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Target Shooting Matches, Discussion & Events => Field Target Gates => Topic started by: Cloud 9 on May 29, 2017, 10:49:40 AM
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We held the monthly FT match at Arlington Sportsman’s Club yesterday in almost summertime conditions. The weather was overcast, very humid, with South winds 5-15mph, and a high of 88F. We had only 12 shooters on this Memorial Day weekend for the 28 target/56 shot rifle match. I changed the format this month as a test for the upcoming Republic of Texas Grand Prix match on September 23&24 by having only 2 targets per lane and using all of our 3D archery lanes in the woods. I intended to reduce the Troyer rating this month, but when accounting for wind and darkness, the average Troyer was 30 (SD 6.2). It turns out that the toughest shot was from our 12 foot elevated tower that places the shooters up in the wind; consequently I got the most complaints about the difficulty of that lane. Only 5 shooters knocked over the close target, and only 1(!) knocked over the far one. This is the only place we have that allows shooting down at any of the North Texas clubs. I think I’ll definitely keep the standing tower lane for the RoT!! (Evil MD laugh…) I continued my strategy of placing targets in natural surroundings, so I placed a few of the targets near the edges of the lanes and in places that forced shooters to shoot through openings in the underbrush. Early arrivals David Carlile and Terry Vanpool helped run the strings and setup the sight-in lanes. Thanks for the help guys. The only target issue was the tree-mounted gray koala that was DIFFICULT to reset, but fell properly when hit. After Terry and I educated the guys how to pull the string properly so it would reset, there were no other complaints. Noted for maintenance before the next match. BTW, I moved the koala for this match, but didn’t paint him hot pink as was suggested by some. I thoroughly enjoyed shooting my new-to-me Whiscombe JW50, even though I switched pellets the day before away from my tried and true H&N FTT’s. With the new pellets I had to hold 1 mil-dot high for all targets since I didn’t have time to re-zero or make a new dope chart, but they grouped MUCH better at 45+ yards. Woohoo! At the end of the match, we turned in our scorecards and tallied the scores. Paul Walker and Terry Vanpool posted the match high score of 50/56 in Hunter PCP; Paul was announced the winner after a brief discussion between the two of them. First place in Hunter Piston was David Carlile with 35/56, and first place in WFTF was Jeff Cloud with 39/56 (tie breaker based on forced position lanes). View the full list of all competitors’ scores and equipment below. Thanks to everyone who helped takedown the course after the match. The ASC club will host our next regular monthly match on June 24. Come on out and bring some friends!
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Good morning everyone, I wanted to let you know about the next FT match at ASC for 2017. The match will be Saturday, June 24. It will be a 56 shot match with targets on 10 lanes in the woods placed from 10-55 yards.
Gates will open at 7:45 for sight in and sign up.
Safety meeting at 8:45 Rifle match to start at 9:00. All rifles must be in a case or rifle carrier when moving between lanes.
Please note that it is a club rule that all shooters wear appropriate EYE protection. We don't have extras so remember to bring your own.
We will have free bottled water to keep you hydrated.
Members $5, non-Members $10
Please let me and Chris know if you plan to attend
Arlington Sportsman’s Club is located at: 11500 County Road 525, Mansfield, TX 76063
See ya there and happy shooting!
Jeff Cloud
jeff DASH cloud AT utexas DOT edu
eight one seven-360-0611
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Good evening everyone,
I wanted to let you know about the next FT match at ASC for 2017. The match will be Saturday, July 22. It will be a 56 shot match with targets on 10 lanes in the woods placed from 10-55 yards. Gates will open at 7:45 for sight in and sign up. Safety meeting at 8:45 Rifle match to start at 9:00. All rifles must be in a case or rifle carrier when moving between lanes. Please note that it is a club rule that all shooters wear appropriate EYE protection. We don't have extras so remember to bring your own. We will have free bottled water to keep you hydrated.
Members $5, non-Members $10
Please let me know if you plan to attend
Arlington Sportsman’s Club is located at: 11500 County Road 525 (Lillian Rd), Mansfield, TX 76063 See ya there and happy shooting!
Jeff Cloud
jeff DASH cloud AT utexas DOT edu
eight one seven-360-0611
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Someone needs to remind Jentry that .22 is supposed to be a handicap in this game and springers are supposed to shoot half the score of PCPs. ;)
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Someone needs to remind Jentry that .22 is supposed to be a handicap in this game and springers are supposed to shoot half the score of PCPs. ;)
Sorry, I'm still new and don't know all the rules and etiquette. ;D
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That was good shooting Jentry.
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That was good shooting Jentry.
Thanks, Terry!
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FT Match Report Arlington Sportsman’s Club 07/22/17
We were able to have our monthly FT match at the Arlington Sportsman’s Club yesterday after the torrential storm that rained out the June match. Once again, there were 2 targets per lane on 12 lanes, but I also had 3 targets per lane on 2 lanes for a 56 shot match. The Troyer was 29.7 with an SD of 6.58. Scott C, Brad V, and Terry V showed up on Friday afternoon to help setup the match. Thanks for the help guys; we were able to get finished in just over an hour in the over 100F temperature that afternoon.
As expected for Texas in July, the weather was brutally hot Saturday with only a very mild South wind. The temperature was 99F with a heat index of 104F when we finished at about noon. 15 shooters showed up for the 28 target/56 shot rifle match; I believe the heat and family activities kept some of our regular shooters away this weekend.
We had only one cold line during the day for a minor reset issue, and only 3 critiques about the course. 1) the weasel target was closer than 10 yards on Lane 6, and 2) the kill zone on the Alligator on the same lane was just “barely” visible through the grass for those shooting from a bum bag. And to remind me yet again that there is no replacement for walking the course before the match, 3) the standing lanes 1 & 14 turned into back-to-back forced position lanes with a LONG walk in between for everyone who started on lane 2-14. Oops. Thanks for the inputs, and I’ve noted them for improvement at the next match.
Jeff M is a new shooter that showed up to his first match, and I believe he is thoroughly hooked. Kevin shared his experience with him, so that he quickly came up to speed on the intricacies of FT. Hope to see you at the next match, Jeff. We also had another new face, Jentry showed up for his first FT match at ASC and did very well today. Please come back again for future matches, Jentry.
At the end of the match, we turned in our scorecards and tallied the scores. In Hunter PCP, Bob Dye outperformed Terry Vanpool by virtue of his better score on the 3 forced-position lanes with an outstanding 50/56, followed by Terry and Kevin Enzian. Jentry Powell topped the Hunter Piston class with 44/56 in only his third FT match with his HW97K in .22 caliber followed by Bob Pacatte with a fine 36/56. Mike Vredenberg shot well for First place in Open PCP with 48/56. First place in WFTF Piston was me, Jeff Cloud, with the match high score 52/56 followed by Matt Sawyer with 44/56. [I’m REALLY starting to like my Whiscombe. ] View the full list of all competitors’ scores and equipment below.
Thanks to everyone who helped takedown the course after the match. The ASC club will not host another match until the RoT Grand Prix match on September 23 & 24, but Elm Fork and Pecan Plantation will have matches in August and September prior to the RoT.
As I have said before, if you have any interest in air rifles, have an air rifle sitting in the closet, or just want to try something new, come on out and shoot some targets that react when you hit them. We have a class for everyone, and all of our shooters are more than willing to help you out and share their knowledge, so that you have a great time. Many are even willing to loan you a rifle for your first match. We’d like to see more folks out shooting with us and experience the accuracy of an adult air rifle; they are nothing like the BB guns you shot as kids. The Field Target matches challenge you to hit a kill zone anywhere from 3/8” – 1 ½” in size at distances from 10-55 yards. Jeff Cloud & Chris Simmons ASC Field Target Co-Match Directors
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Two wonderful performances in this one...
Jeff Cloud's 52 is almost unheard of for a piston rifle (recoilless or not). Great job, Jeff.
Jentry Powell has improved immensely with his .22 HW97K, shooting 44 after just a handful of matches. Outstanding.
I would be happy about cleaning the standing lane, shooting down from 15' high in the tower... IF I hadn't missed 3 of 4 in the other standing lane on the ground. Pretty schizophrenic.
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I am in awe, Jentry, that's really
awesome (<<<<wait, wut?) impressive.
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Good evening everyone,
This is just a reminder that the next FT match at ASC will be Saturday, October 28. The weather looks to be alot cooler after the long, hot summer. I aim to make this a little easier after the recent RoT and matches leading up to it, with 10-12 lanes in the woods placed from 10-55 yards and 2-3 targets per lane. We will not use the archery tower this time, so that the less steady amongst you won’t complain about the challenge. Tee hee. As always, we will have water and a community air tank. Come out and join us. I may or may not be there, but you are in good hands with Scott Cotton and Terry Vanpool running the match.
Gates will open at 7:45 for sight in and sign up.
Safety meeting at 8:45. Rifle match to start at 9:00.
All rifles must be in a case or rifle carrier when moving between lanes.
Please note that it is a club rule that all shooters wear appropriate EYE protection. We don't have extras so remember to bring your own.
Members $5, non-Members $10
Please let Scott and Chris know if you plan to attend
Arlington Sportsman’s Club is located at: 11500 County Road 525, Mansfield, TX 76063 (Also called Lillian Road)
Thanks,
Jeff Cloud
Match Director
jeff-cloud@utexas.edu
817-360-0611
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The Arlington Sportsman’s Club held our monthly Field Target rifle match this weekend. Fall has finally arrived in Texas, like someone snapped their fingers. The temperature went from 85F on Thursday, to the 30’s with sleet and rain on Friday, and then 28F on Saturday when I opened the gates to the club. Brrrr!!!! The forecast was for sunny skies, light wind, and a high of 60F by the time we finished the match, but my toes didn’t care about the future, they were cold NOW. 11 hardy shooters showed up to shoot the 28 target/56 shot rifle match, with 3 targets on most lanes, but only 2 on the forced position lanes. Many thanks to Terry Vanpool and Scott Cotton for setting up the course in the sleet and rain on Friday afternoon. We were pleased to welcome a new to ASC shooter, Adam Dye, who was shooting one of my HW97’s with me and soaking up all things FT. We had a slightly easier match this month following the lead-up to the RoT in September; the Troyer rating was 28, with an average target distance of 30 yards, but we still had 43% of the targets over 40 yards.
We had a quick shooters safety meeting, squadded the guys together, and got started a little after 9:00 because we were waiting for it to warm up a bit. As I mentioned, I was squadded with Adam Dye to help him learn the proper techniques for Piston FT and loan him a rifle to shoot. He promised to have his own rifle setup by our next match in November. We shot in the Hunter Piston class and I must say that Adam already has many good shooting habits for a beginner. Keep up the hard work, Adam.
At the end of the match, we turned in our score cards and tallied the scores. Paul Kocurek posted the match high score of 46/56 in Hunter PCP. First place in Hunter Piston was Paul Bracaglia with 45/56, and first place in WFTF Piston was Matt Sawyer with 38/56. View the full list of all competitors’ scores and equipment below. Please make note that this match had a 55/45% split for powerplant, with Piston powerplant used by most shooters. Way to go Springers!!
Thanks to everyone who helped setup and take down the course, and I sincerely hope you enjoyed the match. Since our matches are on the 4th Saturday of the month, we need to move or cancel November and December since the 4th Saturday is right after Thanksgiving and Christmas. We’ll keep you informed of our decision via email and on the Yellow forum.
See you at the next match,
Jeff Cloud
Field Target Co-Match Director
Link to Photos on Google Photo:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/DkrP0Ldjr68eoeCJ3
Arlington Sportsmans Club
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Good evening everyone,
This is just a reminder that the next FT match at ASC will be Saturday, December 16. Be aware that this is NOT the 4th Saturday of the month as our traditional matches. Come on out for a 60-shot match on 10 lanes in the woods placed from 10-55 yards. We’ll have 3 targets per lane including standing and kneeling. We will not use the archery tower again this time, so that the less steady amongst you won’t complain about the challenge. Tee hee.
As always, we will have water and a community air tank. Come out and join us. The only reason I will cancel the match is if it rains or snows (yeah right, this is Texas) on the day of the match.
Gates will open at 8:00 for sight in and sign up.
Safety meeting at 9:15. Rifle match to start at 9:30.
All rifles must be in a case or rifle carrier when moving between lanes.
Please note that it is a club rule that all shooters wear appropriate EYE protection. We don't have extras so remember to bring your own.
Members $5, non-Members $10
Please let me know if you plan to attend
Arlington Sportsman’s Club is located at: 11500 County Road 525, Mansfield, TX 76063 (Also called Lillian Road)
Thanks, Jeff Cloud Co-Match Director
jeff DASH cloud AT utexas DOT edu
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FT Match Report Arlington Sportsmans Club 12/16/17
The Arlington Sportsman’s Club held our monthly Field Target rifle match this weekend, one weekend early due to Christmas on the regular weekend. It was chilly when the match started, but warmed up nicely during the match, and then cooled off before it was over. The wind also came up near the end of the match making those long-distance shots across the open field challenging. 15 shooters showed up to shoot the 30 target/60 shot rifle match, with 3 targets on all lanes, including the forced position lanes. A few of the shooters showed up showing their Christmas spirit by wearing Christmas hats or shirts and received ½ off the regular match fee. Woo hoo!! We were pleased to welcome some new shooters to ASC this month; Nate Luke was shooting under the tutelage of his grandfather, Johnny Nabors, while home on leave from the USMC; Tom Smith, a regular at many airgun shows decided to dip his toe in the FT waters, and he had a blast and shot "dang" well for a first-timer; finally Steven Adkins and Andrew Vega came as guests of regular Jerry Cox, and all 3 shared Jerry’s Benjamin Marauder. I say welcome to the group all, and I hope to see you back in the future. Once again, we had a slightly easier match this month; the Troyer rating was 27.4, with an SD of 5.93, an average KZ of 1.13 inches, and an average target distance of 29 yards, but we still had 37% of the targets over 40 yards. Many shooters commented that the match seemed a little easier, but no one cleaned it this month.
We had a quick shooters safety meeting going over all of the rules for the new shooters, squadded the guys together, and got started by 9:30. In January, we may wait until 10:00 or 11:00 to start the match so that temps are a little higher and more comfortable for us Texans.
At the end of the match, we turned in our score cards and tallied the scores as always. Mike Vredenburg posted the match high score of 56/60 in Open PCP. First place in Hunter Piston was new shooter, Tom Smith with 38/60, first place in WFTF Piston was yours truly with 54/60, first place in WFTF PCP was Matt Sawyer with 51/60, first place in Hunter PCP was Ronny Hobbs with 52/60, and first place in Fun Rifle was Steven Adkins with 84/120, beating out his family member by 1 point. View the full list of all competitors’ scores and equipment below.
Here is a link to the photos and match results. https://photos.app.goo.gl/c0wVzMrVknEJcQkM2 (https://photos.app.goo.gl/c0wVzMrVknEJcQkM2)
Thanks to everyone who came out to shoot and help take down the course, and I sincerely hope you enjoyed the match. We will see you the 4th Saturday in January for the next match. Keep an eye on the forums in case we cancel due to foul weather.
See you at the next match,
Jeff Cloud
Field Target Match Director
Arlington Sportsman’s Club
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Good afternoon everyone,
This is just a reminder that the next FT match at ASC will be Saturday, January 27. Come on out for a 50-60-shot match on 10 lanes in the woods placed from 10-55 yards. We’ll have 2 or 3 targets per lane and will use the archery tower this time, so start practicing your offhand shooting in the wind. As always, we will have water and a community air tank. Come out and join us. The only reason I will cancel the match is if it rains or snows on the day of the match. I will send out an email to everyone if that happens.
Gates will open at 8:00 for sight in and sign up.
Safety meeting at 9:45. Rifle match to start at 10:00.
All rifles must be in a case or rifle carrier when moving between lanes.
Please note that it is a club rule that all shooters wear appropriate EYE protection. We don't have extras so remember to bring your own.
Members $5, non-Members $10
Please let me know if you plan to attend
Arlington Sportsman’s Club is located at: 11500 County Road 525, Mansfield, TX 76063 (Also called Lillian Road)
http://www.arlingtonsportsman.com/rifle/ (http://www.arlingtonsportsman.com/rifle/)
If you are free on Friday around lunch time or a little after, I would appreciate any help to setup the targets on the course. Helping setup could earn you a free entry for this match.
Thanks,
Jeff Cloud
Co-Match Director
jeff-cloud@utexas.edu
817-360-0611
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Good evening everyone,
As of right now, there is a 40% chance of rain late on Friday night and early Saturday morning, decreasing as the morning progresses. At this point, the match is on and will remain on, so expect some mud and you should probably bring a rain jacket. You might also bring a small plastic tarp to keep your rifle dry when you aren’t shooting, and a plastic trash bag to put your rifle case in if you have a soft case. For those of you thinking about going to the Cajuns in April, consider this a trial run for shooting in the rain. I want you to have fun, so please come prepared for the wet weather that we may have.
If you are planning to come, and haven’t told me so yet, PLEASE RESPOND AND LET ME KNOW YOU ARE COMING.
