After a complete reshuffle of our 2025 benchrest schedule, we finally held our first National 50 match on Saturday 8/16.
The weather was hot early and hotter later. On one hand, the lack of wind was good for shooting, but not so good when you could break a sweat standing still. I think the temperature peaked around 91-92 degrees, but it felt much higher when the air was barely moving. The first 2 cards were shot in nearly windless conditions. Flags were either not moving or there was so little wind that they pointed in different directions, propellers barely spinning and with some slight twitches of the tail. The third and final card saw the wind pick up a bit and while it never blew very hard, it had some sneaky shifts and up/down drafts.
We had nine participants including two shooting their very first N50 match. As an indication of the mild conditions, we had 5 shooters shoot 247 or higher on their first card. We had a wide variety of pellet calibers represented, with two shooters using .22, two using .25 and four using .30. Joe Polanco came out of the gate with a 250 and as if that wasn’t good enough, he shot another 250 on the second card. A little into the third card and there was some anticipation of a potential 750 score, but the winds picked up and it cost Joe 3 points. He finished first by a comfortable margin with an excellent 747 45X. Ten points behind, in second place, was Ryan Spanagel shooting a very nice 737 26X. Tim Swan followed 2 points behind Ryan in third with a 735 34X. We had one shooter, Hugh O’Donnell, in the Factory Rimfire class. He shot a 707 21X in his very first N50 match.
Instead of having a second N50 match, we chose to get a little practice in for the Pyramyd Air Cup Gunslynger event. We hauled out our 2 lanes of RX targets and ran head-to-head match ups until everyone had enough shooting for the day.
Thank you to everyone who attended and please make sure you thank all our sponsors. Give Donny FL, Hawke Optics, High Pressure Pneumatics, Predator International, and Baker Airguns a call if you need anything air gun related.
Jeff Swartz and Ryan Spanagel
No other club in the country offers this much for airgunners!
Field Target
100y Benchrest
N50 Benchrest
Speed Silhouette
2025 airgunning in Ohio will be jam packed!
The weather was hot early and hotter later. On one hand, the lack of wind was good for shooting, but not so good when you could break a sweat standing still. I think the temperature peaked around 91-92 degrees, but it felt much higher when the air was barely moving. The first 2 cards were shot in nearly windless conditions. Flags were either not moving or there was so little wind that they pointed in different directions, propellers barely spinning and with some slight twitches of the tail. The third and final card saw the wind pick up a bit and while it never blew very hard, it had some sneaky shifts and up/down drafts.
We had nine participants including two shooting their very first N50 match. As an indication of the mild conditions, we had 5 shooters shoot 247 or higher on their first card. We had a wide variety of pellet calibers represented, with two shooters using .22, two using .25 and four using .30. Joe Polanco came out of the gate with a 250 and as if that wasn’t good enough, he shot another 250 on the second card. A little into the third card and there was some anticipation of a potential 750 score, but the winds picked up and it cost Joe 3 points. He finished first by a comfortable margin with an excellent 747 45X. Ten points behind, in second place, was Ryan Spanagel shooting a very nice 737 26X. Tim Swan followed 2 points behind Ryan in third with a 735 34X. We had one shooter, Hugh O’Donnell, in the Factory Rimfire class. He shot a 707 21X in his very first N50 match.
Instead of having a second N50 match, we chose to get a little practice in for the Pyramyd Air Cup Gunslynger event. We hauled out our 2 lanes of RX targets and ran head-to-head match ups until everyone had enough shooting for the day.
Thank you to everyone who attended and please make sure you thank all our sponsors. Give Donny FL, Hawke Optics, High Pressure Pneumatics, Predator International, and Baker Airguns a call if you need anything air gun related.
Jeff Swartz and Ryan Spanagel
No other club in the country offers this much for airgunners!
Field Target
100y Benchrest
N50 Benchrest
Speed Silhouette
2025 airgunning in Ohio will be jam packed!
