Field Target club in Iowa

[beerthief]

I started a Facebook group called Iowa Field Target Association.

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Please join if you want and if you are in the Eastern Iowa area please join and help bring Field Target shooting to a Iowa

wonderful initiative . hopefully others in more places will follow your example .

 

[beerthief]

Have you ever had a fly land on your target while shooting? No way to resist that shot.

I have actually been thinking of baiting the target for flys .

 

[Iowa Airgunner]

Things are happening fast
Today I did some more stuff for the field target club. I made these bow ties to wind up the strings.
I found 600 yards of yellow and orange Dacron .
I made the targets for the sight in range.
I have three of the five public use targets that will be permanently placed at the range.
And I got the numbers for the lane marked printed up
Tomorrow after work I’ll get the wood to build the shooting bench.
Sunday I’ll build the bench.
Saturday morning I’ll be starting construction of the airgun range.

 

[Iowa Airgunner]

Ten rat targets all modified and ready to go. Plus spray paint and tools.
I have all the sight in range targets made and I made all the string spools .

I’ll get 600 yards of Dacron next week.

I also made the lane markers. I am going to put a three foot 2x4 painted white in the ground. Then put the poles on each side. That will be the entrance to each lane. There will also be a pole with a flat platform that holds the timers.

Tomorrow is the ground breaking. I am going to start laying out the corse.

 

[Iowa Airgunner]

Today in history!!!
The construction of and airgun range and field target course has begun at the West Liberty gun club in West Liberty Iowa.
Still a lot to do both in the shop and with the club and on the sight but progress is moving really fast.

I cut 165 yards for the sight in range. Cleared the tall grass and mulched the path. It is clear all the way to the treeline. Really an ideal location.

Now I have to build the shooting bench and tomorrow I’ll deliver that and cut the firing lanes. After that it just some legality’s and I can set up targets and signs.

 

[beerthief]

Today in history!!!
The construction of and airgun range and field target course has begun at the West Liberty gun club in West Liberty Iowa.
Still a lot to do both in the shop and with the club and on the sight but progress is moving really fast.

I cut 165 yards for the sight in range. Cleared the tall grass and mulched the path. It is clear all the way to the treeline. Really an ideal location.

Now I have to build the shooting bench and tomorrow I’ll deliver that and cut the firing lanes. After that it just some legality’s and I can set up targets and sign

Lot of work , i hope for the best !!

 

[Iowa Airgunner]

The West Liberty Gun Club has a new airgun range. All members of the WLGC are encouraged to go have a look and try out the new airgun range.

It is located just west of pistol bay six. Shooting north. There will not be any interruptions to shooting in pistol bay 6. Hearing and eye protection is required.

The range is set up for a specific sport called Airgun Field Target. But is intended for most Airgun activity.

There is a 55 yard sight in range with a shooting bench. Also the bench can be used for bench rest shooting.

There are five firing lanes for field target shooting. Each lane is 55 yards with two targets per lane.

The airgun range is designed for small caliber airguns .177 .22 and .25. Larger caliber airguns should be used on the normal 100 yard range. At no time is this range to be used by any centerfire or rimfire guns.

The targets are not designed for rimfire ammunition and the backstop at the airgun range is not suitable for firearms.

Airguns used on the airgun range should be below 50 ft lb. of energy. About half the power of .22 caliber rimfire. And pellets only.

The sport of field target restricts the power of the guns to 20 ft lb. That is to save the mechanical targets and keep the playing field even.

This is a link to the Facebook group that will be maintaining the Airgun Range.

https://www.facebook.com/share/g/16EogCwTok/?mibextid=wwXIfr

The Airgun range is designed for WLGC members to use anytime during normal range hours..unless there is a scheduled competition. WLGC members are encouraged to join the competition.

For information and questions you can check out the facebook group. Iowa Field Target Association. The Facebook group is mostly videos explaining modern precision airguns. And how to shoot and maintain them.

The Facebook group along with the WLGC calendar will have competition dates posted.

If you are interested in Field Target, airguns or sport shooting with airguns please PM Eric.Or email If you have any questions. [email protected]

There will be a competitive event held at some point in the near future. A typical competition takes about three hours. Time for sight in. Then the competition and then a couple hot dogs and hamburgers while the scores are tabulated and awards are given out.

This video explains the game for the most part. Some of the rules he states have changed but this is what the sport of field target is all about.

There will be other types of airgun activity as interest changes and time goes on.

There will be permanent targets placed in the lanes. The animal shaped targets are movable and the post mounted spinners that are permanent with yardage marked.

Any and all input is welcome.

But the basic idea is to be safe, have fun and learn about airguns.

Hope to see everyone at the first scheduled event!!

 

[Iowa Airgunner]

This is the Iowa Field Target Association monthly report for April 2025

The Facebook group has 37 members.

Thank you to all the people that and are making this happen.

The weather is rapidly changing to better Shooting temperatures. Still a fun challenge learning to shoot in the wind.

Construction is continuing on the airgun range at the West Liberty Gun Club.

The airgun range is open to the public but not completely finished.

The sight in range with a bench is complete.

There are movable reactive targets and permanent spinners with range markings for public use.

Eye and ear protection are required at all time and a hat is strongly recommended.

The field target corse is still being layed out and cleared. That will probably be a couple weeks to complete.

If you live in the West Liberty Iowa area. And you want to shoot airguns or Airgun Field Target. Please consider joining the West Liberty Gun Club.

We will be having airgun competitions soon. The details have not been worked out at this stage. You do not need to be a member to compete. Competition will be open to the public.

If you join the West Liberty Gun club you can use the Airgun range, pistol bays, 100 yard range and trap corse anytime the range is open. Unless there is a competition.

Public hours are Saturday and Sunday 1-5 pm.

CHECK THE SCHEDULE!

Public access is sometimes suspended during large competition events.

Report to the range officer building before going to the range.

Club members can shoot from 8am - dusk seven days a week. I will be at the range Saturday mornings.

If you are interested in getting together for Saturday morning shooting matches . PM me or Email.

I will provide more details as things progress.

This is a link to the West Liberty Gun Club.

https://www.westlibertygunclub.org/members-page


This is the IFTA email address

[email protected]

Thank you all for participating and getting the sport of Field Target going in IOWA.

 

[humbled.ag]

Looking good man. Having built a couple courses I commend you. It's a lot of hard work, but the payoff is worth it.

 

[Iowa Airgunner]

The payoff is definitely worth it. Worse case scenario is I have a private field target course.