See you on Saturday. Gates open at 8:am, shooter meeting at 9:45, match starts at 10:00am.
Thanks,
Jeff Cloud
Co-Match Director
jeff-cloud@utexas.edu
817-360-0611
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The Arlington Sportsman’s Club held our first monthly Field Target rifle match of the new year today. All week leading up to the match, there was a threat of rain, so I expected the turnout to be light. However, I was driven to have the largest attendance possible, so I began sending emails and text messages to my past shooter list in an effort to coerce or guilt them into coming. As the day got closer, the threat of rain was predicted to diminish by 8am, so I pushed guys to come on out for this first match, and was awarded with 14 shooters this morning! Thanks to all of you who attended today. All of the rain indeed stopped by 8am, and it was a cool and breezy day for our match. I made the match a little easier today, with 56 shots over 14 lanes, including 2 standing lanes (one on the archery tower, the nemesis of many shooters). The Troyer rating was 29.1, with an SD of 6.02, average KZ 1.21 inches, and an average target distance of 32 yards, including 36% of the targets beyond 40 yards. No one cleaned the course this month, but Terry Vanpool commented that he would have if there weren’t 2 standing lanes (And that is why I put them in… J )
As mentioned in December, we delayed the start of the match until 10:00am, and I am glad we did, because it helped us wait until it was finished raining. We had a quick shooters safety meeting, warned the guys about muddy spots, squadded the guys together, and got started on time.
Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves, but there was a little grumbling about target visibility due to the placement of a few targets by the devious MD, and some stray grass and tree branches that obscured a couple of the targets. I swear that those things weren’t there the day before the match during setup and before the storm and wind last night. All I can say is that I will try to better to keep the grass and branches clear next time.
I was shooting with Jerry Cox today, and witnessed him ‘clear’ his first ever lane, and then follow that up with his personal best score. Jerry has been shooting for a while with us, and his scores have recently improved after some friendly assistance from Paul B on Jerry’s Marauder. Very pleased to witness this achievement, Jerry.
At the end of the match, we turned in our score cards and tallied the scores with Terry Vanpool posting the match high score of 50/56 in Hunter PCP. First place in Hunter Piston was Jim Clarke with 42/56, first place in WFTF Piston was Craig Martin with 39/60, first place in WFTF PCP was Matt Sawyer with 45/56, first place in Open PCP was Chris Simmons with 44/56, and first place in Open Piston was Scott ‘Plumber’ Cotton with 33/56. We have so many classes that it seems like everyone won something this time. View the full list of all competitors’ scores and equipment below.
Once again, thanks to everyone who braved the weather and came out to shoot and also help take down the course. You have no idea how much I appreciate your help to take down what takes me and a couple of others hours to setup. We will see you the 4th Saturday in February for the next match, but be sure to attend the Dallas Field Target Club match on February 10. Keep an eye on the forums in case we cancel due to foul weather.
See you at the next match,
Jeff Cloud
Field Target Match Director
Arlington Sportsman’s Club
Link to Google Photo Album with pics:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/lI5Ek46y8wT6WiK42
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Good evening everyone,
This is just a reminder that the next FT match at ASC will be Saturday, February 24. Come on out for a 60-shot match on 11 lanes in the woods placed from 10-55 yards. We’ll have 3 targets on most lanes and will use the archery tower again this time, so continue practicing your offhand shooting in the wind. As always, we will have water and a community air tank. The only reason I will cancel the match is if it rains or snows on the day of the match. There is a 50% chance of rain on Saturday, but I will keep an eye on it. I will send out an email to everyone if I have to cancel due to rain.
Gates will open at 8:00 for sight in and sign up.
Safety meeting at 9:45. Rifle match to start at 10:00.
All rifles must be in a case or rifle carrier when moving between lanes.
Please note that it is a club rule that all shooters wear appropriate EYE protection. We don't have extras so remember to bring your own.
Members $5, non-Members $10
Please let me know if you plan to attend
Arlington Sportsman’s Club is located at: 11500 County Road 525, Mansfield, TX 76063 (Also called Lillian Road)
Thanks,
Jeff Cloud
FT Match Director
jeff-cloud@utexas.edu
817-360-0611
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Good morning everyone,
I have decided to cancel the ASC FT match tomorrow, February 24. The forecast is for continued rain here in Mansfield, and I checked the course and there is standing water in many places where we sit. See you March 24 for the next match.
Jeff Cloud
ASC FT Match Director
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Good evening everyone,
This is just a reminder that the next FT match at ASC will be Saturday, March 24. Come on out for a 50-60-shot match on 10 lanes in the woods placed from 10-55 yards. We’ll have 3 targets on most lanes and will use the archery tower again this time, so continue practicing your offhand shooting in the wind. As always, we will have water and a community air tank. The only reason I will cancel the match is if it rains or snows on the day of the match; I will keep an eye on it. I will send out an email to everyone if that happens.
Come out and join us. Gates will open at 8:00 for sight in and sign up. Safety meeting at 9:15. Rifle match to start at 9:30.
All rifles must be in a case or rifle carrier when moving between lanes. Please note that it is a club rule that all shooters wear appropriate EYE protection. We don't have extras so remember to bring your own.
Members $5, non-Members $10
Please let me know if you plan to attend
Arlington Sportsman’s Club is located at: 11500 County Road 525, Mansfield, TX 76063 (Also called Lillian Road)
If you are free on Friday around noon, I would appreciate any help to setup the targets on the course. Helping setup could earn you a free entry for this match.
Jeff Cloud
ASC Match Director
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The Arlington Sportsman’s Club held our monthly Field Target rifle match this weekend. This is the nice weather season in Texas, and the 15 shooters that showed up were rewarded with warm temps and a nice breeze for the match. Thanks to all of you who attended today. The match was 60 shots over 11 lanes today, including 2 standing lanes (one on the archery tower, the nemesis of many shooters). We recently ordered and received 8 new targets from Rhino Target company and put them to use immediately. Thanks to Terry, Jim, Chris, and Jerry who helped setup the course, and thanks to everyone else who got it all taken down and put away quickly. The Troyer rating was 30.4, with an SD of 6.05, average KZ 1.14 inches, and an average target distance of 31.5 yards, including 37% of the targets beyond 40 yards. No one cleaned the course this month, but Mike Vredenburg came "dang" close.
We had a quick shooters safety meeting, squadded the guys together, and got started on time.
We had only one new shooter today, Vance Lowe shooting Open PCP, and with a score like his I officially took him off the rookie list by the end of the match. Vance said he has been shooting Precision Rifle and that skill seems to have transferred very well to Field Target. All of you Open PCP guys better look out for Vance. For all of you that couldn’t make it out, you missed a great match in great weather with a bunch of great guys. (That’s Great3) I really encourage you to come back out when you can, and to anyone who hasn’t ever shot Field Target, this is my open invitation to try it. Don’t worry if you don’t have a suitable air rifle yet, we can pair you up with someone to share a rifle with, or we can loan you a rifle for the match. You really have no excuses not to come out and try this.
Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves, and there were good comments about the course layout; we didn’t have any cold lines which is always nice. At the end of the match, we turned in our score cards and tallied the scores with Mike Vredenburg posting the match high score of 58/60 in Open PCP. First place in Hunter PCP was Bob Dye with 55/60, first place in Hunter Piston was Jim Clarke with 41/60, first place in WFTF Piston was Jeff Cloud with 53/60, and finally first place in WFTF PCP was Matt Sawyer with 46/60. View the full list of all competitors’ scores and equipment below.
As I always say every month, thanks to everyone who joined us at the match and also helped take down the course. You have no idea how much I appreciate your help to take down what takes me and a couple of others hours to setup. We will have our next match the 4th Saturday in April but be sure to attend the Dallas Field Target Club match on April 14.
See you at the next match,
Jeff Cloud
Field Target Match Director
Arlington Sportsman’s Club
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Last couple matches, Mike V is on fire! Shades of years before.
Good job on your first FT match, Vance!
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Good morning everyone,
Due to match director scheduling conflicts, the May 26 FT match at ASC is CANCELED. :'( Our next match will be in June, and it is a special match. I invite all of you to attend the Texas Airgun Show on June 23, and then come for the FT match the next day June 24 where out-of-towners will be shooting with us. ;D
Thanks,
Jeff Cloud
FT Match Director
jeff-cloud@utexas.edu
817-360-0611
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Howdy ya’ll,
The Arlington Sportsman Club (ASC) in Mansfield Texas hosted the 1st Annual 2018 Texas Airgun Show Field Target match this past Sunday, June 24. There were 32 competitors in all who came from 5 nearby and far-away states (AR, OK, KS, LA, and Texas. Almost 2/3 of the competitors attended the match because they came to the Texas Airgun Show the day before, but we also had about 10 regular shooters participate.
Field Target at ASC is shot on our 3D archery course setup on 15 lanes among the Mesquite and Live Oak trees on the property. Almost all of the lanes are sheltered in the trees, but a few cross an open area where the winds can swirl unpredictably, while others are quite dark. Being that we are in North Texas, the lanes are flat, so we make up for that shortcoming with a few targets in trees and also by shooting down from our elevated 12-foot archery tower. I believe the tower is one of the most popular lanes based on the number of comments I receive every time we use it. Hee Hee.
Chris and I set up the course Saturday afternoon following the airgun show; we were already tired and hot before we even got started. The course of fire would be a 60-shot rifle match with 2 targets per lane. We finished setting up about 7:30pm and headed home.
Saturday morning was normal summer time (in Texas), partly cloudy with temps in the low-80’s that climbed to the high-90’s by the afternoon, and winds that varied from 10-20mph. Everyone had time to get their rifles sighted in on our cozy sight-in range before the match started. With so many folks who had never shot at ASC before, we had a very thorough safety, rules and etiquette meeting before we paired up and started shooting on the 15 lanes at about 9:30. I grouped new shooters (rookies) with experienced shooters to guarantee the fun meter was pegged. Representatives from Hatsan and Umarex shot with us using their company’s products and did very well. I also loaned out one of the 3 club Benjamin Marauders (purchased at a discount from Crosman. Thanks!) to new shooter George Wells and he had so much fun that he promised to return next month. There were 19 Hunter PCP, 5 Hunger Piston, 1 WFTF PCP, 1 WFTF Piston, 4 Open PCP, 2 Open Piston, and 1 Fun Rifle shooters. I didn’t shoot this month, because as a good host I wanted to ensure that everything ran smoothly and all the competitors drank plenty of water. The Troyer rating for this course after adjustment for wind was 28.4T with an SD of 7.0.
It appeared that everyone enjoyed shooting our course, even though it was hot, and many of the new shooters said they will come back to shoot here in DFW, because of the 3 local N Texas clubs and/or because our venue is more enjoyable than their own (some folks only shoot in an open range at a gun club). Jason’s Deli catered lunch after the match while we enjoyed a nice respite in the shade to refuel and rehydrate before heading out to take down the course.
After lunch and after dismantling the course, I announced the top positions in each of the classes (see below). After many congratulations from all of the participants, they slowly drifted off and got on the road for their homes near and far.
The finishing positions of the 2018 Texas Airgun Show FT Match are shown at the bottom.
You can all of the photos from the Airgun Show and FT match here: (https://photos.app.goo.gl/9W3ZXkYtmpRPwBWH3 (https://photos.app.goo.gl/9W3ZXkYtmpRPwBWH3))
Thanks for coming to ASC, thanks to the volunteers who helped with the match, and congratulations to everyone who participated in this match and survived the Texas heat.
Jeff Cloud
ASC FT Match Director
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Good evening everyone,
This is just a reminder that the next FT match at ASC will be Saturday, July 21. This will be round 3 of 4 as part of the Texas Grand Prix (2018 Texas Grand Prix (http://txgp.x10host.com/Texas_GP_2018.pdf)). This will be a 60-shot match on 15 lanes (2 targets per lane) in the woods placed from 10-55 yards that is setup to be compliant with AAFTA rules for a GP match. As always, we will have water and a community air tank. Since the chiggers are out, please take precautions (bug spray or sulfur powder).
The only reason we will cancel the match is if it rains on the day of the match; we will keep an eye on it and will send out an email to everyone if that happens. Come out and join us.
Gates will open at 7:00 for sight in and sign up. Safety meeting at 8:45. Rifle match to start at 9:00.
All rifles must be in a case or rifle carrier when moving between lanes.
Please note that it is a club rule that all shooters wear appropriate EYE protection. We don't have extras so remember to bring your own.
Members $10, non-Members $15 (the extra $5 goes to pay for trophies at the end of the tournament and will be awarded at the Republic of Texas match)
Please let me know if you plan to attend
Arlington Sportsman’s Club is located at: 11500 County Road 525, Mansfield, TX 76063 (Also called Lillian Road)
Thanks,
Jeff Cloud
FT Match Director
jeff-cloud@utexas.edu
817-360-0611
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TXGP Match Report Arlington Sportsman’s Club 07/21/2018
The 3rdleg of the 2018 Texas Field Target Grand Prix happened at the Arlington Sportsman’s Club this past Saturday. The only thing I can say is that the heat was oppressive, and we are on a string of 100+ days in the metroplex. The 17 shooters that showed up were die hards not wanting to miss out on a possible trophy at the end of the GP in September. Many thanks for those of you that braved the heat to shoot with us at ASC. Thanks to Terry, Vance, Jim, Chris and others who helped setup the course, and thanks to everyone else who got it all taken down and put away quickly. The rifle match was 60 shots over 15 lanes today, including 2 standing lanes (one on the archery tower, the nemesis of many shooters) and 1 kneeling lane. The Troyer rating was 32.3, with an SD of 6.06, average KZ 1.12 inches, and an average target distance of 32.0 yards, including 37% of the targets beyond 40 yards. No one cleaned the course this month. The pistol match was supposed to be 40 shots over 10 lanes, but the 5 shooters who were going to participate decided to postpone that match until next month, and allow me some time to come up with a creative way to get it done before the temps get too high. We had a quick shooters safety meeting, reminded everyone to drink lots of water, squadded the guys together, and got started on time @ 9:00am.
The temps weren’t too bad for the first hour or so, but by 11am we were at 100F, and we topped out at 105F when the match finished at 1pm. I believe this is the hottest temperatures we have shot in here at ASC. For all of you that couldn’t make it out, you missed a tough, competitive match in unbearable weather with a bunch of great guys. I really encourage you to come back out when the weather cools off.
At the end of the match, we turned in our score cards and tallied the scores with Terry Vanpool posting the match high score of 56/60 in Hunter PCP. First place in Open PCP was Vance Lowe with 55/60, first place in Hunter Piston was Bob Pacatte by virtue of better shooting on the forced position lanes with 32/60, and first place in WFTF Piston was Jeff Cloud with 48/60. View the full list of all competitors’ scores and equipment below. I didn’t get any pictures this month, because it was too dang hot.
As I always say every month, thanks to everyone who joined us at the match and also helped take down the course. You have no idea how much I appreciate your help to take down what takes me and one other helper hours to setup. We will have our next match the 4thSaturday in August (25th) that will be a Pistol-oriented match. For you guys shooting rifles, why don’t you bring out a low-powered rifle with a low power scope or open sights so that the short course won’t seem so easy with your regular rifle? I am contemplating shooting with one of my Sheridans in Fun Rifle or perhaps one of my other lower powered springers. For the next shoot on the calendar, be sure to attend the Dallas Field Target Club match on August 11 at Elm Fork Shooting Range.
See you at the next match,
Jeff Cloud
ASC Field Target Match Director
Arlington Sportsman’s Club
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Jeff, I'm glad to hear everyone had a good time. I came up with enough excuses to stay close to home and enjoy the A/C.
I like your idea about shooting open sights or using a more basic setup. I hope to see you guys soon.
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It was a great match Jeff. It was hot but I think we all mentally prepared for it and it wasn't too bad. I am looking forward to winter. Congrats on your stellar WFTF piston performance.
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Thanks Craig. My main goal is always to have a good match that runs well and provides good entertainment for you guys.
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Good morning everyone, [/size]This is just a reminder that the next FT match at ASC will be Saturday, September 22. This will be a 40-50 shot match because it is still so hot out, and I may add a few twists because I want to try some new things. We’ll have 3 targets on most lanes, but no tower lane again this time. As always, we will have water and a community air tank. The only reason we will cancel the match is if it rains on the day of the match; we will keep an eye on it and will send out an email to everyone if that happens. Come out and join us. Gates will open at 7:30 for sight in and sign up. Safety meeting at 8:45. Rifle match to start at 9:00.
All rifles must be in a case or rifle carrier when moving between lanes.
Please note that it is a club rule that all shooters wear appropriate EYE protection. We don't have extras so remember to bring your own.
Members $5, non-Members $10
Please let me know if you plan to attend
Arlington Sportsman’s Club is located at: 11500 County Road 525, Mansfield, TX 76063 (Also called Lillian Road)
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MATCH IS CANCELED DUE TO EXCESSIVE RAIN, FLOODING AND MUD. Next match will be December 15.
