Happy New Year all!
Anyone like to take a guess on how many FT shooters we have in the States? Thanks!
Paul
Anyone like to take a guess on how many FT shooters we have in the States? Thanks!
Paul
How many FT shooters?
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30 that I can think of. I don't count people that say that they shoot FT on the internet because I assume they are all Russian hackers. So I have personally witnessed about 30 people in the act of shooting FT in the state of Texas.
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I have no idea how many there are but I just bought a new to me mac1 to give it a try . I hope I can get some other people here in southern Ohio to shoot with me . There is a FT club in central Ohio . And a youth club here in southern Ohio but there very small and still over an hour away . Plus I'm far from being a youth ....lol. I also have a mac1 knee riser / and a thigh rest coming from another member
The one I purchased is the same one that Ted from Ted's holdover does a review on in 2011.
The one I purchased is the same one that Ted from Ted's holdover does a review on in 2011.
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400 ish nationwide
and largely concentrated on the coasts... NO FT shooters in Montana but me (love to be wrong on this
), and Ive not been to a match for 3 years now
and largely concentrated on the coasts... NO FT shooters in Montana but me (love to be wrong on this
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Nice rig! Love the green! How much does yours weigh? I have one that was set up for BR it has a long heavy bbl and weighs close to 20#s. I’ve been thinking of sending it to Timmy and have him replace the long air tube with a reg. CF bottle and shorten the bbl to make it more manageable for FT. Hope you find a FT club within reasonable driving distance. Uj
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Dankielman, There is a "new this past year" Field Target club in your area called Fairfield Sportsman club airgunners near Cincinnati. They have a very nice F/T course and would welcome you as a new shooter. Congrats on your new gun and I'm certain you will like F/T shooting and the people that you shoot with will go out of their way to make you feel welcome and help you get started with setting up your equipment and so forth. Hope to meet you sometime next summer at an Ohio shoot!! There are five F/T clubs in Ohio so there are shoots somewhere most every weekend!! J.L.
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Dankileinman, There is a "new this past year" Field Target club in your area called Fairfield Sportsman club airgunners near Cincinnati. They have a very nice F/T course and would welcome you as a new shooter. Congrats on your new gun and I'm certain you will like F/T shooting and the people that you shoot with will go out of their way to make you feel welcome and help you get started with setting up your equipment and so forth. Hope to meet you sometime next summer at an Ohio shoot!! There are five F/T clubs in Ohio so there are shoots somewhere most every weekend!! J.L.
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I just happened access a small group in MN that I'll be keeping an eye on in the spring/summer.
Find this an interesting event from the reading up I've done on FT.
Find this an interesting event from the reading up I've done on FT.
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That's an interesting question. Of course, depends on what constitutes a FT shooter. Someone who has a few targets in their back yard? Someone going to matches? Etc. All in all though, I'd give a guess of about 350. I base that off of is how many people I see at grand prix tournaments here in the East (Crossman, PA), and reading the match reports on this forum.
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Our club the SVFTC has @ 40 shooters who rotate in/out during the summer months. tho we manage @ 22-26 shooters on average month to month at the club matches.
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I would guess there are a good bit more than you think. I have a field target range on my property and there are between 3 and 10 of us that shoot weekly when the weather is good. We are all old guys and girls. We shoot for fun and don't belong to AFTA or anything else so no record of what we do. Any other groups out there like ours?
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Thanks guys I hope I like it (FT that is ) I already love the mac1 . I talked to Tim at mac1 and It is going to Tim to have him go through it replace all the orings and bring it up to the gen 3 status.
I hope to set up a course in my woods I have 17 acres of woods that no one messes around in I am going to try to get it set up for next spring . Now I need to start looking for the best place to buy some targets .
Thanks for all the info on the Ohio ft groups I will look into it more
I hope to set up a course in my woods I have 17 acres of woods that no one messes around in I am going to try to get it set up for next spring . Now I need to start looking for the best place to buy some targets .
Thanks for all the info on the Ohio ft groups I will look into it more
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Heck Dankleinman with a 17 acre woods you could set up a nice 15 lane course and let them come to you
. Uj
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That's for sure!! 17 acres is PLENTY of room!! That would make six clubs in Ohio!! What town are you near Dankleinman?? Keep us posted on your progress!! J.L.(whitefox 545)
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There use to be about 35 FT clubs who were members of AFFTA. Figuring the average club has 12 to 15 members with some clubs more and some less I summarize some where between 400 and 450 in the US and PR. Pretty sure the is a lot more that just hunt and plink.
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