The Tulsa Gun Club conducted its first match on 9 Mar. It was an informal match (read: free) with 60 shots on 15 lanes in preparation for our inaugural match on April 13th.
We had 11 shooters including one first time match shooter, Dubre (dew-bray) Harris; the ever reliable Stan Kaloyanov made the drive from Arkansas, and we had 5 shooters come in from OKC. Dave Cole helped Dubre get his scope set up the week of the match and the result was a very respectable 31. I expect Dubre to be a regular on the FT scene.
It was a chilly 40Deg F at match time of 10:30AM, but at least we had a strong and gusty wind to enjoy. I was hoping to have a Goldilocks match – not too easy and not too hard; and with tips from the ASC crew and watching Brad Troyers interview with Phillip Hepler, was able to pull it off. The hardest target had a 42 troyer and still got 4 hits out of 22 and the easiest targets had 3 misses. The lowest troyer was for the standing lane and the rust of a long winter was clearly a factor. (6 hits/22 shots). The course Troyer was 31.14 with a SD of 4.75. (without wind factored in) As the pictures show, we cut down a minimal amount of trees and the lanes are not clearly defined. Having broken the dams, there were no beavers sighted, but we are wary of a counter attack in the future.
We had 8 Hunter – PCP shooters, 2 WFTF shooters and Mark Welker shot Hunter Springer with a new to him TX-200 fresh from Cameron Kerndt’s magic shop.
The Overall High score was a strong 52 from Rick Cuccio. Thom Davies and Mike Atwell tied for 2nd with 46’s. There were 3 shooters getting practice in for the World championships in Arizona this year, Go get ‘em boys!
We were disappointed (but not surprised) that none of our Texas “friends” showed up for their shooting lessons this month. We will probably still go to Arlington to give them for free. It is understandable that they wanted to BUILD some confidence for the Cajun shoot next month.
Thanks to everyone who pitched in to make this first match successful! The FT family is truly one of a kind.
Matches will be on the 2nd Saturdays from March – November at Tulsa Gun Club, 8888 Mohawk Blvd in Tulsa, OK
Curtis Nelson
[email protected]
Full results are on Scott Cottons' excellent website: airgunshoot.com
We had 11 shooters including one first time match shooter, Dubre (dew-bray) Harris; the ever reliable Stan Kaloyanov made the drive from Arkansas, and we had 5 shooters come in from OKC. Dave Cole helped Dubre get his scope set up the week of the match and the result was a very respectable 31. I expect Dubre to be a regular on the FT scene.
It was a chilly 40Deg F at match time of 10:30AM, but at least we had a strong and gusty wind to enjoy. I was hoping to have a Goldilocks match – not too easy and not too hard; and with tips from the ASC crew and watching Brad Troyers interview with Phillip Hepler, was able to pull it off. The hardest target had a 42 troyer and still got 4 hits out of 22 and the easiest targets had 3 misses. The lowest troyer was for the standing lane and the rust of a long winter was clearly a factor. (6 hits/22 shots). The course Troyer was 31.14 with a SD of 4.75. (without wind factored in) As the pictures show, we cut down a minimal amount of trees and the lanes are not clearly defined. Having broken the dams, there were no beavers sighted, but we are wary of a counter attack in the future.
We had 8 Hunter – PCP shooters, 2 WFTF shooters and Mark Welker shot Hunter Springer with a new to him TX-200 fresh from Cameron Kerndt’s magic shop.
The Overall High score was a strong 52 from Rick Cuccio. Thom Davies and Mike Atwell tied for 2nd with 46’s. There were 3 shooters getting practice in for the World championships in Arizona this year, Go get ‘em boys!
We were disappointed (but not surprised) that none of our Texas “friends” showed up for their shooting lessons this month. We will probably still go to Arlington to give them for free. It is understandable that they wanted to BUILD some confidence for the Cajun shoot next month.
Thanks to everyone who pitched in to make this first match successful! The FT family is truly one of a kind.
Matches will be on the 2nd Saturdays from March – November at Tulsa Gun Club, 8888 Mohawk Blvd in Tulsa, OK
Curtis Nelson
[email protected]
Full results are on Scott Cottons' excellent website: airgunshoot.com
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