Good afternoon everyone, This is just a reminder that the next FT match at ASC will be Saturday, October 27. This will be a 40-50 shot match because many of the lanes are still muddy. We’ll have 3 targets on most lanes, but no tower lane again this time. As always, we will have water and a community air tank. The only reason we will cancel the match is if it rains on the day of the match, or if the lanes don’t dry out this week; we will keep an eye on it and will send out an email to everyone if that happens. Come out and join us. Gates will open at 7:30 for sight in and sign up. Safety meeting at 8:45. Rifle match to start at 9:00.
All rifles must be in a case or rifle carrier when moving between lanes.
Please note that it is a club rule that all shooters wear appropriate EYE protection. We don't have extras so remember to bring your own.
Members $5, non-Members $10
Please let me know if you plan to attend
Arlington Sportsman’s Club is located at: 11500 County Road 525, Mansfield, TX 76063 (Also called Lillian Road)
Thanks,
Jeff Cloud
FT Match Director
jeff-cloud@utexas.edu
817-360-0611
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Good afternoon everyone,
This is just a reminder that the next FT match at ASC will be this coming Saturday, December 15. The targets are all set and we are ready for you to come and shoot with us tomorrow morning. This will be a 54 shot match. We’ll have 3 targets on all lanes, but no tower lane again this time, and no standing or kneeling this time due to the mud from the rain yesterday. I have some new targets for you on a WWII-theme lane, and also 2 new targets that will really be a challenge to hit, but also satisfying if you do hit them! As always, we will have water and a community air tank.
It is not predicted to rain tomorrow, but the rain we got yesterday and today have left the shooting lanes a little wet and muddy, therefore, we will NOT have a kneeling lane (or even a standing lane) this match. Please come prepared for cold weather, because the temp is supposed to be 44F when we start at 10am, also please bring boots to combat the mud, and if you shoot from a bum bag, I suggest you wrap it in a trash bag or it will be a soggy muddy mess at the end of the match.
Gates will open at 7:30 for sight in and sign up.
Safety meeting at 9:45. Rifle match to start at 10:00.
All rifles must be in a case or rifle carrier when moving between lanes.
Please note that it is a club rule that all shooters wear appropriate EYE protection. We don't have extras so remember to bring your own.
Members $5, non-Members $10
Please let me know if you plan to attend Arlington Sportsman’s Club is located at: 11500 County Road 525, Mansfield, TX 76063 (Also called Lillian Road)Come out and join us for the last North Texas match of 2018 for some lead slinging fun.
Thanks,
Jeff Cloud
FT Match Director
817-360-0611
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The Arlington Sportsman’s Club held our monthly Field Target rifle match this weekend, the first match in a few months, because the rains have been heavy this fall and seem to occur on or just before the match leaving us no choice but to cancel; something we don’t do very often in Texas. Today dawned cold (37F) but warmed to 45F by shooting time, but the winds also picked up to about 12-15mph, and we finished the match at 62F. This is my kind of winter weather. JWe had 11 shooters today, including one new shooter, Nick Petta, who was encouraged to attend by his father-in-law Dick Spengler, an ASC club member that doesn’t shoot air rifles(!). Many thanks to Terry Vanpool for helping Nick through his first match; hopefully he will come back and encourage his father-in-law to get an air rifle too. The match was 54 shots over 9 lanes today, with no standing or kneeling lanes due to the still muddy ground. In my never-ending quest for new targets, I purchased 8 used but unique targets from Ronnie Easton and the Northern California Airgun Club. The Troyer rating was 27.2, with an SD of 8.89, average KZ 1.08 inches, and an average target distance of 29.3 yards. We had a quick shooters safety meeting, squadded the guys together, and got started on time at 10:00am.
In the spirit of having fun, I intended this to be a laid back, relaxing year-end match after the typical more challenging matches to help improve our shooting skills. My definition of fun comprises interesting targets, or lanes with a theme, or shots with unique challenges. This month we had the “Zombie Apocalypse” lane, the “Chip & Dale” lane (all chipmunks), the “Flock of Birds” lane, the “Bugs Bunny” lane, and finally “The Battle of the Bulge” lane. “The Battle of the Bulge” lane was composed of 3 German tank targets from the NCAGC. I am happy to be the new owner of these unique targets and look forward to using them for many years.
I also placed 2 unique bell targets out past 55 yards (hee hee) to challenge the shooters with something different than the usual falling target. These are also courtesy of NCAGC and Ronnie Easton. Many shooters were able to hit them at least once and ring the bell.
At the end of the match, we turned in our score cards and tallied the scores with Paul Walker posting the match high score of 52/54 and first place in Hunter PCP. First place in Hunter Piston went to Jim Clarke with 42/54. View the full list of all competitors’ scores and equipment below.
For all of you that couldn’t make it out, you missed a great match in great weather with a bunch of great guys. I really encourage you to come back out when you can, and to anyone who hasn’t ever shot Field Target, this is my open invitation to try it. Don’t worry if you don’t have a suitable air rifle yet, we can pair you up with someone to share a rifle with, or we can loan you a rifle for the match. You really have no excuses not to come out and try this.
As I always say every month, thanks to everyone who joined us at the match and also helped take down the course. You have no idea how much I appreciate your help to take down what takes me and a couple of others hours to setup. We will have our next match the 4thSaturday in January.
See you at the next match,
Jeff Cloud
Field Target Match Director
Arlington Sportsman’s Club
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Good evening everyone, [/size]This is just a reminder that the next FT match at ASC will be Saturday, January 26 not in April as I mistakenly said in the results from the last match. This next match will be 52-60 shots. We’ll have 3 targets on most lanes, and will include the tower lane this time. As always, we will have water and a community air tank. The only reason we will cancel the match is if it rains on the day of the match; we will keep an eye on it and will send out an email to everyone if that happens. Bring some warm clothes just in case it is cold. Come out and join us for some lead slinging fun. Gates will open at 7:30 for sight in and sign up. Safety meeting at 9:45. Rifle match to start at 10:00.
All rifles must be in a case or rifle carrier when moving between lanes.
Please note that it is a club rule that all shooters wear appropriate EYE protection. We don't have extras so remember to bring your own.
Members $5, non-Members $10
Please let me know if you plan to attend
Arlington Sportsman’s Club is located at: 11500 County Road 525, Mansfield, TX 76063 (Also called Lillian Road)
Thanks,
Jeff Cloud
FT Match Director
jeff-cloud@utexas.edu
817-360-0611
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Howdy everyone,
Here are the results from our FT match on Saturday January 26 at the Arlington Sportsman Club. Thanks to everyone who attended.
Welcome all Texas shooters to the first match of the new year hosted by the Arlington Sportsmans Club in Mansfield. I was excited to kick off the new year at ASC, and the weather turned out great for our first match. Terry Vanpool and I setup the course of 29 targets (58 shots) on Friday using 10 of our available 15 lanes in our wooded 3D archery course. Saturday dawned cool and calm in the low 40’s, with an expected high of 58 by the time the match ended, and very light winds. We only had 11 shooters show up, and we are glad to have each and every one of, but I always welcome more and always strive to setup a challenging course for them. The match this time was 58 shots with an average Troyer of 30.5, SD 6.46, Avg Dist 30.4 yds, and Avg KZ 1.12”.
We had a new shooter, Tommy Taylor who is a member of the ASC, come out and shoot his first air rifle match with us today. Terry Vanpool was generous enough to loan Tommy one of his rifles to shoot, and Tommy shot with me and Terry in the match. Tommy had a really good time, and has a new appreciation of this level of air rifle shooting as compared to plinking in his yard. I expect that Tommy will be back to shoot with us, and I encourage him to try a few more rifles before he purchases one. As a first-time shooter, Tommy shot the match for free; this is an offer from ASC open to all first-time shooters where we waive your entry fee. Come on out and try shooting, because we’ve removed almost all the excuses not to! We had a quick shooters safety meeting, squadded the guys together, and got started on time at 10:00am.If you read the report from our last match, you’ll remember that we had some new WWII German tank targets on our battle of the bulge challenge. Well, the Germans are back in force this month with an additional lane of tanks, and another challenge to the shooters to “Take out those Tigers!”
Overall, the match ran exceptionally well with no cold lines, and only one malfunctioning target, when a pellet got stuck in the mechanism near the end of the match. I decided to just throw out this target and give everyone the points for it. Thanks to everyone who joined us at the match and also helped take down the course.
At the end of the match, we turned in our score cards and tallied the scores with 3 shooters posting identical scores of 49/58. Kevin Enizan topped Paul Kocurek in Hunter PCP by virtue of his stronger performance on the forced position lanes. Terry Vanpool also posted a 49/58 in Hunter Piston, taking the win. View the full list of all competitors’ scores and equipment below.For all of you that couldn’t make it out, you missed another great match in great weather with a bunch of great guys. If you’d like us to make any changes that would allow you or encourage you to attend, please let me know as recommendations are always welcome. We will have our next match the 4thSaturday in February (23rd), but be sure to attend the next Dallas Field Target Club match on February 9that Elm Fork Shooting Range.See you at the next match, Jeff Cloud Field Target Match Director Arlington Sportsman’s Club
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February ASC FT Match is CANCELED
See you next month on the 4th Saturday, March 23 for the next match.
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No FT match at Arlington Sportsmans Club in July. See you in August.
Jeff Cloud
FT Match Director
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FT Match Report Arlington Sportsmans Club 08/24/2019
The August Field Target match was hot as expected in Texas during the summer, but that didn’t seem to affect attendance at the match this month. 18 shooters including 3 from Oklahoma showed up to take on 9 lanes on the course in our wooded 3D archery course. The match this time was 54 shots with an average Troyer of 33.6, SD 5.67, Avg Dist 32.4 yds, and Avg KZ 1.06”. Saturday dawned warm and calm in the low 80’s, and reached 90F by the time the match ended, and very light winds.
Overall, the match ran exceptionally well with no cold lines or malfunctioning targets, although I did hear some shooters voice disbelief at some of the shots between trees that I setup on Friday. Honestly, I am just trying to be a good match director and spice up the course! ;-) Thanks to everyone who joined us at the match, helped run the strings in the morning, and also helped take down the course afterwards.
At the end of the match, we turned in our score cards and tallied the scores. Paul Walker turned in the match high score and 1stplace in Hunter PCP with 42/54, while Kevin Enizan finished 2ndin Hunter PCP and Dave Cole from Oklahoma finished 3rd. Paul Bracaglia finished 1stin Hunter Piston with 30/54. View the full list of all competitors’ scores and equipment below.
For all of you that couldn’t make it out, you missed another great match with a bunch of great guys including some out-of-towners. If you’d like us to make any changes that would allow you or encourage you to attend, please let me know as recommendations are always welcome. We will have our next match the 4thSaturday in September (28th), but first be sure to attend the
Republic of Texas Grand Prix match on September 14th& 15that Pecan Plantation Archery & Airgun Club in Granbury.
See you at the next match,
Jeff Cloud
Field Target Match Director
Arlington Sportsman’s Club
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What a wonderful Texas fall day we had for the October Field Target match that was refreshingly cool with a small chance of rain, but warmed to 65F with clear skies and rather breezy by the end. 14 shooters, including high school 10M air rifle shooter Caroline Martin, showed up to take on 11 lanes in our wooded 3D archery course. The match this time was 60 shots with a bonus “spooky clown” bell target worth up to four extra points if the shooter could ring the bell. The course this time had an average Troyer of 30.0, SD 6.00, Avg Dist 30.4 yds, and Avg KZ 1.09”.
Overall, the match once again ran very well with no cold lines or malfunctioning targets, although we did have one 3/8” target at 9.5 yards instead of 10 yards, and I did hear some shooters voice disbelief at the shot between trees required to hit the skull target on Lane 4. Thanks to Terry Vanpool for setup help on Friday, and also to everyone who joined us at the match, helped run the strings in the morning, and finally helped take down the course afterwards.
At the end of the match, we turned in our score cards and tallied the scores. Bob Dye with his RAW TM1000 bested Terry Vanpool for 1stplace in Hunter PCP with 54/60 based on better offhand lane performance, while Faisal Khan finished 3rdwith 53/60. Jeff Cloud finished 1stin Hunter Piston with 49/60, and Eric Pianori finished 2ndwith 35/60, just beating Jim Clarke’s 34/60 for 3rd. David Alsup finished with match high score and 1stplace in Open PCP with 55/60 using his Thomas air rifle. View the full list of all competitors’ scores and equipment below.
For all of you that couldn’t make it out, you missed another great match with a bunch of great guys and gals. If you’d like us to make any changes that would allow you or encourage you to attend, please let me know as recommendations are always welcome. We will have our next match the 4thSaturday in November (23rd).
See you at the next match,
Jeff Cloud
Field Target Match Director
Arlington Sportsman’s Club
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Great match Jeff. When we got to ASC it was looking like it was going to be cold and a little miserable but I started shedding layers after my second lane and it turned out to be a beautiful day and perfect for shooting a match. My daughter, Caroline, and I were enjoying things and I felt we were shooting well until the stock broke on my Daystate and we had to stop with 3-4 lanes to go. I showed Caroline your write up an her responce was I could have won if your rifle hadn't broke. Looking at the scores she had a legit gripe as we were shooting pretty good. Looking forward to your next one.
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Craig,
Yes she beat you and did have a chance to finish in the top 3 I think. Go get that janky Daystate fixed.
Jeff
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Good morning everyone,[/font]
This is just a reminder that the next FT match at ASC will be this Saturday, November 23. This next match will be 48 shots. We’ll have 2 targets per lane, and will include the tower lane this time. As always, we will have water and a community air tank. The only reason we will cancel the match is if it rains on the day of the match; we will keep an eye on it and will send out an email to everyone if that happens. Bring some warm clothes just in case it is cold. Come out and join us for some lead slinging fun. Gates will open at 7:30 for sight in and sign up. Safety meeting at 9:45. Rifle match to start at 10:00.
All rifles must be in a case or rifle carrier when moving between lanes.
Please note that it is a club rule that all shooters wear appropriate EYE protection. We don't have extras so remember to bring your own.
Members $5, non-Members $10
Please let me know if you plan to attend
Arlington Sportsman’s Club is located at: 11500 County Road 525, Mansfield, TX 76063 (Also called Lillian Road)
Thanks,
Jeff Cloud
FT Match Director
jeff-cloud@utexas.edu
817-360-0611[/font]
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Thank you Jeff, we had a great time even though we didn't compete. It was 37 degrees when I woke on Saturday morning, but it was a fantastic day with almost no wind until afternoon. I really enjoyed the visit.
Hunter
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We had a very respectable turnout for a chilly November Field Target match at the Arlington Sportsmans Club in Mansfield Texas this past weekend. 14 shooters, including two new shooters from the Shooting Sports class at Howard Payne University (HPU) in Brownwood, showed up to take on 12 lanes in our wooded 3D archery course. The match this time was a shorter 48 shots due to colder temps, but the average Troyer of 31.0, SD 5.28, Avg Dist 26.8 yds, and Avg KZ .97” was a little tougher than last month’s course.
Overall, matches continue to run very well with no cold lines or malfunctioning targets. Thanks to Terry Vanpool for setup help on Friday, and also to everyone who joined us at the match, helped run the strings in the morning, and finally helped take down the course afterwards.
At the end of the match, we turned in our score cards and tallied the scores. Terry Vanpool with his Air Arms HFT500 bested Don Carmack by 1 point for 1stplace in Hunter PCP with 40/48 vs. 39/48, while Faisal Khan finished 3rdagain with 32/48. Jeff Cloud finished 1stin Hunter Piston again this month with 35/48, and Eric Pianori finished 2ndagain with 32/48, with Jim Clarke’s 29/48 qualifying him for 3rd. New shooter Katie Saenz bested new shooter Kendall Moore with 54/96 vs. 52/96 in the fun rifle class. Read more about the Shooting Sports class offered at HPU here (https://ww2.hputx.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Yellow-Jacket-Edition-3-2016.pdf). View the full list of all competitors’ scores and equipment below.
For all of you that couldn’t make it out, you missed another great match with a bunch of great guys and gals. I’d like to invite any of you out to shoot and tryout field target even if you don’t own an air rifle, because we have some to loan you to shoot with. I’d also like to make an invitation to anyone who would like to design a course for an upcoming match. I can provide a list of targets and pictures of the lanes along with other info that would enable you to layout a match for the rest of us to shoot. Designing a challenging course that others shoot is rewarding and gives back to the sport we all enjoy. We will have our next match the 3rdSaturday in
December (21st) unless the response is low and then we’ll cancel until January.
See you at the next match,
Jeff Cloud
Field Target Match Director Arlington Sportsman’s Club
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Good morning everyone,
I want to let you know that the next FT match at ASC will be Saturday, December 21 (the 3rd Saturday of the month). This next match will be between 54 shots using 3 targets per lane, and I plan to use the tower again this time as the standing lane. I am moving the start time back to 10:00am to allow for the temperature to rise a little before the match starts.
Gates will open at 7:30 for sight in and sign up.
Safety meeting at 9:45. Rifle match to start at 10:00.
All rifles must be in a case or rifle carrier when moving between lanes.
Please note that it is a club rule that all shooters wear appropriate EYE protection. We don't have extras so remember to bring your own.
