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I don't have the time nor desire to read your novel, I'll assume that it says "you're right, I'm wrong". Tell your better half I said hi, I'll rub her belly in a couple of weeks.

Well, there was an Alpha Wolf at your EFT match recently. And I think Susan was shooting DW's Delta Wolf. I realize counting to 3 is three times as hard as counting to one, but I'll show you how I like to count to one next time I see you.

Art and Jim B, living their best lives

You might already be on this, but the zoom lever is your friend. Zoom down to find the targets, up to range the targets, down a little to shoot the targets (for me, anyway).

One thing to think about: some magazines will allow you to close the bolt on an empty chamber. If you take a shot without a pellet, it's still a shot (and a miss). Saw this happen twice this weekend, it sucks.

It's still a level playing field for everyone, but now it's 2 level playing fields.

Yes, you can range seated (with sticks if you are hunter class) or use the offhand stand to range if present. I will range all of the targets first so I don't have to go back and forth.

Thanks for the hospitality this weekend as always, Ron. And thanks to the AOA crew for coming out to support the shoot. Larry is a joy to shoot with and Andy is younger and better looking than Larry. Not sure who won, but I'll bet it was that little guy that cleaned the course on Saturday...

I get what you are asking. The answer is that you can use your personal chrono while shooting a lane (otherwise Delta Wolfs and Alpha Wolfs would be illegal), but all of the shots have to be at the targets. In other words, the shots over the chrono will count. You can shoot over your chrono at a...

Jim's used to shooting 12 rounds in 2 minutes. I don't think a minute per shot is going to blow his skirt up very high.

Yes. Great for PRS, struggles to range find past 40 yards at 16x.

Sorry, I was trying to make a point about the differences between FFP and SFP. I should have known that if I didn't look up all of the different Athlon models, I would be corrected. Thanks for always being on top of my posts. And for the record, the scope I looked through was a Heras 15-50x...

If it ranges well at 15x, I would take it over a scope that ranges poorly at 16x. The only reason people use 16x over 15x is because they are trying to do anything they can to get the scope to range better. I've only looked through one Ares and I think it was FFP. The reticle was very fine, I...

I've shot a DW in open, wftf and hunter as well as EFT. I don't love it for Hunter, but that's mostly because I don't love Hunter, more of a scope issue than a gun issue. For WFTF and Open, I have a UIT rail attached to the extended Arca rail with a Sub Moa hamster and a Sub Moa butt pad/hook. I...

Good post. We have been talking about "growth" for as long as I've been shooting field target. While we have seen a slight increase in shooters at our matches in the last 10 years, I don't think it's from a real effort to grow. For us (at ASC), I think the key is consistency. If people know that...

Quick correction: Apparently Thom's score didn't get entered in the stats website. He shot a very tasty 54. Not sure who won the coin flip tie breaker between Thom and Brian. The standard rule is no shoot-offs when there are tacos waiting.

This is going to be an unpopular opinion, but the reason why it's hard to retain young shooters and kids is because it's a fairly boring sport. The things that make it a good sport for old guys also make it boring for young guys. Before you warm up the flame thrower, think about what you were...

I would be curious to see how things would look if we got rid of classes and just had a 20 fpe limit. Or maybe two classes, 12 fpe and 20 fpe. Then the springers and WFTF people could shoot in the 12 fpe class and everyone else could shoot in the 20 fpe class. Maybe the next time Jeff goes out...

There is already field target designed for guns over 20 fpe. But the people buying the .22 Avengers as their first airgun aren't flocking to EFT events. Almost everyone that shoots EFT is coming from regular FT, not the other way around. I think the way to encourage new shooters is for clubs to...

The only other thing we could do other than change to gong or spinner targets is this: complain less. I just got done helping set up for our match tomorrow and I lost exactly 1.5 pounds in sweat. And I'll happily do it again next month, and the month after. The only times that I wanted to just...