be. 👍🇺🇸😉

PCP Rifle  SOLD Brocock Atomic XR .22 with Extras

New, excellent condition. Great little shooter. Has 3 position power adjuster and extra .22 mag. Have many more extras I will throw in.
This think is beyond whisper quiet. Nothing wrong with it. No trades.

Will ship insured and packaged with care.

$1100 shipped with everything and extras. PM me for more info.

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Traditional Rifle  SOLD Beeman R10

This old girl has a story and i only know part of it. My step father bought new land and was out Surveying saod land, when he stumbled upon a rifle leaned up against a tree. The cocking link is broke so i can only assume someone maybe a kid was hunting when it broke and they left it there. Judging buy the condition it had been there a long time. Its a Huntington Beach marked beeman R10. Bore is in great shape. Rifle will need a full restore. I dont have the time to do it and its way to cool of a gun and story to not restore her. There is rust on the out side it will need to be cleaned and reblued. New seals for sure and new spring. I have no odea what the inside looks like but the bore looks great so id imagine the tube is not bad ether.

Asking price is 300.00 shipped or best real offer

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PCP Rifle  SOLD Evanix Max Semi Auto .25

Up for sale is an Evanix Max .25 battery operated semi auto. I bought this a couple months ago and wasn't able to get it to cycle so I brought it to an Airsoft store where they tested the battery, turns out it was bad so I bought a new one, with a new charger. It then cycled perfectly. Holds air indefinitely and is in good condition. Went to shoot it yesterday and the bolt is stuck again. I'm frustrated dealing with it and don't have the time or resources to fix it. It comes with 3 original Evanix mags, and has a sling stud and 2 picatinny rails installed. Once it's fixed it can easily be converted to full auto if wanted. I'm selling it for $500 obo with the charger, 3 mags, new battery, fill probe and manual. Send me a msg with any questions. Buyer pays shipping.

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Better wood on air rifles

I have heard all the reasons for why wood stocks are less available, less exciting in figure etc. From old growth availability, to high costs of timber etc. Yet every time look at PBs there is reason to doubt these ideas. Henry arms .22 octagon. This is a production rifle, not limited, or deluxe. Sub 500$, and yet the wood shows significantly better character than most AGs in the same price range.
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PCP Rifle  SOLD Brocock Pathfinder .177 (Price Drop 6/23 - $1250 Shipped) - SOLD

Sales Rules:
  • I accept PayPal or Venmo - F&F only. Not my preference, but if we've done prior transactions I will accept check or USPS MO.
  • CONUS shipping is included in the asking price.
  • I go based on PM timestamp.
  • Please - no trade offers for this sale.
I have a solid reputation on AGN as an excellent seller and buyer. Can provide member references upon request.

Too many airguns and not enough time to shoot them all. So, I am posting up my Pathfinder in .177. I am the first and only owner, purchased new from AoA in early 2023. It's only be shot indoors or off a bench, so no field use scrapes or marks.

This Pathfinder is tuned to shoot the H&N Barracuda Match 10.64gr or newer Benjamin 10.5gr single die right around 800fps and will post tight groups out to 45-50 yards. My friend Matt, @brawler1588, and I both easily cleared a KYL target at 30 yards with this airgun.

Comes with 2 - 13rnd magazines - the rifle comes with one and the 2nd was an extra purchase from AoA for $109. Also includes all accessories. Will come double boxed with original packaging.

Note: Scope and Rings not included in sale.

New price: $1795 + $109 = $1904

Asking Priced to sell: $1,250 SOLD

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Tuning  Decreasing Hammer Spring Increased speed???🤔

I have a pcp that shoot great with 18.3gr pellets. Less than 2/3 of an inch at 55 yards with pellets. But the projectiles I wanna shoot are slugs. Not high gr ones but 20-23gr ones because I don't wanna be shooting a motor with my 20-37ft-lb gun(no matter how I mod it, I don't get more than that and I gave up). As I was tuning for shooting slugs, I found out that my gun doesn't like shooting those slugs at high speed. So, I tried to find the highest speed I can get without getting grouping more than 2 inches at 50 yards. While I was tuning, I found out that at 1800 psi regulator set point and up, decreasing Hammer Spring results in increased speed. I found that out because I have the hammer spring tension highest while adjusting the regulator then reduce the hammer spring little by little for each regulator set point. As far as I know, normally, shouldn't the speed decrease with the hammer spring tension decrease?
I've been pondering on this one for like a week now and couldn't figure it out. So, I posted here hoping that someone would have an answer to that.

My gun specs.
18 inch 1:16 left twist barrel in 22 cal.
1800 psi is mostly the pressure I set on reg.
The air out hole on valve, I think called port, was 4.5mm but I drilled it to be 6mm.
Transfer way (the part on action block that connect the port to the transfer port behind the barrel is around 4.3mm and I cannot find a way to increase it because the hole is unreachable with a drill.
The brass transfer port is the kind with two elongated holes with a bridge between them. Total dimension of the holes should be around 6-7mm.
Using probe with small pin that push the pellets/slugs in. (Slug probe??)
My hammer has short stiff spring that reaches its normal state 6-8mm before the hammer hit the valve. I've recorded the hammer in action in slow motion and I don't see hammer bouncing between spring and valve.

Air Venturi  Can Avenge-X shoot slugs?

Can the Avenge-X shoot slugs?
HECK YES !
I have the Avenge-X in .177
With reg at 2000 I achieved 3/8" to 1/2" groups at 50 yards with:
Knockouts 4.52 13.4g at 900 to 930fps
Zan 13g at 921fps
Griffin 14g at 907fps
H&N Slug HP 13g at 923fps
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Accidental GooGone spillage on Break Barrel seal - done?

Sorry if question is redundant. Did search and nothing came up. Did 1st clean/degreasing of new break barrel (Umarex SurgeMax Elite .22) and accidentally got a drop or two of GooGone on the seal. Manufacturer states NOT to use any petroleum based cleaners but GooGone seems everywhere in forums on cleaning so I bought some. I wiped it off immediatey but that little nagging thought lingers. So...is the seal doomed? Will it melt in the mid/long run or is it ok? Thanks.

UPDATE FOR 2024 AAFTA NATIONALS Massachusetts Rifle Association MRA FT

We at MRA FT have been preparing to host the AAFTA 2024 Nationals and there has been some pushback from the Hunter class shooters wanting to shoot 2 shots per target as it has always been done. So I have a solution, the hunter shooters will be shooting one course while the remaining classes will shoot the other which is often the case. There will still be 25 lanes on each course with 2 targets per lane, We will have a separate scorecard for the Hunter class, the card will be for a 15 lane, 60 shot match. For instance, the Hunter shooters will be assigned the Yellow course lanes 10 -25 day one, then the Blue course lanes 1-15 for day 2 making a 120 points total for the weekend. The WFTF and Open Class Shooters will be shooting 1 shot per target 25 lanes per day for a total of 100 points for the duration of the weekend. Please respond and let me know what you think I hope that this resolves any issues.

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