ASC Members $5, non-Members $10
Please let me know if you plan to attend. If I don’t get more than a few responses, I will cancel the match for this month.
Arlington Sportsman’s Club is located at: 11500 County Road 525, Mansfield, TX 76063 (Also called Lillian Road)
Jeff Cloud
jeff-cloud@utexas.edu
817-360-0611
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Good evening everyone,
The match is on for this Saturday, even if it rains on Friday. The shooting lanes won’t be muddy because we’ve put down gravel in the shooting areas this fall. I’ve made the course much easier this time, so I expect high scores and possibly even for someone to clean the course. I’ve also got a few surprises in store for you. Wear a Christmas hat or sweater and you can shoot for FREE.
See you on Saturday morning,
Jeff Cloud
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FT Match Report Arlington Sportsmans Club 12/20/2019
What a great event for our last match 2019 at the Arlington Sportsmans Club in Mansfield Texas yesterday. 13 shooters showed up on a rather chilly day for Texas in December to take on 10 lanes in our wooded 3D archery course. It was foggy and chilly but with no wind when we started and that weather lasted for the entire match. The match this time was 60 shots with 3 targets per lane, and I turned down the Troyer rating to make it a bit more fun and even provide an “ego boost” for some shooters. The average Troyer was 25.9, SD 5.62, Avg Dist 25.8 yds, and Avg KZ 1.08”, but I had a couple of surprises for the Christmas holidays this match.
First, as has become a tradition at ASC, anyone wearing Holiday attire (hat, sweater, elf shoes, etc.) will be allowed to shoot the match for free (a $10 value)! Second, I placed 2 targets into a lovely wrapped Christmas package setting to enhance the holiday mood. I must admit that my intent was to put the targets into a dark setting making them hard to see, but that didn’t work out as I had hoped as one target wasn’t really dark, and the second one wouldn’t fit into the package I procured for it. Oh well, maybe something to try for a subsequent match.
Overall, matches continue to run very well with no cold lines or malfunctioning targets. Thanks to Terry Vanpool for painting and organizing the targets, and to my youngest daughter, Lilly, who helped measure all of the target distances and setup the match on Friday, and finally to everyone who joined us at the match, helped run the strings in the morning, and finally helped take down the course afterwards.
At the end of the match, we turned in our score cards and tallied the scores. Kevin Enzian with his Air Arms S500 bested everyone for match high score, was first in Hunter PCP, and almost cleaned the course with a score of 59/60! Congratulations Kevin!! Paul Walker with his Thomas finished 2nd in Hunter PCP with 53/60, and Paul Kocurek with his RAW TM1000 was 3rd with 51/50. Eric Pianori with his Walther LGU in .22(!) finished 1st in Hunter Piston with 52/60, besting Terry Vanpool and his Walther LGU with 51/60, and I followed with 50/60 for 3rd. We had 2 open class shooters Craig Martin (Open Piston) with 45/60 and Cliff Montgomery (Open PCP) with 41/60. It’s nice to see some Open Class shooters!
View the full list of all competitors’ scores and equipment and the match planner below. For all of you that couldn’t make it out, you missed another great match with a bunch of great folks. I’d like to invite any of you out to shoot and tryout field target even if you don’t own an air rifle, because we have some to loan you to shoot with. Just let me know ahead of time and we can plan for you to shoot with someone experienced. We’d love to have you join us. I’d also like to make an invitation to anyone who would like to design a course for an upcoming match. I can provide a list of targets and pictures of the lanes along with other info that would enable you to layout a match for the rest of us to shoot. Designing a challenging course that others shoot is rewarding and gives back to the sport we all enjoy. We will have our next match next year the 4th Saturday in January (25th).
See you at the next match,
Jeff Cloud
Field Target Match Director
Arlington Sportsman’s Club
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Good evening everyone,
I want to let you know that the next airgun Field Target (FT) match at ASC will be Saturday, January 25 (the 4th Saturday of the month as usual). This next match will be between 50-60 shots using 3 targets per lane, and I plan to use the tower again this time as the standing lane. I am keeping the start time at 10:00am to allow for the temperature to rise a little before the match starts just in case. The only reason I will cancel the match is if it is snowing, raining (drizzle doesn’t count), or below 32F. Look for an email 2 days before with final notification.
Gates will open at 7:30 for sight in and sign up.
Safety meeting at 9:45. Rifle match to start at 10:00.
All rifles must be in a case or rifle carrier when moving between lanes.
Please note that it is a club rule that all shooters wear appropriate EYE protection. We don't have extras so remember to bring your own.
ASC Members $5, non-Members $10
Arlington Sportsman’s Club is located at: 11500 County Road 525, Mansfield, TX 76063 (Also called Lillian Road)
Thanks,
Jeff Cloud
FT Match Director
jeff-cloud@utexas.edu
817-360-0611
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FT Match Report Arlington Sportsman’s Club 01/25/2020
Well, if you weren’t present then you missed an awesome Field Target match at the Arlington Sportsman’s Club (ASC) in Mansfield Texas yesterday. 20(!!) shooters showed up for the first match of 2020 to take on 10 lanes in our wooded 3D archery course. Of those 20 shooters, we had 2 new shooters, Patrick Hunter and Willie Sims, both in Hunter PCP. We paired them up with experienced shooters and hopefully they have the bug and will come back to shoot with us. It was a little chilly and windy when we started, but thankfully the sun came out and unfortunately the wind picked up even more about halfway through the match. I don’t remember the last time we had this much wind at ASC, nor do I remember having to hold off 3 mil-dots for the wind when shooting @ 12 ft-lbs! The match was 60 shots with 3 targets per lane once again with 6(!) total offhand targets, and I increased the Troyer difficulty rating resulting in an average Troyer was 29.2, SD 4.92, Avg Dist 27.9 yds, and Avg KZ 1.08”. I had another surprise on Lane 3 this match; I placed a target inside of a large rain barrel laid on its side with the intent that the target would be in the dark. I’ll try to make this work a little better next match.
Overall, matches continue to run very well with no cold lines or malfunctioning targets. Thanks to Terry Vanpool who helped measure all the target distances and setup the match on Friday, and finally to everyone who joined us at the match, helped run the strings in the morning, and finally helped take down the course afterwards. Your help is really appreciated since it usually takes about 4 hours to get the match all setup for Saturday.
At the end of the match, we turned in our score cards and tallied the scores. Mike Vredenburg in Open PCP with his Daystate Grand Prix bested everyone for match high score 54/60, while Terry Vanpool was first in Hunter PCP with a score of 51/60. Paul Kocurek finished 2ndin Hunter PCP with 50/60, and Faisal Khan was 3rdwith 45/50, besting Kevin Enzian based on offhand lane performance. Jentry Powell finished 1stin Hunter Piston 40/60, besting Jim Clarke with 38/60 for 2ndand Eric Pianori with 35/60 for 3rd. We had 3 Open PCP class shooters; Mike Vredenburg was 1stwith 54/60, Chris Simmons was 2ndwith 38/60 and Cliff Montgomery (Open PCP) with 28/60. It’s nice to see some Open Class shooters! Finally, we had 3 WFTF Piston shooters with Jeff Cloud with his Whiscombe topping the list at 41/60, followed by Bob Pacatte at 29/60. View the full list of all competitors’ scores and equipment below.
For all of you that couldn’t make it out this time, you really missed a well-attended and competitive match with a bunch of great folks. I’d like to invite any of you out to shoot and tryout field target even if you don’t own an air rifle, because we have some to loan you to shoot with. Just let me know ahead of time and we can plan for you to shoot with someone experienced. We’d love to have you join us. We will have our next match next year the 4th Saturday in February (22nd).
See you at the next match,
Jeff Cloud
Field Target Match Director
Arlington Sportsman’s Club
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Good evening everyone,
I want to let you know that the next airgun Field Target (FT) match at ASC will beSaturday, February 22 (https://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/x-apple-data-detectors://0)(the 4th Saturday of the month as usual). This next match will once again be between 50-60 shots using 3 targets per lane (https://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/x-apple-data-detectors://2), and I plan to use the tower again this time as the standing lane. I am keeping the start time at 10:00am (https://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/x-apple-data-detectors://3)to allow for the temperature to rise a little before the match starts just in case. The only reason I will cancel the match is if it is snowing, raining (drizzle doesn’t count), or below 32F. Look for an email 2 days before with final notification.
Gates will open at 7:30 (https://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/x-apple-data-detectors://4)for sight in and sign up.
Safety meeting at 9:45 (https://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/x-apple-data-detectors://5). Rifle match to start at 10:00 (https://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/x-apple-data-detectors://6).
All rifles must be in a case or rifle carrier when moving between lanes.
Please note that it is a club rule that all shooters wear appropriate EYE protection. We don't have extras so remember to bring your own.
ASC Members $5, non-Members $10
Arlington Sportsman’s Club is located at: 11500 County Road (https://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/x-apple-data-detectors://9)525, Mansfield, TX 76063 (https://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/x-apple-data-detectors://10)(Also called Lillian Road)
Thanks,
Jeff Cloud
FT Match Director
817-360-0611 (https://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/tel:817-360-0611)
Jeff-cloud@utexas.edu (Jeff-cloud@utexas.edu)
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FT Match Report Arlington Sportsman’s Club 02/22/2020
The Field Target match at the Arlington Sportsman’s Club (ASC) in Mansfield Texas was quite a bit smaller than usual, probably based on weather forecast. Well, the 9 shooters who showed up for this match were blessed with decent weather with some sun and also some wind to challenge their shooting skills on 10 lanes in our wooded course. Once again, the match was 60 shots with 3 targets per lane with 6(!) total offhand targets again this month. Using 3 targets per lane just makes the match run more quickly and gets everyone home to their families sooner. The average Troyer was 30.4, SD 5.59, Avg Dist 30.3 yds, and Avg KZ 1.13”. I had a surprise on Lane 5 this match, when I once again placed a target inside of a large rain barrel laid on its side but then covered the back end of the open barrel with a cloth, so that the target was very dark. It was much darker than last month and difficult to see the killzone, but most shooters were able to find the KZ and knock it down. Great job everyone!
Thanks once again to Terry Vanpool who painted all the target distances and helped setup the match on Friday, and finally to everyone who joined us at the match, helped run the strings in the morning, and finally helped take down the course afterwards. Your help is really appreciated since it usually takes about 4 hours to get the match all setup for Saturday.
At the end of the match, we turned in our score cards and tallied the scores. I was blessed to achieve the match high score 53/60, while Bob Dye was first in Hunter PCP with a score of 50/60. Terry Vanpool finished 2ndin Hunter PCP with 46/60, and Faisal Khan was 3rdagain with 42/60. Eric Pianori was first in Hunter Piston with 36/60 and club member Tommy Taylor was 2ndwith a respectable 20/60. Tommy has been shooting with us for about 6 months and is making steady progress on his FT and ranging skills. We had 3 WFTF class shooters where I ended up 1stusing my Whiscombe to achieve 53/60 in WFTF Piston and Cliff Montgomery was 2ndwith 24/60. View the full list of all competitors’ scores and equipment below.
For all of you that couldn’t make it out this time, you continue to miss competitive matches with a bunch of great folks. If there is anything missing or something that could be improved for an upcoming match, please let me know. I’d like to invite any of you reading this out to shoot and try field target even if you don’t own an air rifle, because we have some to loan you to shoot with. Just let me know ahead of time and we can plan for you to shoot with someone experienced. We’d love to have you join us. We will have our next match next year the 4th Saturday in March (28th).
See you at the next match,
Jeff Cloud
Field Target Match Director Arlington Sportsman’s Club
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Good morning everyone,
After a long break, ASC is going to restart our FT matches on Saturday June 27, 2020 (the 4th Saturday of the month as usual). This match will be between 50-60 shots using 2 targets per lane. The start time will be 9:00am to get us out of there before it gets too hot. The only reason I will cancel the match is if it is raining (drizzle doesn’t count). Look for an email one day before with final notification.
We will have some different procedures to follow for this match, so please adhere to these if you wish to participate:
- Follow social distancing guidelines from Tarrant County and the State of Texas before, during and after shooting.
- We prefer that you wear a mask while at the range, if not for your protection then to protect others.
- I will have a box of rubber gloves for you to wear if you choose for handling the reset strings. I will try to come up with a bottle of hand sanitizer.
- We will have one shooter per lane unless more than 15 show up, and then we will have 2 shooters per lane. You will be on your honor to record your scores appropriately if shooting solo. Maintain distance while shooting and scoring.
- No water will be provided, bring your own.
Gates will open at 7:30 for sight in and sign up.
Safety meeting at 8:45. Rifle match to start at 9:00.
All rifles must be in a case or rifle carrier when moving between lanes.
Please note that it is a club rule that all shooters wear appropriate EYE protection. We don't have extras so remember to bring your own.
The chiggers are out, so bring bug spray or you may be sorry.
ASC Members $5, non-Members $10
Arlington Sportsman’s Club is located at: 11500 County Road 525, Mansfield, TX 76063(Also called Lillian Road)
Thanks,
Jeff Cloud
FT Match Director
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For all FT shooters that would like to attend the next FT match at Arlington Sportsman's Club on Saturday June 27, please drop me an email or text or phone call to let me know you are coming so that I have a count for the match. The number of shooters will determine how many lanes I set out to assist social distancing, but no matter what, this will be a 56 shot match.
See you on the 27th!
Jeff Cloud
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FT Match Report Arlington Sportsman’s Club 06/27/2020
We held our first Field Target match at the Arlington Sportsman’s Club (ASC) in Mansfield Texas in 4 months, and it was well attended but HOT. 13 shooters showed up for this match and followed COVID-19 guidelines and social distanced over our spread out 14 lanes in our wooded course. As is typical in Texas in June, were blessed with hot weather that was mostly sunny and also some wind to challenge our shooting skills. The match this month was 56 shots with 2 targets per lane including an offhand and kneeling lane. The average Troyer was 29.2, SD 6.61, Avg Dist 31.4 yds, and Avg KZ 1.15”. I once again placed a target inside of a large rain barrel laid on its side and covered the back end of the open barrel with a cloth, so that the target was very dark. Most shooters were able to find the KZ and knock it down twice, so I guess I’m going to have to find a more devious setup for this target. Great job everyone![
Thanks once again to Terry Vanpool who painted all the targets, and to everyone who joined us at the match, helped run the strings in the morning, and finally helped take down the course afterwards. Your help is really appreciated since it usually takes about 4 hours to get the match all setup for Saturday.
At the end of the match, we turned in our score cards, and social distanced around the picnic tables in the shade while I tallied the scores. My good friend David Alsup, whom we haven’t seen in quite a while scored the match high score 50/56. Ron Robinson, whom we haven’t seen since last June came out strong and was first in Hunter PCP with a score of 49/56. Faisal Khan finished 2nd in Hunter PCP with 47/56, and Jim Leggett was 3rd with 37/56. Jim Clarke bested Eric Pianori for first in Hunter Piston with identical 40/56 scores based on Jim’s better performance on the offhand and kneeling lanes, and club member Chris Simmons was 3rd shooting his Whiscombe JW60 with a respectable 27/56. We had 2 WFTF Piston class shooters where I ended up 1st with 38/56 and Jentry Powell finished 2nd with 37/56 in his first ever WFTF Piston match. Jentry has been shooting a HW97K .22 very well in Hunter Piston for a while, and decided to make the jump to WFTF recently. David Alsup was 1st in Open PCP with 50/56 and Cliff Montgomery was 2nd with 36/56. View the full list of all competitors’ scores and equipment below.
One last bit of news. Jim Leggett dropped a few of his Marauder magazines on the course somewhere, so if anyone found them, please let me know and I’ll get them back to Jim.
For all of you that couldn’t make it out this time, I want you to know that we maintain social distancing while shooting and take other precautions to keep everyone safe. If there is anything missing or something that could be improved for an upcoming match, please let me know. I’d like to invite any of you reading this out to shoot and try field target even if you don’t own an air rifle, because we have some to loan you to shoot with. Just let me know ahead of time and we can plan for you to shoot with someone experienced. We’d love to have you join us. We will have our next match the 4th Saturday in July (24th).
See you at the next match,
Jeff Cloud
Field Target Match Director
Arlington Sportsman’s Club
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Match is cancelled this month due to lack of backup resources to run the match while I am unavailable. We'll be back the 4th Saturday of August.
Jeff
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Good evening everyone,
ASC will have our next FT match on Saturday August 22, 2020 (the 4th Saturday of the month as usual). This match will be 60 shots using 3 targets per lane. The start time will be 9:00am to get us out of there before it gets too hot. The only reason I will cancel the match is if it is raining (drizzle doesn’t count).
As per our last match in June and other FT matches, we will have some different procedures to follow for this match, so please adhere to these if you wish to participate:
· Follow social distancing guidelines from Tarrant County and the State of Texas before, during and after shooting.
· We prefer that you wear a mask while at the range, if not for your protection then to protect others.
· I will try to come up with a bottle of hand sanitizer, but please bring your own just in case I can’t find any.
· We will have one shooter per lane unless more than 15 show up, and then we will have 2 shooters per lane. You will be on your honor to record your scores appropriately if shooting solo. Maintain distance while shooting and scoring.
