Monthly winter Ultimate Field Target matches at Phoenix Rod and Gun club have resumed for the 2023/2024 winter season! Matches have historically been on the 4th Saturday of the month and we're back to that now.
9 shooters came out today to work off the turkey calories, 6 in pellet class, 2 slug shooters, and 1 competed with rimfire.
Ben and gang set the course a bit different this month. 8 shooting stations, 3 targets at each station, 2 shots per target, so a possible 48 point match. Overall Troyer for the course worked out to a 33. There was a wide range of targets this month, the easiest was a 2.5" kill zone at 43 yards for a T of 17.2. The highest T was a 1.25" kz @ 56 yards (T of 50.4). There were a couple of 2.5" kill zones past 80 yards also. In the past, those 80+ targets have usually been 3" kill zones.
The average guess for the max wind speeds of the shooters who texted me was 10-12mph.
I was surprised to see new record all-match scores in the pellet and slug class. And even the rimfire shooter was only one shot shy of tying the previous rimfire record (I think the current rimfire record score is a 47/48).
Interesting to note that one of Dan's misses was a bad .22 round, hitting away from the hold point, on a good trigger pull and on a nice big 2" kill zone at only 45 yards. His other miss was a wind misread.
Really cool to see such high scores, and on a course with a decent difficulty factor! On the other side of the coin though, we STILL haven't seen a perfect score at a long range/high power field target match at PRGC. With guys getting sooo close, I think we'll see that 1st perfect score soon. Will it be in pellet, slug, or rimfire?
Left to right: Van, Steve, Peykan, Ben, Scott, Wayne
Peykan and his Kentucky long rifle. I think the key to his new record is that he can just poke the paddle through the kill zone with his moderator on all the shots. That gun is so long it doesn't even fit in the photo.
All photo credit to Peykan B.
Much thanks to PRGC for hosting these field target matches, to the match director, and to all the helpers.
For anyone within driving distance of Phoenix, you are in a position many airgunners in the country envy (driving distance to high power/long range field target events). And on top of that, very few places nationwide are allowing rimfire and slugs to compete in field target. You can do that right here at PRGC.
9 shooters came out today to work off the turkey calories, 6 in pellet class, 2 slug shooters, and 1 competed with rimfire.
Ben and gang set the course a bit different this month. 8 shooting stations, 3 targets at each station, 2 shots per target, so a possible 48 point match. Overall Troyer for the course worked out to a 33. There was a wide range of targets this month, the easiest was a 2.5" kill zone at 43 yards for a T of 17.2. The highest T was a 1.25" kz @ 56 yards (T of 50.4). There were a couple of 2.5" kill zones past 80 yards also. In the past, those 80+ targets have usually been 3" kill zones.
The average guess for the max wind speeds of the shooters who texted me was 10-12mph.
I was surprised to see new record all-match scores in the pellet and slug class. And even the rimfire shooter was only one shot shy of tying the previous rimfire record (I think the current rimfire record score is a 47/48).
- The previous all-match pellet record was a 45/48, shot by Mike S, using the .22/25.4 Monster RD.
- The new record is a 46/48, shot by Ben S today, using the .25/34 grain pellets
- The previous all-match slug record was a 38/40, shot just last month by Thayne S, using H&N .22/34gr slugs.
- The new record is a 47/48, shot by Peykan B today, using the .22/34 grain Patriot slugs.
Interesting to note that one of Dan's misses was a bad .22 round, hitting away from the hold point, on a good trigger pull and on a nice big 2" kill zone at only 45 yards. His other miss was a wind misread.
Really cool to see such high scores, and on a course with a decent difficulty factor! On the other side of the coin though, we STILL haven't seen a perfect score at a long range/high power field target match at PRGC. With guys getting sooo close, I think we'll see that 1st perfect score soon. Will it be in pellet, slug, or rimfire?
Left to right: Van, Steve, Peykan, Ben, Scott, Wayne
Peykan and his Kentucky long rifle. I think the key to his new record is that he can just poke the paddle through the kill zone with his moderator on all the shots. That gun is so long it doesn't even fit in the photo.
All photo credit to Peykan B.
Much thanks to PRGC for hosting these field target matches, to the match director, and to all the helpers.
For anyone within driving distance of Phoenix, you are in a position many airgunners in the country envy (driving distance to high power/long range field target events). And on top of that, very few places nationwide are allowing rimfire and slugs to compete in field target. You can do that right here at PRGC.
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