Some of my customs over the past few years ... FT pistol competition is TOUGH and if you stick with it one can find success.
Pistol Field target anyone ?
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Some of my customs over the past few years ... FT pistol competition is TOUGH and if you stick with it one can find success.
Glad you enjoy pistol FT, Mo. Warms my heart to see it catching on well enough to now seem self-sustaining; a decade after I birthed PFT and babied it along through no few growing pains.
Congratulations on your PFT success. Keep up the good work Bud.
Congratulations on your PFT success. Keep up the good work Bud.
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I too enjoy pistol Field Target. Although I admit that I am not very good at it.
Out of interest, what distances do you shoot?
Out of interest, what distances do you shoot?
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I have shot FT once. It was with a spring powered rifle (HW95) and I had a real fun time. It was a slow game (pace) and at a time that does not work into my schedule so I was only able to participate one time. I would love to shoot some pistol field target. I have thought about setting up some lanes in my yard (2 acres) but I haven’t taken the time. Now that I have the pp700, I could set up some lanes or maybe a short course to mix things up when the weather/seasons are nice. I would have to figure out a target system that could stay up year round. It would get used more frequently if it was easy/low maintenance. For targets I thought about just simple spinners like this...
https://youtu.be/zxABPbRedx8
https://youtu.be/zxABPbRedx8
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Greenarrow, just put your targets (and winders) under buckets and you can leave them outside all the time. Mine have been out three years and I just started using them again with NO maintenance or lubrication needed.
Very nice Plesinger Air Arms, Duckfish!
Very nice Plesinger Air Arms, Duckfish!
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Thought i'd attach a couple field target pistol related chapters from Airgun Chronicles (copyright 2013) that demonstrate not only two vastly different equipment approaches, but what three good FT pistols can do at 50 yards! Understand there has been evolution in field target pistols and PFT rules since these chapters were written in 2013. Enjoy.
View attachment 1556250592_7838196105cc27fe0b3a198.66630646_PFT Shootout.pdf
View attachment 1556250658_18297913365cc28022d68b85.10873925_PFT Rigs.pdf
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Thanks for posting the two articles they were a fun read. I now have 4 different field targets and am working up to more each month. I need to find some ideas for lanes so i can make my own practice course.
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Heres mine,
what is this pistol????
thanks
Looks like a cut down Air Arms to me. I hope he got the donor gun cheap.
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Rada Plesinger of the previous Top Gun Airguns made up some number of those FT-type pistols from Air Arms rifles before Top Guns changed hands. I assume he did get the donor guns cheap.
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To me, FT pistol should have a production class.
Where you may use the pistol in its stock form.
You could add add an aftermarket barrel, but it needs to be the same length as the factory barrel.
Optics could be added, but they can not extend past the end of the barrel.
You can up the performance, but the outward dimensions of the production gun must stay the same.
You would see more pp700’s, Crosman 1701p’s
maybe even a few Crosman MK1&2’s, and maybe S&W 78/79’s might pop up.
Maybe a Vintage pistol class?
just my personal thoughts to let the average everyday pistol shooter compete against their financial peers, not someone with unlimited funds to build a 3ft long “pistol”.
Where you may use the pistol in its stock form.
You could add add an aftermarket barrel, but it needs to be the same length as the factory barrel.
Optics could be added, but they can not extend past the end of the barrel.
You can up the performance, but the outward dimensions of the production gun must stay the same.
You would see more pp700’s, Crosman 1701p’s
maybe even a few Crosman MK1&2’s, and maybe S&W 78/79’s might pop up.
Maybe a Vintage pistol class?
just my personal thoughts to let the average everyday pistol shooter compete against their financial peers, not someone with unlimited funds to build a 3ft long “pistol”.
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A 3ft long pistol in not legal in PFT. You could use a 1701, but they are more suited to silhouette (That's what it was designed for). For about $100 more, the 1720T is the most popular FT pistol. Lots of people complete with them.
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45B, I'd also like to see a PFT class specifically for more pistolesque pistols; in fact lobbied my ass off for such as one of 5 committee members that produced most of the PFT rules we have now. The rules we have are actually compromises of polar-opposite lobbies.
Perhaps if PFT become popular enough, another class would be justified; hopefully something along the lines you and I would like. But be aware such pistols would shoot considerably lower scores on current FPT courses, and I couldn't imagine enough participation to justify separate or adjusted courses for a new class.
BTW, Scotchmo is spot-on about the Crosman PCPs. New PFT shooters often ask "what its he best pistol for PFT?" In my opinion a 1720T is far and away the best choice unless you have at least $1000 to spend.
Perhaps if PFT become popular enough, another class would be justified; hopefully something along the lines you and I would like. But be aware such pistols would shoot considerably lower scores on current FPT courses, and I couldn't imagine enough participation to justify separate or adjusted courses for a new class.
BTW, Scotchmo is spot-on about the Crosman PCPs. New PFT shooters often ask "what its he best pistol for PFT?" In my opinion a 1720T is far and away the best choice unless you have at least $1000 to spend.
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