· No water or snacks or lunch will be provided, bring your own.
Gates will open at 7:30 for sight in and sign up.
Safety meeting at 8:45. Rifle match to start at 9:00.
All rifles must be in a case or rifle carrier when moving between lanes.
Please note that it is a club rule that all shooters wear appropriate EYE protection. We don't have extras so remember to bring your own.
The chiggers are out, so bring bug spray or you may be sorry.
ASC Members $5, non-Members $10
Arlington Sportsman’s Club is located at: 11500 County Road525, Mansfield, TX 76063(Also called Lillian Road)
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FT Match Report Arlington Sportsman’s Club 08/22/2020We seem to be getting back on track with matches at the Arlington Sportsman’s Club (ASC) in Mansfield Texas and as is usual for Texas in August, today it was very hot. We started out at 78F when the match started and ended up at 98F when it finished with little to no wind today. We were really sweating out on the archery course today. Only 11 hearty shooters showed up for this match spread out on 10 lanes in our wooded course. The match this month was 56 shots with 3 targets per lane including an offhand and kneeling lane. The average Troyer was 29.9, SD 6.89, Avg Dist 28.8 yds, and Avg KZ 1.04”. The course was a little shorter this time, but I compensated for that by using smaller KZ’s. Heehee. I heard some great discussions about the dark targets sitting in the deep shadows on lanes 2-4, and then also heard about the raccoon target with illegal size KZ on lane 6. That target was just barely legal at ¾” dia KZ placed at 35 yards, and it was definitely the hardest target on the course today. More than half of the shooters got that target at least once. Great shooting everyone!
Thanks once again to my co-director Terry Vanpool who painted all the targets, and to everyone who joined us at the match, helped run the strings in the morning, and finally helped take down the course afterwards. Your help is really appreciated since it usually takes about 3 hours on Friday to get the match all setup for Saturday.
At the end of the match, we turned in our score cards, and social distanced around the picnic tables in the shade while I tallied the scores. Dave Cole from Tulsa OK was first in Hunter PCP with a score of 51/56 beating out Terry Vanpool also with a 51/56 based on their performance on the offhand lane. Faisal Khan finished 3rd in Hunter PCP with 45/56. In Hunter Piston Mark Welker from Tulsa OK (actually Talala OK but who knows where that is!) finished 1st with 45/56 and Eric Pianori finished 2ndwith a respectable 32/56. I was the only WFTF Piston class shooter finishing with 49/56 and Cliff Montgomery finished with 41/56 in Open PCP. View the full list of all competitors’ scores and equipment below.
We never did find Jim Leggett’s Marauder magazines from the last match. Sorry Jim!
Once again, for all of you that couldn’t make it out this time, I want you to know that we maintain social distancing while shooting and take other precautions to keep everyone safe. If there is anything missing or something that could be improved for an upcoming match, please let me know. I’d like to invite any of you reading this out to shoot and try field target even if you don’t own an air rifle, because we have some to loan you to shoot with. Just let me know ahead of time and we can plan for you to shoot with someone experienced. We’d love to have you join us. We will have our next match the 4th Saturday in September (26th).
See you at the next match,
Jeff Cloud
Field Target Match Director
Arlington Sportsman’s Club
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FT Match Report Arlington Sportsman’s Club 10/24/2020
I was back from my hiatus and full of energy this month, so much so that I convinced Terry to have a 90-
shot “Monster” match with 2 lanes of Zombie targets in honor of Halloween that is fast approaching and
also 2 lanes of charging German WWII tanks. Terry painted and organized the targets and then we spent
part of Friday setting all of them out and arranging them in challenging positions for the shooters the
next day.
There were 13 shooters at the match on Saturday morning, who were greeted with temps in the high
40’s at the start but rose to high 50’s by the end of our time slinging lead at 90 targets. It was I must say
a perfect fall day in Texas. The match used all 15 of the lanes in our wooded 3D archery course with 3
targets per lane including the offhand and kneeling lanes. The average Troyer was 30.2, SD 6.00, Avg
Dist 30.0 yds, and Avg KZ 1.07”.
At the end of the match, Paul Kocurek in Hunter PCP had the match high score of 83/90. I recall hearing
Paul complaining loudly about how badly he was shooting on some of the lanes, but I believe it was all
just a ruse. Good shooting Paul. Rick Cuccio from Oklahoma finished 2nd in Hunter PCP with a close
81/90, besting Terry Vanpool with a 79/90. Very tight scores in this class again this match. Mark Welker
from Oklahoma finished 1st in Hunter Piston with a 65/90 and Eric Pianori finished 2nd with a 55/90 and
Scott Cotton finished 3rd with 50/90 after a loonnggg hiatus from shooting. Cliff Montgomery finished
1st and last in Open PCP with 60/90. Finally, David Alsup bested me in WFTF PCP with 78/90 to my
72/90. View the full list of all competitors’ scores and equipment below.
Once again, for all of you that couldn’t make it out this time, I want you to know that we maintain social
distancing while shooting and take other precautions to keep everyone safe. If there is anything missing
or something that could be improved for an upcoming match, please let me know. I’d like to invite any
of you reading this out to shoot and try field target even if you don’t own an air rifle, because we have
some to loan you to shoot with. Just let me know ahead of time and we can plan for you to shoot with
someone experienced. We’d love to have you join us. We will have our next match the 3rd Saturday in
November (21st) instead of the normal 4th Saturday due to Thanksgiving.
See you at the next match,
Jeff Cloud
Field Target Match Director
Arlington Sportsman’s Club
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FT Match Report Arlington Sportsman’s Club 09/26/2020I am ghost writing the report this month, because I was out of town at my daughter’s ring ceremony at Texas A&M Galveston. My cohort, Terry Vanpool, was kind enough to run the match for September at ASC, and he reports that it went off without a hitch. There were 11 shooters at this match, which is not bad considering the COVID spike in Texas. The match was spread out on 10 lanes in our wooded course. The match this month was 56 shots with 3 targets per lane including an offhand and kneeling lane. The average Troyer was 28.6, SD 5.31, Avg Dist 30.0 yds, and Avg KZ 1.10”. Terry reports that it was a great match with excellent weather, and he gave me Kudos for a good course design.
At the end of the match, David Alsup in WFTF PCP had the match high score of 55/56. Nice shooting David. BTW you only missed one! Just thought you’d like to know. Terry Vanpool finished 1st in Hunter PCP with a terrific 52/56, besting Faisal Khan with a 51/56 and Paul Kocurek with a 48/56. Very tight scores in this class today. Jim Clark finished 1st in Hunter Piston with a 38/56 and Eric Pianori was only 3 shots back with a 35/56. Finally, Craig Martin finished 1st, last or middle of the pack (depending on your view) in Open PCP with a 44/56. View the full list of all competitors’ scores and equipment below.
Remember that I reported that Jim Leggett lost his Marauder magazines on the course a couple of matches back? Well he informed us that he found them…in his rifle bag!!!! Now you have lots of extras Jim!
Once again, for all of you that couldn’t make it out this time, I want you to know that we maintain social distancing while shooting and take other precautions to keep everyone safe. If there is anything missing or something that could be improved for an upcoming match, please let me know. I’d like to invite any of you reading this out to shoot and try field target even if you don’t own an air rifle, because we have some to loan you to shoot with. Just let me know ahead of time and we can plan for you to shoot with someone experienced. We’d love to have you join us. We will have our next match the 4th Saturday in October (24th).
See you at the next match,
Jeff Cloud (writing as Terry Vanpool)
Field Target Match Director
Arlington Sportsman’s Club
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Hey all,
ASC will have our next FT match on Saturday November 21, 2020 (the 3rd Saturday of the month). This match will be 60 shots using 3 targets per lane. The start time will be 10:00am to allow time for it to warm up a little. The only reason I will cancel the match is if it is raining (drizzle doesn’t count).
As per our last match in October and other FT matches, we will follow COVID guidelines for this match, so please adhere to these if you wish to participate:
· Follow social distancing guidelines from Tarrant County and the State of Texas before, during and after shooting.
· We prefer that you wear a mask while at the range, if not for your protection then to protect others.
· I have a bottle of hand sanitizer, but please bring your own just in case.
· We will have one shooter per lane unless more than 15 show up, and then we will have 2 shooters per lane. You will be on your honor to record your scores appropriately if shooting solo. Maintain distance while shooting and scoring.
· No water or snacks or lunch will be provided, bring your own.
Gates will open at 7:30 for sight in and sign up.
Safety meeting at 9:45. Rifle match to start at 10:00.
All rifles must be in a case or rifle carrier when moving between lanes.
Please note that it is a club rule that all shooters wear appropriate EYE protection. We don't have extras so remember to bring your own.
ASC Members $5, non-Members $10
Arlington Sportsman’s Club is located at: 11500 County Road 525, Mansfield, TX 76063(Also called Lillian Road)
Jeff Cloud
ASC FT Match Director
jeff-cloud@utexas.edu
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This was our next to last match for 2020. We had to move it forward one week as is the tradition, because the normal 4thSaturday match schedule falls just after Thanksgiving. Based on feedback from last month, I turned up the Troyer rating for this match to challenge the shooters a little bit. Terry painted and organized the targets and then we spent part of Friday setting all of them out and arranging them in challenging positions for the shooters the next day.
There were 8 lucky shooters at the match on Saturday morning, and it was I must say a perfect fall day in Texas with temps in the 70’s. This match used all 10 of the lanes in our wooded 3D archery course with 3 targets per lane including the offhand and kneeling lanes. The average Troyer was 32.2, SD 6.87, Avg Dist 29.8 yds, and Avg KZ 1.03”. Terry and I placed many targets in locations that required the shooter to fire through and between trees, under and through dark branches and barrels, and also required them to relocate their seating position to shoot at all 3 targets on a lane. To get to 32 Troyer, I chose to use many targets with small KZ’s rather than longer distances, but I did put a kneeling target out at 43 yards just to be devious.
At the end of the match, I finished with the match high score of 56/60 in WFTF PCP. Faisal Khan finished 1st in Hunter PCP with a 54/60, besting Terry Vanpool who was oh so close with a 53/60 and Paul Kocurek with a 49/60. Eric Pianori finished 1st in Hunter Piston with a 37/90 and Scott Cotton finished 2nd with a 27/60. Vance Lowe finished 1st in Open PCP with 52/60 and Cliff Montgomery finished 2nd with a 41/60. View the full list of all competitors’ scores and equipment below.
Once again, for all of you that couldn’t make it out this time, I want you to know that we maintain social distancing while shooting and take other precautions to keep everyone safe. If there is anything missing or something that could be improved for an upcoming match, please let me know. I’d like to invite any of you reading this out to shoot and try field target even if you don’t own an air rifle, because we have some to loan you to shoot with. Just let me know ahead of time and we can plan for you to shoot with someone experienced. We’d love to have you join us. We will have our next match the 3rd Saturday in December (19th) instead of the normal 4th Saturday due to Christmas.
See you at the next match,
Jeff Cloud
Field Target Match Director
Arlington Sportsman’s Club
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Good morning everyone,
ASC will have our next FT match on Saturday January 23, 2021 (the 3rd Saturday of the month). This match will be 60 shots using 3 targets per lane. The start time will be 10:00am to allow time for it to warm up a little. The only reason I will cancel the match is if it is raining (drizzle doesn’t count), or if I get little to no response for attendance from ya’ll. There is a chance of rain all week, ending on Saturday and I’ll keep a close eye on that. Our recent changes to the shooting boxes with gravel mean that we can shoot even if the ground is wet.
As per our recent FT matches, we will follow COVID guidelines for this match, so please adhere to these if you wish to participate:
· Follow social distancing guidelines from Tarrant County and the State of Texas before, during and after shooting.
· We prefer that you wear a mask while at the range, if not for your protection then to protect others.
· I have a bottle of hand sanitizer, but please bring your own just in case.
· We will have one shooter per lane unless more than 15 show up, and then we will have 2 shooters per lane. You will be on your honor to record your scores appropriately if shooting solo. Maintain distance while shooting and scoring.
Gates will open at 7:30 for sight in and sign up.
Safety meeting at 9:45. Rifle match to start at 10:00am.
All rifles must be in a case or rifle carrier when moving between lanes.
Please note that it is a club rule that all shooters wear appropriate EYE protection. We don't have extras so remember to bring your own.
ASC Members $5, non-Members $10
Arlington Sportsman’s Club is located at: 11500 County Road525, Mansfield, TX 76063(Also called Lillian Road)
PLEASE RESPOND TO THIS POIST IF YOU INTEND TO COME SHOOT WITH US.
Thanks very much and look forward to shooting with you,
Jeff Cloud
FT Match Director
jeff-cloud@utexas.edu
817-360-0611
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FT Match Report Arlington Sportsman’s Club 01/23/2021
Welcome to our first match for 2021! As it turns out, this is the first match in over a month for North Texas due to cancelations for holidays and the weather. I could tell many folks were itching to shoot, because we had 13 shooters today from as far away as Tulsa and Boerne, even though the forecast was for cold and drizzly weather. Everyone was thankful that the weather didn’t turn out as bad as had been predicted. This match used 10 of the 15 lanes in our wooded 3D archery course with 3 targets per lane including the offhand and kneeling lanes. The average Troyer was 29.4, SD 4.97, Avg Dist 28.0 yds, and Avg KZ 1.03” again. Once again, Terry, Scott and I placed many targets in locations that required the shooter to fire through and between trees, under and through dark branches and barrels, and also required them to relocate their seating position to shoot at all 3 targets on a lane. The two standing shots at 11 and 15 yards on targets with 5/8” KZ’s elicited lots of comments from shooters. On this same lane, shooters had to shoot the 1st target through a crook in a tree, then move to the right and shoot the 2nd and 3rdtargets through and over some ground cover.
At the end of the match, I finished with the match high score of 57/60 in WFTF PCP again. Ron Robinson finished 1st in Hunter PCP with a 52/60, besting Terry Vanpool with a 47/60 and Dave Cole from Tulsa with a 45/60. Mark Welker, also from Tulsa, finished 1st in Hunter Piston with a 45/60 and Eric Pianori finished 2nd with a clse 42/60. View the full list of all competitors’ scores and equipment below.
Once again, for all of you that couldn’t make it out this time, I want you to know that we maintain social distancing while shooting and take other precautions to keep everyone safe. If there is anything missing or something that could be improved for an upcoming match, please let me know. I’d like to invite any of you reading this out to shoot and try field target even if you don’t own an air rifle, because we have some to loan you to shoot with. Just let me know ahead of time and we can plan for you to shoot with someone experienced. We’d love to have you join us. We will have our next match the 4th Saturday in February (27th).
See you at the next match,
Jeff Cloud
Field Target Match Director
Arlington Sportsman’s Club
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Good evening everyone,
The March Field Target match at ASC will be this next Saturday March 27, 2021 (https://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/x-apple-data-detectors://0) as usual on the 4th Saturday of the month. Many people are getting vaccinated and the Governor has lifted the mask mandate, so I really hope that I will see many of my old friends back out at the range for a match. If you’ve been keeping up with my match reports, you should see that we are striving to maintain social distancing while shooting to minimize the risk of Covid transmission.
This match will be 60 shots using 3 targets per lane (https://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/x-apple-data-detectors://2). The start time will be 10:00am (https://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/x-apple-data-detectors://3).
As per our recent FT matches, we will follow COVID guidelines for this match, so please adhere to these if you wish to participate:
- Follow social distancing guidelines from Tarrant County and the State of Texas before, during and after shooting.
- You are encouraged to wear a mask, but that is not a requirement.
Gates will open at 8:00 (https://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/x-apple-data-detectors://4) for sight in and sign up.
Safety meeting at 9:45 (https://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/x-apple-data-detectors://5). Rifle match to start at 10:00am (https://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/x-apple-data-detectors://6).
All rifles must be in a case or rifle carrier when moving between lanes.
Please note that it is a club rule that all shooters wear appropriate EYE protection. We don't have extras so remember to bring your own.
ASC Members $5, non-Members $10
Arlington Sportsman’s Club is located at: 11500 County Road525, Mansfield, TX 76063(Also called Lillian Road)
Please respond to me if you intend to participate so that I have an accurate count.
Thanks very much and look forward to shooting with you,
Jeff Cloud
817-360-0611 (https://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/tel:817-360-0611)
Jeff-cloud@utexas.edu
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FT Match Report Arlington Sportsman’s Club 03/27/2021
The March FT match was the largest one, with 16 shooters, since January of 2020! Friends are coming back to join us for matches now that they’ve got their COVID vaccinations and Texas has lifted the mask mandate. It sure made me smile to see so many friends gathered together (no closer than 6 feet!) doing something we all love. John Tafoya (JT) from Kennedy TX joined us in his second FT match. John shoots Silhouette, Extreme FT, NRL, and other things with his airguns, but recently caught the FT bug. Welcome JT, and we hope to see you often. This match used 10 of the 15 lanes in our wooded 3D archery course with 3 targets per lane including the offhand and kneeling lanes. In preparation for the Cajun Grand Prix match in April, I increased the average Troyer to 33.0, SD 5.43, Avg Dist 32.6 yds, and Avg KZ 1.07”. Once again, Terry, Scott and I placed many targets in locations that required the shooter to fire through and between trees, under and through dark branches and barrels, and also required them to relocate their seating position to shoot at all 3 targets on a lane. I also placed some targets in shaded areas, one of them in a completely dark barrel, to replicate lanes from the Cajuns. I heard more than a few complaints about the dark target and not being able to see it, and that meant I had done my job. The first kneeling shots at 14 yards on a target with 5/8” KZ’s also elicited lots of comments from shooters.
