By popular demand of those in attendance at the match last weekend, Rex and gang are hosting one last spring match before the summer heat kicks in. This will be the last weekend of May, the 30th and 31st.
These are more than just a Saturday morning field target match, but rather a multi-day, multi-event weekend of airguns.
For the March match, current plans are to have:
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Camping is allowed there at the match site-plan for a boondocking situation. In the past they've had a portapotty brought in, but I can't guarantee that that's the plan for these upcoming matches.
Rex and gang set one of the most interesting field target courses around, taking full advantage of the various unique characteristics of the river bottom. There have been targets up in trees, on swaying limbs, above shooter height, below shooter height. etc. And plan on shooting in various directions throughout the match, Rex is big on making sure that the angle changes on each lane so you can't quite figure out the standard holdoff to account for the predominant wind. It's a great time, challenging course, and offers excellent practice since it's usually harder than a match on the Grand Prix circuit.
Open invite to any and all that are interested. These Duncan matches are an opportunity to compete with an airgun in what was otherwise a competition desert prior.
Feel free to comment here or PM me with any questions.
The address to the property is: 1129 Stevens Loop, Duncan, Arizona.
These are more than just a Saturday morning field target match, but rather a multi-day, multi-event weekend of airguns.
For the March match, current plans are to have:
- a silhouette match on Friday late afternoon, using sub12fpe field target pistols and your field target position. From memory, it seems like we did, 15, 20, 25, and 30 yards last time we did this pistol silhouette match, using the small little 10yard silhouette animals
- a silhouette match on Friday after dark, (targets will have lights on them) using sub 20fpe field target rifles and your field target position. In the past we set banks of silhouettes at either 40, 50, 60, 70 or 50, 60, 70, 80 yards. Shooting at little chickens at 80 yards with 19fpe is a fun challenge. I wanna say the animals used here are 1/5 scale silhouettes, chickens are about the size of a 50 cent piece.
- a field target match on Saturday morning, probably a 930-10am start time. In the most recent matches we've had 10 lanes with 3 targets on each lane, for a 60 shot match (two shots at each target). This is an AAFTA-style match, meaning that that AAFTA rules will be followed, with the exception that occasionally we see a target harder than allowed by AAFTA.
Results - Southwest Airgunners Field Target and Silhouette Match Report for May 2/3 2025
Rex and the gang held another match on Tom's Gila river-bottom property this past weekend. These events aren't just a field target match, but rather a 12fpe and under pistol silhouette match, and a 20fpe and under rifle silhouette match, and camping, and hanging out, AND a first class field...
www.airgunnation.com Camping is allowed there at the match site-plan for a boondocking situation. In the past they've had a portapotty brought in, but I can't guarantee that that's the plan for these upcoming matches.
Rex and gang set one of the most interesting field target courses around, taking full advantage of the various unique characteristics of the river bottom. There have been targets up in trees, on swaying limbs, above shooter height, below shooter height. etc. And plan on shooting in various directions throughout the match, Rex is big on making sure that the angle changes on each lane so you can't quite figure out the standard holdoff to account for the predominant wind. It's a great time, challenging course, and offers excellent practice since it's usually harder than a match on the Grand Prix circuit.
Open invite to any and all that are interested. These Duncan matches are an opportunity to compete with an airgun in what was otherwise a competition desert prior.
Feel free to comment here or PM me with any questions.
The address to the property is: 1129 Stevens Loop, Duncan, Arizona.