Results Connecticut Airgunners Field Target Match, Sunday, April 15th, Lebanon, CT.

Looking forward to shooting this weekend, hoping for less wind than last time.

The wind will be there as usual. 30% chance of rain is forecasted. Bring your rain jacket, pants and waterproof boots.

Connecticut Air Gunners Match Report – 2018 April 15 
Location: North St, Lebanon, CT 06249 (GPS 41.614582, -72.255081)
Match Site: Long and narrow flat open field with a pond on one side and trees on the other. Open corn field beyond the trees and marshy swamp land beyond the pond.
Temperature: 35 degrees Fahrenheit – Cloudy. 
Wind: 10-17 MPH
Number of Targets: 32 (64 points maximum) 16 lanes 
Average Distance: 37.75 yards (15 targets over 40 yards)
Average Kill Zone: 1.5” (Mix of 1, 1 ½” & 40mm kill zones)
Course Difficulty: 34.44T with Wind (28.22T) 
Match Times: Setup 7:30-9:00 AM, Practice 9:00–10:00 AM, Match 10:05 AM-1:00 PM, Course Takedown 1:00 PM-1:30 PM

Results/Attendees: (4 shooters total) 
PCP WFTF 
36/64 Vasyl Povroznyk-Air Arms FTP 900 – H&N Sniper Medium 8.5 grains – Aztec Emerald 5.5-25x50 
PCP Open
49/64 John Eroh – Air Arms S500 FAC – NSA 15.5 grains – 713 fps – 17.5 FPE - Sightron 10-50x60 

PCP Hunter 
39/64 Leo Gonzales – Crosman Custom Shop Marauder – Crosman Premier 7.9 grains – 905 fps – 14.4 FPE – Mueller 8-32x44 

Piston Hunter 
24/64 Ron Dumond – Air Arms TX200 – AADF 8.4 grains – 3-12x40 
Remarks:
The cold windy weather scared most of our regular shooters away. We only had four brave shooters battle the wind and cold weather. No rain fell but still got frozen toes, chapped lips, numb fingers and the shivers. 
We changed the format a little bit. We still did one shot per target (WFTF format) but did it twice per lane. All targets were clearly numbered and we shot in numerical order. For example, on lane 7, you shoot target #13 first, #14 second, then #13 again for the third and lastly #14 for the fourth. 
Wind blew hard at times. When there was a lull a shot can be reasonably made and knock down the target. No timers were used. As usual some shots in the wind required holding beyond the face plate. 
John did very well with the heavy slugs he recently purchased. I believe it will be a winning combo for open and hunter PCP class. 
Despite the weather, I had enjoyed the day of shooting and used it as a training session in the wind. Thank you very, very much to John, Vasyl, Ron and Michael (Ron's son) who helped setup and take down the course.

Next match: 2018 June 17 Sunday (80 shot monster match) 

Leo Gonzales
CT Air Gunners
ctairgunners.weebly.com
Link to photos, course planner and match report below. 
https://1drv.ms/f/s!Ausj-Y-SAaOxipAufbDiwp968Xb3fw