At the end of the match, we gathered under the awning to write down the scores and commiserate on the difficulty of the course. Ron Robinson finished 1st in Hunter PCP with a 46/56, besting Terry Vanpool with a 43/56 and Jim Clarke with a 40/56. Faisal Kahn finished 1st in Hunter Piston with a 27/56, Cliff Montgomery finished 1st in WFTF Piston with a 25/56, I finished 1st in WFTF PCP with a 33.56, and finally Mike Vredenburg finished 1st in Open PCP and Overall High score of 48/56 after having not shot his air rifle in over 1 year. Amazing shooting Mike! View the full list of all competitors’ scores and equipment below.
Once again, for all of you that couldn’t make it out this time, I want you to know that we maintain social distancing while shooting and take other precautions to keep everyone safe. If there is anything missing or something that could be improved for an upcoming match, please let me know. I’d like to invite any of you reading this out to shoot and try field target even if you don’t own an air rifle, because we have some to loan you to shoot with. Just let me know ahead of time and we can plan for you to shoot with someone experienced. We’d love to have you join us. We will have our next match the 4th Saturday in April (24th).
See you at the next match,
Jeff Cloud
Field Target Match Director
Arlington Sportsman’s Club
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Good evening everyone,
The April Field Target match at ASC will be this next Saturday April 24, 2021 as usual on the 4th Saturday of the month. At the last two FT matches in DFW, I've seen many shooters and friends return to competition that I haven’t seen in about a year. I encourage all of you who haven’t been out in a while to come and join us in our next socially distanced event this weekend.
This match will be 60 shots using 3 targets per lane (https://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/x-apple-data-detectors://12). The start time will be 9:3 (https://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/x-apple-data-detectors://13)0am.
As per our recent FT matches, we will follow COVID guidelines for this match, so please adhere to these if you wish to participate:
- Follow social distancing guidelines from Tarrant County and the State of Texas before, during and after shooting. You may wear a mask, but that is not a requirement.
Gates will open at 7:3 (https://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/x-apple-data-detectors://15)0 for sight in and sign up.
Safety meeting at 9:1 (https://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/x-apple-data-detectors://16)5. Rifle match to start at 9:3 (https://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/x-apple-data-detectors://17)0am.
All rifles must be in a case or rifle carrier when moving between lanes.
Please note that it is a club rule that all shooters wear appropriate EYE protection. We don't have extras so remember to bring your own.
ASC Members $5, non-Members $10
Arlington Sportsman’s Club is located at: 11500 County Road525, Mansfield, TX 76063(Also called Lillian Road)
Please respond to me if you intend to participate so that I have an accurate count.
Thanks very much and look forward to shooting with you,
Jeff Cloud
Match Director
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Good evening everyone,
This is a reminder that the May Field Target match at ASC will be this coming Saturday May 22, 2021 as usual on the 4th Saturday of the month. The weather is supposed to be rainy all week, with a 30% chance of light rain on Saturday. I will be keeping an eye on the weather forecast, and if it continues to look bad or gets worse, I will send out an email on Friday morning notifying everyone that the match is cancelled. We will shoot in light rain or sprinkles, so bring your rain jacket and boots.
We continue to see a resurgence in attendance that rivals our pre-Covid levels. I encourage all of you who haven’t been out in a while to come and join us in our next socially distanced event this weekend. As per our recent FT matches, we will follow COVID guidelines for this match, so please adhere to these if you wish to participate:
- Follow social distancing guidelines from Tarrant County and the State of Texas before, during and after shooting.
- You may wear a mask, but that is not a requirement.
This match will be 56 shots using 3 targets per lane. There will be 2 forced position (kneeling and standing) lanes. I anticipate that the Troyer will be about 30-31, so a little more difficult than last time.
The start time will be 9:30am.
Gates will open at 7:30 for sight in and sign up.
Safety meeting at 9:15. Rifle match to start at 9:30am.
All rifles must be in a case or rifle carrier when moving between lanes.
Please note that it is a club rule that all shooters wear appropriate EYE protection. We don't have extras so remember to bring your own.
ASC Members $5, non-Members $10
Arlington Sportsman’s Club is located at: 11500 County Road525, Mansfield, TX 76063(Also called Lillian Road)
Jeff Cloud
FT Match Director
817-360-0611
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FT Match Report Arlington Sportsman’s Club 06/26/2021
Guest match report by Chris this month since I was unable to attend.
Twelve brave competitors came to challenge the heat for the June Field Target Match. Luckily, the high had only reached 91F by the time the match was over the and targets were put away. Kudo’s to Jeff for designing and setting up a great course. Numerous comments regarding the balance of challenging and difficult shots. Great praise for not having to shift position to be able to see all of the targets on the lane. (I am not a devious Match Director ALL the time – Jeff) Once again, Terry painted the targets and checked them for proper operation. This course was 10 lanes with 56 shots. The average Troyer this month was 30.1, SD 5.10, Avg Dist 30.4 yds, and Avg KZ 1.07”.
David Alsup was the high overall of the day with score of 52. After the match David provided some comments regarding his choice to shoot in the lower powered (12 foot pound) WFTF class noting better accuracy, better shot cycle and smoother overall reaction of the rifle.
Second high overall for the day was Mike V. turning in another spectacular performance and claiming 51 targets.
Hunter PCP was the most numerous and contested class for the day. Faisal K. was the high overall with a 49. Faisal was working on fine tuning his sons rifle and was happy with the performance of himself and the rifle. C Simmons was second. Rick C. came in third with a 46. (I believe Rick cleared most of the lanes but the forced positions tripped him up this match).
Great thanks to Terry V., Chris S., and Scott C. for help in the running the match and the putting away of the targets, etc. Thanks for all the help guys. - Jeff
We will have our next match the 4th Saturday in July (24th) starting at 9:00am to beat the heat.
See you at the next match,
Jeff Cloud
Field Target Match Director
Arlington Sportsman’s Club
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Good evening everyone,
This is a reminder that the July Field Target match at ASC will be next Saturday July 24, 2021 as usual on the 4th Saturday of the month. You don’t want to miss this match, because we’ve got some more Okies coming down to visit, since we have been going up to shoot at their match in OKC on the 3rd Saturday each month. There may even be a little friendly rivalry going concerning our mutual state-shaped targets. We have an Oklahoma-shaped target on loan from David Carlile!
As per our recent FT matches, we will follow COVID guidelines for this match, so please adhere to these if you wish to participate:
- Follow social distancing guidelines from Tarrant County and the State of Texas before, during and after shooting.
- You may wear a mask, but that is not a requirement.
This match will be 56 shots using 2 targets per lane. There will be 2 forced position (kneeling and standing) lanes. I anticipate that the Troyer will be about 30-31 again. No need to make it tougher if no one is cleaning it.
The start time will be 9:00am.
Gates will open at 7:30 for sight in and sign up.
Safety meeting at 8:45. Rifle match to start at 9:00am.
All rifles must be in a case or rifle carrier when moving between lanes.
Please note that it is a club rule that all shooters wear appropriate EYE protection. We don't have extras so remember to bring your own.
ASC Members $5, non-Members $10
Arlington Sportsman’s Club is located at: 11500 County Road525, Mansfield, TX 76063(Also called Lillian Road)
Thanks very much and look forward to shooting with you,
Jeff Cloud
FT Match Director
817-360-0611
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FT Match Report Arlington Sportsman’s Club 07/24/2021
We had 20 competitors came to challenge the heat for the July Field Target Match! We had 7 shooters from Oklahoma (OKC and Tulsa) cross the Red River to shoot with us. I think the recent internet jabs (all in good fun) and also the fact that some of us Texans have been going to the OKC match helped encourage them to shoot with us. We started at 9:00am to try and beat the heat, but that was to no avail as it was 95 and humid by the time we finished at 12:30. Luckily almost all the shooting boxes are in the shade! I setup the course with 2 targets per lane and strived to have varied distances and difficulties between lanes. I also had time to add a 13 foot high elevated target this month so that we have a balance of up and down shots. I received numerous positive comments regarding the balance of challenging and difficult shots and the elevated shots. I got more than a few complaints about the three very dark targets spread out on the course. Some of those were on purpose and some were by accident. All I can say is that I will try to make them more visible, but these kinds of targets appear at other FT venues and Grand Prix, so perhaps it is also good for shooters to practice. :^) Once again, Terry painted the targets and checked them for proper operation. This course was 14 lanes with 56 shots. The average Troyer this month was 31.2, SD 6.34, Avg Dist 30.4 yds, and Avg KZ 1.08”, which is almost the same as last month.
David Alsup was the high overall of the day with score of 53.
Hunter PCP was once again the most numerous and contested class for the day with 15 shooters. 1st place was Rick Cuccio from Tulsa with an outstanding 48/56 shooting his Benjamin Marauder, barely edging out 2nd place was Paul Walker who shot 47/56 with his Thomas. Right behind these 2 was Dan Rowe in 3rd with 46/56 using his Daystate Redwolf. This was one of our closest FT matches that I can remember with the top 10 shooters within 6 points of each other (there were numerous ties as shown below).
In Hunter Piston, Mark Welker edged out Eric Pianori with an excellent 36/56.
In WFTF PCP, David Alsup beat me with 53/56 and match high score as already mentioned.
You can see all of the other scores and the equipment used in the table below and some pics of the match below that.
We will not have a match in August, but will resume in September on the 4th Saturday (September 24th) starting at 9:00am to beat the heat. Remember that the Republic of Texas Field Target Grand Prix will be the 4th weekend (Fri, Sat, Sun) of October, so mark your calendars and be sure to come out and shoot.
See you at the next match,
Jeff Cloud
Field Target Match Director
Arlington Sportsman’s Club
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Good afternoon everyone,
This is a reminder that the September Field Target match at ASC will be Saturday September 25, 2021 as usual on the 4th Saturday of the month. As per our recent FT matches, we will follow COVID guidelines for this match, so please adhere to these if you wish to participate:
- Follow social distancing guidelines from Tarrant County and the State of Texas before, during and after shooting.
- You may wear a mask, but that is not a requirement.
This match will be 60 shots using 2 targets per lane in a format that is a warm-up for the Republic of Texas Grand Prix match in October. There will be 2 forced position (kneeling and standing) lanes. I anticipate that the Troyer will be about 32 this time, once again in alignment with upcoming ROT. The start time will be 9:00am.
[/size][/color][/color]Gates will open at 7:30 for sight in and sign up.[/color]Safety meeting at 8:45. [/color]Rifle match to start at 9:00am.[/color]All rifles must be in a case or rifle carrier when moving between lanes.[/color]Please note that it is a club rule that all shooters wear appropriate EYE protection. We don't have extras so remember to bring your own.
[/color][/color][/color]ASC Members $5, non-Members $10 Arlington Sportsman’s Club is located at: 11500 County Road 525, Mansfield, TX 76063(Also called Lillian Road)
Jeff Cloud FT Match Director[/color]jeff-cloud@utexas.edu[/color]817-360-0611
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Good evening everyone,
I want to let you know that the next FT match at ASC will be Saturday, February 26 (the 4th Saturday of the month as normal). This next match will be 60 shots using 3 targets per lane, and I plan to use the tower this time as one of the standing lanes (there will be two). I am moving the start time back to 10:00am to allow for the temperature to rise a little before the match starts. I will only cancel the match if it is raining hard or if the temperature is below 40F at match start time.
Gates will open at 7:30 for sight in and sign up.
Safety meeting at 9:45. Rifle match to start at 10:00.
All rifles must be in a case or rifle carrier when moving between lanes.
Please note that it is a club rule that all shooters wear appropriate EYE protection. We don't have extras so remember to bring your own.
ASC Members $5, non-Members $10
Please let me know if you plan to attend. If I don’t get more than a few responses, I will cancel the match for this month.
Arlington Sportsman’s Club is located at: 11500 County Road 525, Mansfield, TX 76063 (Also called Lillian Road)
Thanks,
Jeff Cloud
FT Match Director
jeff-cloud@utexas.edu
817-360-0611
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FT Match Report Arlington Sportsman’s Club 04/23/2022
We had 14 competitors come to challenge the ASC Field Target course yesterday! The weather was perfect, and there weren’t any bugs or chiggers, so if you weren’t present then you missed out on a great day of shooting again this month! It is going to be hot soon and you’re missing out so get off the couch and come and shoot with us. Shooters came from as far as Tulsa Oklahoma and Houston Texas to shoot this match. I decided after our long string of 30 Troyer difficulty matches to turn down the difficulty a little this month, and let the shooters knock down more targets. That was a fortuitous decision because the wind was really whipping at 20-25mph all day and the final Troyer was higher due to the wind. We had one “new” shooter, Jim Martin, join us for his first FT match, but Jim is not a new shooter. He is a seasoned, all-round shooter in other disciplines. Today, we set out a 62-shot match using 10 of our lanes, with two offhand lanes. Scott Cotton painted the targets and checked them for proper operation, and Eric Pianori helped me setup the course on Friday afternoon. Thanks for all the help, Eric and Scott, and to everyone who helps me setup, run, and takedown the course each month.
The average Troyer this month was 25.0, SD 7.25, Avg Dist 29.4 yds, and Avg KZ 1.22”.
We started at 9:00am after a brief safety meeting. Everyone spread out on the course “shotgun” style and started shooting. We had only one cold line for a string that got caught on the target when resetting it. I pride myself on having very few cold lines due to equipment failures, and work diligently each month to check the targets after they are set out on the course. We finished shooting about three hours later, and there were many smiles and celebratory remarks from the competitors about their success knocking down targets. Hunter PCP was once again the most numerous and contested class for the day with 10 shooters. 1st place was Rick Cuccio from Tulsa with an outstanding 57/62 shooting his reliable and accurate Benjamin Marauder, with a small lead over 2nd place Jim Clarke who shot 54/62 with his Daystate Redwolf. There was a 3-way tie for 3rdplace that was settled by best performance on the two offhand lanes. Faisal Khan was declared 3rd based on the offhand score with 53/62 using his FX Dreamline, while Ron Robinson shooting his venerable RAW TM1000 and Dave Cole shooting a unique BSA R10 finished 4th and 5th respectively.
In Hunter Piston, Scott Cotton told me that he shot one of his best scores in recent memory with an 43/62, scaring off all the other piston competitors.
In WFTF PCP, I finished first with 56/62 using my RAW TM1000 and new WFTF PCP shooter Eric Pianori finished 2nd with a 52/62 shooting his very customized (by himself) Tau. You can see some pics of Eric and his rifle below.
You can see all of the other scores and the equipment used in the table below and some pics of the match below that.
We will have our next match on the 4th Saturday (May 28) starting at 9:00am to beat the heat.
See you at the next match,
Jeff Cloud
Field Target Match Director Arlington Sportsman’s Club
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We had 13 competitors brave the heat at the ASC Field Target course today! I decided to start one hour earlier than normal to try and beat the heat, so it was 78F when we started and 89F when we finished at 11:15am. I removed the standing and kneeling lanes to shorten the match just a little too. Glad to be off the field before it hit 100F today. Shooters came from as far as San Antonio and Houston to shoot this match today. I set out a 54-shot match using 9 of our lanes. Scott Cotton painted the targets and checked them for proper operation, and I setup the course on Friday afternoon. Thanks for all the help, Scott, and to everyone who helps me setup, run, and takedown the course each month. Kudos!!
The average Troyer this month was 29.5, SD 6.18, Avg Dist 33.9 yds, and Avg KZ 1.21”.
We started at 8:10am after a very brief safety meeting. Everyone spread out on the course “shotgun” style and started shooting. We had a few cold lines for a string that got caught on one old Kermit Airgun Club target when resetting it, and another cold line when someone shot the leader off a target. I was paired with Paul Walker, back from a long hiatus, and we had a great time shooting together and ended up tying!!! Hunter PCP was once again the most numerous and contested class for the day with 8 shooters. 1st place was Faisal Khan with an outstanding 50/54 shooting his FX Dreamline, with a minute lead over 2nd place Bill Burkett who shot 49/54 with his Daystate Redwolf. Kevin Murphy finished in 3rd place with 49/54 also shooting a Daystate Redwolf, his highest placing since starting to shoot with us last fall. Great job guys!
In Hunter Piston, Scott Cotton once again came out on top with a 31/54, shooting a classic HW97K over Chris Simmons his arch nemesis with a 28/54 while shooting his TX200. This rivalry is heating up between these two long-time ASC members and competitors.
In WFTF PCP, David Alsup finished 1st with 48/54 using his Thomas, I finished 2nd with 46/54 using my RAW TM1000, and Eric Pianori finished 3rd with a 43/54 shooting his very customized (by himself) Tau Brno. David said this was his last warm-up competition before he leaves for the WFTF World Championships in Italy. We all wish you the best of luck David!
You can see all of the other scores and the equipment used in the table below and some pics of the match below that.
We will have our next match on the 4th Saturday (August 27) starting at 8:00am to beat the heat once again.
Please mark your calendars for September 24 & 25, because ASC is hosting the Texas Airgun Show on Saturday and a special FT match on Sunday.
See you at the next match,
Jeff Cloud
Field Target Match Director
Arlington Sportsman’s Club
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Good evening everyone,I want to let you know that the next FT match at ASC will be Saturday, August 27 (the 4th Saturday of the month as normal) starting at 8:00am due to the heat that we are experiencing. This next match will be 54 shots using 3 targets per lane.Gates will open at 7:00 for sight in and sign up.Safety meeting at 7:45. [/size]Rifle match to start at 8:00am.All rifles must be in a case or rifle carrier when moving between lanes.Please note that it is a club rule that all shooters wear appropriate EYE protection. We don't have extras so remember to bring your own.ASC Members $5, non-Members $10Arlington Sportsman’s Club is located at: 11500 County Road525, Mansfield, TX 76063 (Also called Lillian Road)Jeff Cloudjeff-cloud@utexas.edu817-360-0611
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FT Match Report Arlington Sportsman’s Club 08/27/2022
We had 16 competitors brave the heat this month at the ASC Field Target course! I started one hour earlier than normal again even though the temps weren’t supposed to be over 100, but the high humidty and minimal wind made it feel hot! Shooters came from as far as Oklahoma City, San Antonio, and Houston to shoot this match today. We had 10 lanes with 3 targets each, including the standing and kneeling lanes for the course this month. Scott Cotton and I painted the targets and checked them for proper operation and setup the course on Friday afternoon. Thanks for all the help, Scott, and to everyone who helps me setup, run, and takedown the course each month. Kudos!!
The average Troyer this month was 31.0, SD 5.84, Avg Dist 31.9 yds, and Avg KZ 1.13”.
We started at 8:15am after a very brief safety meeting. Everyone spread out on the course “shotgun” style and started shooting. We had one cold line for a target that got jammed with a pellet, and I was notified that a couple others need a little TLC before the next match. I’m on it! I was paired with Mark Welker shooting his AA TX200 after a long recovery from hand surgery, but you wouldn’t know it from his score. Mark and I were tied after 5 lanes, and his score was better than almost all the PCP shooters today. Piston shooters can match and beat PCP shooters with the right kind of practice. Way to go Mark! Hunter PCP was once again the most numerous and contested class for the day with 13 shooters. 1st place was Art Womack with an outstanding 51/60 shooting his Daystate Redwolf, with a 3-shot lead over 2nd place Ron Robinson who shot 48/60 with his RAW TM1000. Robert Droege finished in 3rd place with 47/60 also shooting a Daystate Redwolf beating out Bill Burkett with another Daystate Redwolf by virtue of better forced-position lane scores. Great job guys!
In Hunter Piston, as mentioned Mark Welker came out on top with 50/60 shooting his AA TX200, which is vintage rifle with a custom Maccari stock and personal tune from same.
In WFTF PCP, I was the only participant with 56/60 and match high score using my RAW TM1000.
You can see all the other scores and the equipment used in the table below, but I’m sorry that I forgot to take pics of the match. With the recent rain, our lanes have greened up and the temps have dropped, so the course is ready for a great fall and winter season.
Our next match will be on Sunday (not Saturday) September 25, because ASC is hosting the Texas Airgun Show on Saturday, September 24. We expect to have extra participants who came down for the airgun show to stay over for the Sunday FT match. This match will start at 9am and will have sandwiches for lunch from Jason’s Deli. If you want to attend the FT match, please send me an email or text so I can order enough food and drinks.
Please mark your calendars for September 24 & 25, because ASC is hosting the Texas Airgun Show on Saturday and a special FT match on Sunday.
See you at the next match,
Jeff Cloud
Field Target Match Director
Arlington Sportsman’s Club
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2022 Texas Airgun Show FT Match Report Arlington Sportsman’s Club 09/25/2022
We had 33 competitors join us on Sunday after the Texas Airgun Show at the ASC Field Target course! This is one of the most highly attended matches of each year and encourages show attendees to stay with us for one more day of airguns! Regular shooter Bill Burkett walked away from the show as the winner of a Hatsan USA RC Factor PCP rifle and scope package. I think we should encourage Bill to shoot it at the next match! Congrats Bill. Shooters came from Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, and North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas to shoot this match today. We had 15 lanes with 2 targets each, including two standing lanes for the course this month for a total of 60 shots. Scott Cotton painted the targets and checked them for proper operation and helped me setup the course on Friday morning. Thanks for all the help, Scott, and to everyone who helps me setup, run, and takedown the course each month. Kudos!!
The average Troyer this month was 31.7, SD 5.61, Avg Dist 30.3 yds, and Avg KZ 1.04”. It would not be an easy day for anyone.
We started at 10:00am after a thorough safety meeting for everyone, especially the new shooters that joined us. Everyone spread out on the course “shotgun” style and started shooting. We had one cold line for a string that was shot off, but that was it. I was paired with Jim Clarke and new shooter Jim Byrd who has been practicing and getting tips from Ron Robinson. Hunter PCP was once again the most numerous and contested class for the day with 25 shooters. 1st place was Art Womack with an outstanding 52/60 shooting his Daystate Redwolf, with a 4-shot lead over 2nd place Mike Atwell from OKC who shot 48/60 with his FX Dreamline. Paul Walker finished in 3rd place with 46/60 shooting his Thomas Carbine. Places 4 through 8 were mostly determined by offhand lane performances! It pays to practice your offhand and kneeling shots. Great job guys!
In Hunter Piston, Mark Welker came out on top with 44/60 shooting his Whiscombe JW65, besting Chris Simmons who had some troubles today.
In WFTF PCP, David Alsup finished first and match high score with 53/60 using his Thomas, while I finished second with 49/60 shooting my RAW TM1000, and Eric Pianori finished third shooting his custom Tau Brno(?) with 47/60.
You can see all the other scores and the equipment used in the table below, and some pics of the shooters at the match. Here is a link to all the Google photos taken during the Airgun Show and the FT Match (https://photos.app.goo.gl/kgKpyT4kMPw1RAQF6 (https://photos.app.goo.gl/kgKpyT4kMPw1RAQF6))
Our next match will be on Saturday, October 22, and this will be a Piston Rifle Championship Match hosted by the Assistant to the Match Director, Scott Cotton. You can bring a PCP rifle if you don’t have a piston gun and compete in the Fun Rifle class for bragging rights. This will be a 60-shot match and the Troyer factor will be a little lower than normal on account of the piston guns. Scott promises that he will be handing out awards for top finishers and other special mention competitors.
See you at the next match,
Jeff Cloud
Field Target Match Director
Arlington Sportsman’s Club
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10/22/2022 Arlington Sportsmen's Club Field Target Match
Nine brave shooters came out to compete at ASC on a lovely Saturday (assuming you find gale force winds to be lovely).
Not only was this our monthly field target match, it was also the first time for ASC to host the Texas Piston Field Target Championship. Seven shooters participated in the Piston Championship, two shooters came and shot their PCPs and many regular shooters stayed in their safe rooms or under their beds. It's too bad that so many shooters were afraid of the steely gazes and bulging, Popeye-like forearms of the springer shooters, but we appreciate the guys that came from as far away as Austin and San Antonio for the match.
Jeff Cloud won HOA honors as well as 1st place in WFTF class with his Whiscombe. The Whiscombe is a recoilless springer, so Jeff didn't "technically" break any rules by using the world's most expensive and rare piston gun, but I think he will have some explaining to do at the pearly gates to airgun heaven. (Quick riddle: Guess who is writing a match report and wishes he had a Whiscombe?)
Hunter class was hotly contested by six shooters, with the top three being Eric P (44), Chris S (38) and Scott C (36).
Paul B. shot a 42 in PCP/Fun Rifle class with his Marauder Pistol.
Other prizes awarded were Furthest Traveled (Robert D), Prettiest Gun (Bill B) and Worst Dressed (a 9-way tie, with the tie broken by Jim M's suspenders).
Jim C rounded out the hunter class shooters while wrestling with a gun that decided to go super-sonic on the drive up here. Based on the result, it's true what they say: Speed kills (scores).
The only cold line was caused by shooters looking for the pull string on the bell target. Probably something that a good match director would have pointed out during the shooter's meeting.
Troyer rating for the match was around 27, but the windy conditions made it shoot more like a 32 (or 132).
Big thanks to everyone that came out, a good time was had by all.
Scott
Important note: Next month (November) the match will be on the 19th due to Thanksgiving, not on the usual 4th Saturday.
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&^^&, I thought that shoot was this weekend.
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Cliff, your absence was noted... and mocked.
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Just a reminder, the November match at Arlington Sportsman's Club has been moved up a week to 11/19/2022 due to Thanksgiving.
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FT Match Report Arlington Sportsman’s Club 11/19/2022
We had 18 competitors brave the Texas cold this month at the ASC Field Target course! Even though we waited to start until 10am, the temps were still in the mid-30’s and didn’t climb out of the low-40’s all day. Seems like we really like to shoot FT no matter the weather! We’ll be here for the next few months too, so come on out if you are having FT withdrawals.
Scott Cotton and I painted the targets and checked them for proper operation and setup the course on Friday afternoon. Thanks for all the help, Scott, and to everyone who helps me setup, run, and takedown the course each month. Kudos!! Shooters came from as far as Arkansas, Tulsa, Oklahoma City, San Antonio, and Houston to shoot with us today. We had 10 lanes with 3 targets each, including the standing and kneeling lanes and one special Turkey target for the course this month. The shooter who knocked over this target would win a Turkey (Gift Certificate) for Thanksgiving…more on this later.
The average Troyer this month was 31.1, SD 7.13, Avg Dist 29.4 yds, and Avg KZ 1.04”. There was a brisk North wind that made the true Troyer a little higher, but I didn’t recalc the difficulties for the inconsistent conditions. We also now have at least 4 elevated targets to challenge shooters, two of them at 40+ yards, and we can use our elevated Archery tower to provide a decline shooting experience too for a total of up to 7 elevation-influenced targets. We didn’t use the tower this month but look for it again in one of our upcoming matches.
We started at 10:00am after our standard safety meeting. Everyone spread out on the course “shotgun” style and started shooting. We only had one cold line this month, where a target was pulled off its concrete block. I had spent some time with the targets after our match in September and looks like all are performing well. I was paired with Stan Kaloyanov from Arkansas shooting his AA ProTarget for this match. He struggled some on this day, but really enjoyed the match he told me. Keep an eye out for Stan, because he shows up in Texas, Oklahoma, and Tennessee to shoot FT. He must really like to drive long distances!
An interesting occurrence happened for the very first time at ASC; we were 100% PCP’s!! Springers have gradually declined and the last holdout, Scott Cotton, decided he’d like to try and shoot WFTF PCP to compete in the 2024 FT Worlds in the USA.
As I said earlier, the special, long-distance Turkey target would award the shooter that knocked it over with a $25 GC for a Thanksgiving turkey. Scott and I placed the 1 ½” KZ target at 75 yards but didn’t give away the yardage during the match. As it turns out, we made this one too hard, because no one was able to knock it down or even hit the KZ paddle despite one shooter who claimed that he hit it, but it failed to fall. We decided to give the award to the HOA score instead. See who that is below.
Hunter PCP was once again the most numerous and contested class for the day with 14 shooters. 1st place was Mike Atwell with a 50/60 shooting his FX Dreamline and he defeated Art Womack also with a 50/60 via a shootoff. Art was shooting his Daystate Redwolf. Thom Davies finished right behind these two in 3rd place with a fine 49/60 shooting his FX Crown. Great job guys! We haven’t had a shootoff in quite some time, but it felt appropriate with a Turkey on the line! HOA went to Mike Atwell taking home the 2022 ASC Turkey Shoot award. Congrats Mike!
In WFTF PCP, we had a large turnout for ASC of four shooters. I finished first with 51/60 shooting my RAW TM1000, while Scott Cotton finished 2nd with a 40/60 from his Hammerli AR20FT.
You can see all the other scores and the equipment used in the table below. One new addition for shooting score analyses is our website http://stuntcode.com/agshoot/ (http://stuntcode.com/agshoot/) that shows your score on each lane, your hit percentage by lane or near/mid/far targets, how you compare to your class average, your class winner, and the HOA winner. Thanks to Scott for his work on this, you should be able to tease out some areas where you can improve and hopefully finish higher in the standings.
Our next match will be on Saturday December 17. This match will start at 10am.
See you at the next match,
Jeff Cloud
Field Target Match Director
Arlington Sportsman’s Club
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December ASC Match Info
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. For our December match, I'm giving Jeff a day off. That doesn't mean the targets will be easy, I'm as big of a jerk as Jeff (some would say bigger). Expect a 60 shot course of average to above average Troyer.
This match will be Saturday, December 17th (not our usual 4th Saturday). Match starts at 10:00am (safety meeting at 9:45); gates open at 7:00am.
Only reasons for cancellation will be freezing temperatures or pouring rain.
All rifles must be in a case or rifle carrier when moving between lanes.
Please note that it is a club rule that all shooters wear appropriate EYE protection. We don't have extras so remember to bring your own.
ASC Members $5, non-Members $10
Arlington Sportsman’s Club is located at: 11500 County Road 525, Mansfield, TX 76063 (Also called Lillian Road)
Thanks,
Scott
Assistant TO the Match Director
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December Match Results
Eleven brave souls decided to thumb their noses at Mother Nature and have some air gun fun on Saturday, December 17th. Weather was chilly with a gusty little north wind.
The course was 60 shots set to a Troyer Rating of 31.18, with the focus being on tough short and medium targets. I tried to throw a curveball and put one of the kneeling targets on an elevated pole, but according to the results, this was more of a change up than a curveball. Stan didn't struggle with this target while shooting the kneeling lane from the standing position, and Art and I even managed to clean the kneeling lane. Jeff and I will head back to the evil laboratory and see what we can come up with for next month.
Thanks to our road warriors for making the trip, I think Stan travelled the farthest (from Arkansas). And thanks to Jim Martin for bringing his grandson out for his first match. Layton shot a very salty score for his first time! I'm sure we'll be seeing more of him.
Interesting side note: All three Jims shot a 37. One struggled with positional shots, one struggled with close shots, and one just shot a 37.
Thanks from the temporarily promoted and recently demoted match director, Scott.
Here are the results:
Hunter PCP
Art Womack Daystate Redwolf PRS Sightron SIII JSB 10.3 55/60 1st and HOA
Paul Bracaglia FX Elite Unknown JSB 10.3 46/60 2nd
Paul Walker Thomas Falcon M18+ JSB 13.4 45/60 3rd
Ron Robinson RAW TM1000 Waver V-16 FX 10.3 44/60
Jim Byrd FX Impact Sightron SIII JSB 13.4 37/60
Jim Martin Air Force Athlon JSB 10.3 37/60
Jim Clarke Daystate Redwolf Sightron SIII JSB 13.4 37/60
Layton Murel FX Sightron JSB 13.4 22/60
Jerry Cox Daystate Aztec JSB 10.3 18/60
WFTF PCP
Stan Kaloyanov AA Pro-Target Sightron SIII AA 8.4 37/60 1st
Scott Cotton Hammerli AR20FT Falcon T50+ AA 8.4 34/60
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Good morning everyone,
ASC will have our next FT match on Saturday January 28, 2023 (the 4th Saturday of the month). This match will be 60 shots using 3 targets per lane. The start time will be 10:00am to allow time for it to warm up a little. The only reason I will cancel the match is if it is raining (drizzle doesn’t count). Hopefully, our newest ASC club member, Paul Bracaglia, will be able to attend. Congrats on becoming a member of the ASC family Paul.
Gates will open at 7:30 for sight in and sign up.
Safety meeting at 9:45. Rifle match to start at 10:00am.
All rifles must be in a case or rifle carrier when moving between lanes.
Please note that it is a club rule that all shooters wear appropriate EYE protection. We don't have extras so remember to bring your own.
ASC Members $5, non-Members $10
Arlington Sportsman’s Club is located at: 11500 County Road 525, Mansfield, TX 76063(Also called Lillian Road)
Thanks,
Jeff Cloud
FT Match Director
jeff-cloud@utexas.edu
817-360-0611
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FT Match Report Arlington Sportsman’s Club 01/28/2023
Howdy and happy 2023 from the Arlington Sportsman’s Club!! We shoot year-round here in Texas and for this first match of 2023, we had 21 competitors join us. It was warmer than our last matches in November and December and got to about 62F by the end of the match.
Scott Cotton and I painted the targets and checked them for proper operation and setup the course on Friday afternoon. I chose a layout that emphasized close targets this month to remind shooters how important it is to be well-rounded in your FT shooting experience. There were a couple of maniacal laughs from the wooded course as Scott placed targets in spots that forced shooters to use all of the shooting box to see the targets. But the worst twist of all this month was the highly elevated target on Lane 8 that I made an offhand lane. There were many comments about that target during the match. Thanks as always to Scott, the assistant to the match director, and to everyone who helps me setup, run, and takedown the course each month. Kudos!! The average Troyer this month was 31.1, SD 7.13, Avg Dist 29.4 yds, and Avg KZ 1.04”.
Shooters came from as far as Tulsa, Oklahoma City, San Antonio, and Houston to shoot with us today. There was a chance of light rain with a north wind, and the temps were in the low-50s as we got started. Our wooded course tends to block some wind directions on certain lanes and then cause the wind to swirl invisibly on other lanes. We had two new shooters this month, Stacy S and Dusty Burkett, and everyone welcomed them to the match. We started at 10:00am after our standard safety meeting, and then spread out on the course “shotgun” style and started shooting. We only had one cold line this month, where a clamp was placed too close to the faceplate of a Rhino target. For match directors, diligence on setup and paying attention to target idiosyncrasies like this are important for a smooth-running match.
Hunter PCP was once again the most numerous and contested class for the day with 14 shooters. 1st place was Rick Cuccio from Tulsa with a 57/60 shooting his FX Dreamline defeating Art Womack also with a 57/60 via a shootoff. Art was shooting his Daystate Redwolf again with a custom aluminum chassis. Thom Davies finished right behind these two in 3rd place yet again with a terrific 56/60 shooting his FX Crown. Great job guys! That makes two shootoffs in 2 months! Dusty Burkett in his first ever FT match, shot a 40/60 besting his dad. I’m sure Bill was proud of Dusty’s performance but perhaps also wondering why he invited his son along and got his butt kicked… Just kidding Bill.
In WFTF PCP, we had three shooters. I finished first with 51/60 shooting my RAW TM1000, while Eric Pianori finished 2nd with a 46/60 shooting his Tau Brno and Scott Cotton finished 3nd with a 38/60 from his Hammerli AR20FT.
We had two springer shooters this month. Bill Burkett finishing 1st with a 33/60 shooting his HW97K.
You can see all the other scores and the equipment used in the table below. Take a look at the growing content of our shooting score analyses website https://airgunshoot.com/ (https://airgunshoot.com/)[/size][size=78%] [/size][/size][size=78%]that shows your score on each lane, your hit percentage by lane or near/mid/far targets, how you compare to your class average, your class winner, and the HOA winner.[/size][/size][size=78%] [/size][/size][size=78%] [/size][/size][size=78%]Thanks to Scott for his work on this, you should be able to tease out some areas where you can improve and hopefully finish higher in the standings.[/size][/size][size=78%] [/size][/size][size=78%] [/size][/size][size=78%]A couple of shooters mentioned they had looked at this last month and had specifically practiced ranges where they were weak.[/size]
One new change for 2023 is that ASC will be offering an Unlimited FT class that allows any of the configurations or aids from the other classes, as long as the gun shoots less than 20 ft-lbs. I’ll keep you updated on how that class progresses.
Our next match will be on Saturday February 25. This match will start at 10am.
See you at the next match,
Jeff Cloud
Field Target Match Director
Arlington Sportsman’s Club
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FT Match Report Arlington Sportsman’s Club 02/25/2023
We shoot year-round here in Texas and for this second match of 2023, it was much colder than last month with the high being 45F, overcast and threatening rain sprinkles all day. Even though the weather was dreary, we had 20 competitors join us! Perhaps it was my enticement to come and shoot in “English Weather Conditions” that brought them out.
Scott Cotton and I checked the targets for proper operation and setup the course on Friday morning in the same dreary conditions we would experience on Saturday. The layout this month consisted of 3 targets per lane on 10 lanes on our 3D archery course. About 1/3 of the lanes had close targets with small holes and the rest had far targets with larger holes to allow shooters to practice their close and far shots. There were comments from shooters about which target to shoot in a near to far order, because the targets on more than a few lanes were separated by only a yard or so in distance. Everything conforms to AAFTA rules for courses as it does every month at ASC, but I like to make it as challenging as we can dream up. Thanks as always to Scott, the assistant to the match director, and to everyone who helps me setup, run, and takedown the course each month. Kudos!! The average Troyer this month was 30.7, SD 4.51, Avg Dist 30.6 yds, and Avg KZ 1.11”.
Shooters came from as far as Tulsa, Austin, San Antonio, and Houston to shoot with us today. We had one new shooter this month, Real M who was a guest of Paul Kocurek and everyone welcomed him to the match. We started at 10:00am after our standard safety meeting, and then spread out on the course “shotgun” style and started shooting.
Hunter PCP was once again the most numerous and contested class for the day with 12 shooters. 1st place was Derrick Wall shooting his Kalibrgun Cricket Tactical with 54/60, followed by long-time friend Craig Martin shooting his Daystate CRX-ST with 44/60 beating out Jim Clark shooting his Daystate Redwolf also with 44/60 based on their offhand lane scores.
We had 2 Hunter Piston shooters today. Bill Burkett bested his son this match and finished in 1st shooting 35/60 with his AA TX200.
In WFTF, we had three shooters. I finished first with 53/60 shooting my RAW TM1000, while Stan Kaloyanov finished 2nd with a 39/60 shooting his Thomas.
Finally, we had two shooters in Unlimited class. Brian Stafford finished 1st shooting his Daystate Huntsman with 42/60. I think that perhaps we will have a few more shooters convert to Unlimited as the year progresses.
You can see all the other scores and the equipment used in the table below. Take a look at the growing content of our shooting score analyses website https://airgunshoot.com/ (https://airgunshoot.com/) that shows your score on each lane, your hit percentage by lane or near/mid/far targets, how you compare to your class average, your class winner, and the HOA winner. Thanks to Scott for his work on this, you should be able to tease out some areas where you can improve and hopefully finish higher in the standings.
Our next match will be on Sunday March 26 rather than our usual day due to a club activity. This match will start at 9am since the time has changed and it should hopefully be a little warmer.
See you at the next match,
Jeff Cloud
Field Target Match Director
Arlington Sportsman’s Club
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Good evening everyone,
ASC will have our next FT match on Sunday Sunday SUNDAY, March 26, 2023 (NOT on Saturday as usual) starting at 9:00am. We’re switching the start time to be 9:00am for the rest of the season. The only reason I will cancel the match is if it is raining (drizzle doesn’t count). This match will be 60 shots using 2 targets per lane on 15 lanes and will be a warmup for those wanting to attend the Cajuns in Baton Rouge the next weekend. Expect the Troyer level to be HARD. We had 20 shooters at the February match, so come out and test your mettle against a truly challenging course.
Gates will open at 7:30 for sight in and sign up.
Safety meeting at 8:45. Rifle match to start at 9:00am.
All rifles must be in a case or rifle carrier when moving between lanes.
Please note that it is a club rule that all shooters wear appropriate EYE protection. We don't have extras so remember to bring your own.
ASC Members $5, non-Members $10
Arlington Sportsman’s Club is located at: 11500 County Road 525, Mansfield, TX 76063(Also called Lillian Road)
Thanks,
Jeff Cloud
ASC FT Match Director
jeff-cloud@utexas.edu
817-360-0611
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FT Match Report Arlington Sportsman’s Club 03/26/2023
Our March match was what I can call “an adventure” for those of us who put it on each month. We had to move the match back by one day to be able to support the ASC Youth Day event on Saturday. Scott, Chris, and I spent all day helping young boys and girls experience the thrills of shooting an air rifle at reactive targets. At the conclusion of this event at 4pm, we drove down to the 3D archery lanes and were greeted with grass that was almost one foot high on most lanes! “Holy Crikey Batman, what’ll we do now?” We made a quick call to our Archery Director, Rodney, and he agreed to run the zero-turn mower down the lanes (none of us are qualified yet) while I used the weedeater to clean up the edges. This is a lesson in delegation for me; I need to get the assistant to the match director, Scott, who has time on his hands (unfortunately), to come out and mow before the next match and give him a free match entry that is worth $5! He’s already painting the targets during his down time, so what’s one more task?
While I was helping Rodney mow, Chris and Scott started setting up on the lanes that didn’t need mowing. The layout this month was a warmup for the Cajuns Classic Grand Prix in Baton Rouge, Louisiana the next weekend and consisted of 2 targets per lane on 15 lanes and conformed to all AAFTA rules for GP’s. All the targets were challenging due to long distances, elevated locations, deep shadows, small KZ’s, cramped shooting boxes, or obstructions in the obvious shot line. Scott and Chris really took my layout to the max while they were setting it up. When I finished mowing, I helped the guys do the last lane or two, confirmed the targets worked, and then we left at about 7:15pm…a 12-hour day! Thanks to both, and to everyone who helps me setup, run, and takedown the course each month. Kudos!! The average Troyer this month was 34.5, SD 5.07, Avg Dist 31.6 yds, and Avg KZ 1.05”.
Sunday arrived early and I arrived tired but early to the club before the sun was up, but I sure love shooting Field Target outdoors in Texas in the spring! It was warmer this month than it has been, with temps in the high 50’s when we started and up to the 70’s by the time we finished. And everything looks green and alive too! Shooters came from as far as Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Austin, San Antonio, Arkansas, and Houston to shoot with us today. We had four new shooters this month, and they were paired with an experienced shooter to show them the ropes. We started at 9:00am after an extended safety and rules meeting, and then spread out on the course “shotgun” style and started shooting.
Hunter PCP was once again the most numerous and contested class for the day with fifteen shooters. 1st place was Ron Robinson shooting his Daystate Wolverine with an ancient Weaver scope, unsorted pellets, and bad eyesight with 48/60, followed by Thom Davies shooting his FX Royale with 45/60 beating out Jim Byrd shooting his FX Impact with 44/60.
We had three Hunter Piston shooters today. Long-time ASC member, Chris Simmons bested the others and finished 1stshooting 28/60 with his AA TX200.
In WFTF, we had three shooters. Stan Kaloyanov finished 1st today with a 41/60 shooting his Thomas.
Finally, we had one shooter in the Unlimited class and one shooter in WFTF Piston class. Jerry Cox shot 27/60 and Scott Cotton shot 36/60 in their classes, respectively.
The new shooters conveyed their extreme enjoyment to me after the match and assured me they would be back and maybe bring a friend next time. Looking at the results, the scores were understandably lower than our normal matches due to the difficulty level, but some shooters performed better today than they typically do. I guess strong challenges bring out the best in some of us.
You can see all the other scores and the equipment used in the table below. Take a look at the growing content of our shooting score analyses website https://airgunshoot.com/ that shows your score on each lane, your hit percentage by lane or near/mid/far targets, how you compare to your class average, your class winner, and the HOA winner. Thanks to Scott for his work on this, you should be able to tease out some areas where you can improve and hopefully finish higher in the standings.
Our next match will be on Saturday April 22 which is our usual 4th Saturday. This match will start at 9am since the time has changed and it should hopefully be a little warmer.
See you at the next match,
Jeff Cloud
Field Target Match Director
Arlington Sportsman’s Club
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FT Match Report Arlington Sportsman’s Club 04/22/2023
I decided a couple of weeks ago that our April match was going to be a repeat of our difficult March match to give the veteran shooters a real challenge. Everything was going as planned until I was unable to be present on Friday to setup the course, so Scott had to do it by himself. I will say that he did a great job and is now promoted to Assistant Match Director! The course consisted once again of 2 targets per lane on 15 lanes and conformed to all AAFTA rules. The average Troyer this month was 33.1, SD 5.07, Avg Dist 31.6 yds, and Avg KZ 1.08”. Thanks to Scott for the setup, and to everyone who helps me run and takedown the course each month. Kudos!!
It was a perfect spring Texas day for shooting outside! The temps were in the 60’s when we started, and the winds weren’t nearly as strong or from the west like last month. Shooters came from as far as Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Austin, San Antonio, Arkansas, Brownwood, and Houston to shoot with us today. We had five new shooters this month that are part of the Howard Payne University Shooting Sports class, and they came to “take their final exam” on the course. We started at 9:00am after an extended safety and rules meeting, and then spread out on the course “shotgun” style and started shooting.
Hunter PCP was once again the most numerous and contested class for the day with seven shooters. 1st place was Rick Cuccio shooting his FX Royale with Hawke scope with 59/60, only one shot from cleaning the course! We had a tie for 2nd that was settled by shootoff with Derrick Wall shooting his Kalibrgun Cricket2 TAC beating out Thom Davies shooting his FX Royale both with 57/60, while new shooter David Turner finished 4th shooting his Daystate Redwolf with 53/60.
In WFTF, we had four shooters. I finished 1st today with a 54/60 shooting my RAW TM1000, beating out Eric Pianori with his Tau Brno with 52/60.
We had one Hunter Piston and one Unlimited and one Pistol shooter today. Each of these shooters finished 1st in class. Congrats to you all!
The Howard Payne U students enjoyed their “final exam” more than I remember “enjoying” any of mine back in college. They shot in the Fun Rifle class that awards one point for hitting the face plate, and two points for knocking the target over. David W came out on top with 77/120, but their professor, long-time shooter Bob Pacatte, tells me they will all “Pass” no matter where they finished. Happy to have you all present and hope you continue shooting in your adult lives after school.
You can see all the other scores and the equipment used in the table below. Take a look at the growing content of our shooting score analyses website https://airgunshoot.com/ (https://airgunshoot.com/) that shows your score on each lane, your hit percentage by lane or near/mid/far targets, how you compare to your class average, your class winner, and the HOA winner. Thanks to Scott for his work on this, you should be able to tease out some areas where you can improve and hopefully finish higher in the standings.
Our next match will be on Saturday May 27 which is our usual 4th Saturday. This match will start at 9:00am since we are in the warmer months and want to get started before it gets too hot.
See you at the next match,
Jeff Cloud
Field Target Match Director
Arlington Sportsman’s Club
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FT Match Report Arlington Sportsman’s Club 01/27/2024
This month, one of our guest shooters suggested we have a garage sale to allow the collectors amongst us to empty out our closets, so to speak. So, we delegated the task of organizing the sale to that same guest that suggested it, and he willingly volunteered. Many thanks to our longtime friend, Craig Martin for stepping up. Volunteerism keeps our matches and our club running. There were 8 tables setup in the barn with approximately 40 rifles and lots of other airgun accessories spread about on them and under them. I will say that it was a buyer’s market with many rifles, scopes, and accessories undervalued to move them on to a new home, but I didn’t see that many items sell. I did see an RTI Prophet, a RAW TM1000, a Benjamin Marauder, a Joe Brancato Great White air tank, a couple of scopes, and many tins of pellets sell for good prices. Perhaps if we do this again, more serious buyers will show up.
After the garage sale wrapped up at noon, we moved over to the very soggy and muddy 3D archery course to have a 60-shot FT match. We had about 2” of rain on Friday afternoon, evening, and night, and with the cold temperatures overnight, the conditions on the course were more appropriate for staying home in front of the fire. But 20 brave souls came out to shoot, and as the temperatures rose to the high 50’s F, and the sun came out, it was an awesome day by the time we were finished at about 3:30.
A North wind blew all day between 5-12mph which blew pellets this way and that and kept most scores lower than normal, but not everyone was affected. The course was 60 shots on 10 lanes with one off-hand lane and one kneeling lane. The average Troyer this month was 31.6 before the wind modifier, SD 6.13, Avg Dist 28.0 yds, and Avg KZ 0.98”.
Thanks again to everyone who helps me setup, run and takedown the course each month. Kudos to all of you!!
Here is the breakdown of classes and winners today. Hunter PCP had 13 shooters competing. 1st place was Brian Stafford shooting his FX Crown with a very respectable on this day, 54/60. Second place and only two points behind was Scotty Haslam shooting 52/60 with his Benjamin Marauder. 3rd place went to Derrick Wall with a 46/60 shooting his BRK Ghost. Unlimited class had two shooters, and Jerry Cox took 1st place with his Daystate Renegade shooting 41/60. This is Jerry’s first time coming out on top of the Unlimited class. Great job Jerry. Eric Pianori took the WFTF PCP class shooting his custom Tau Brno and hitting 43/60. The remaining classes had only one shooter, but we did have a new shooter with us today. Welcome to Susan Gehrig shooting in Fun Rifle class and doing very well hitting more than 50% of the target face plates. Great job, and you are welcome to come back and shoot with us anytime. You can see all the scores, finishing positions, and equipment list below. Congrats to everyone and I hope that you had fun!
See below for all the results of the match.
Take a look at the growing content of our shooting score analyses website https://airgunshoot.com/ (https://airgunshoot.com/) that shows the average score on each lane, your score on each lane, your hit percentage by lane or near/mid/far targets, how you compare to your class average, your class winner, and the HOA winner. Thanks to Scott Cotton for his work on this, you should be able to tease out some areas where you can improve and hopefully finish higher in the standings.
Our next match will be on Saturday, February 24 which is our usual 4th Saturday. This match will start promptly at 10:00am.
See you at the next match,
Jeff Cloud
Field Target Match Director
Arlington Sportsman’s Club