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GTA directory => GTA Announcement Gate => Topic started by: Cloud 9 on February 21, 2019, 10:03:04 PM
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Good evening everyone,
The 2019 Texas Airgun Show will happen on the same as last year (4th weekend so for the Airgun Show and for the FT Match) and the events and timing for the show will also remain stable. We will still have vendors in the main building with the same arrangement and also under the large circus tent outside, so that we are not space-constrained. Our local Straight Shooters 4H group will provide concessions once again. Vendor table prices will remain the same at $30 each, but if you will make a significant donation for the raffle or door giveaways, then we will provide you up to 2 tables for free. Once again, we will have the ranges open for you to demo the rifles, with paper and reactive targets available to shoot at.
Registration is now open at https://texasairgunshow.com (https://texasairgunshow.com/). You can find the link to registration in the brochure or at the bottom right hand corner of the website. Please submit any correspondence through this email address: texas.airgun.show@gmail.com
See you in June,
Jeff Cloud
Texas Airgun Show Director
Arlington Sportsman Club
texas.airgun.show@gmail.com
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Howdy, To clarify, the show will be June 22 with the FT match on June 23.
For those of you thinking about coming to the show and renting a table to sell some of your stuff (we all have lots we can sell), I've rented out approximately half of the inside tables already, so go ahead and reserve yours today.[/size]
For those just coming to experience what is the Texas Airgun Show, as we have for the last few years, we'll have lots to see, touch, buy, and shoot on Saturday. Demos by airgun vendors and manufacturers will happen again, including the possibility for a fun shoot after the show is over on Saturday. We'll once again have the Field Target match on Sunday morning.
Come on out if you have a chance, you won't be disappointed.
Jeff Cloud
Texas Airgun Show Director
texas.airgun.show@gmail.com
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I know at least 2 of us coming. I really enjoyed everything last year.
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i am going again, hopefully to also shoot the Ft match on sunday.
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The 2019 Texas Airgun Show will happen on June 22 at the Arlington Sportsman Club in Mansfield with vendors in the main building selling airguns and outside demonstrating their airguns on the ranges. There will be raffles for airguns and airgun related items all throughout the day. The show runs from 9am-4pm and is $5 per person to get in the gate and receive a door prize ticket. Our local Straight Shooters 4H group will provide concessions for a small donation.
Once again, we will have the ranges open for you to demo the rifles, with paper and reactive targets available to shoot at.
There will be a Field Target Match on Sunday June 23 at the same location.
You can find more info at https://texasairgunshow.com/ (https://texasairgunshow.com/) and download the brochure if you'd like to register for the FT Match
See you in June,
Jeff Cloud
Texas Airgun Show Director
Arlington Sportsman Club
texas.airgun.show@gmail.com
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The 2019 Texas Airgun Show will have our annual Field Target Match on June 23 at the Arlington Sportsman Club in Mansfield. This is the day after the airgun show that is on Saturday June 22.
You can find more info at https://texasairgunshow.com/ (https://texasairgunshow.com/) and download the brochure if you'd like to register for the FT Match
See you in June,
Jeff Cloud
Texas Airgun Show Director
Arlington Sportsman Club
texas.airgun.show@gmail.com
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2 more weeks. Who's all going?
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I am going, and planning on shooting the FT event on Sunday also.
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Good evening everyone,
The 2019 Texas Airgun Show is coming up in just 2 short weeks. We've got everything arranged with some great raffle and door prizes from well known airgun companies and accessory developers. Remember that the show is Saturday June 22, from 9am-4pm and it costs just $5 to enter. We are also going to have a 60-shot Field Target match per AAFTA rules on Sunday June 23 and it costs just $10 to enter. The gates open Sunday at 8am, and the match starts at 10am. Here is the show website with all of the info you need. https://texasairgunshow.com (https://texasairgunshow.com/)
We've got all the tables inside sold, but we've decided to offer FREE TABLES under the big tent outside for those of you who only have a couple of airguns you'd like to sell or trade at the show. You are the guys who normally walk the show holding onto airguns you want to sell and trade. You can now put those guns on these tables and sell or trade them for free. There will be lots of table sharing going on, and you need to bring everything you need, because these tables are bare. Tom Gaylord was telling me that this has never been done at an airgun show before and we hope it will help those of you carrying your guns around to lighten your load. I also hope it might entice more of you to come and sell whatever airgun related items that you no longer need.
Come on out if you have a chance, you won't be disappointed.
Jeff Cloud
Texas Airgun Show Director
texas.airgun.show@gmail.com
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Thank you Jeff for the foresight in offering the tables for the walkers. I have never seen this done at a regular gun show either.
I can tell you it will be greatly appreciated by those of us that Bring our extras to trade.
Ian.
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No problem! Just as long as someone doesn't sit down with 10-15 rifles to sell it will be ok; I don't want my inside table renters to get upset about me giving away free tables!! LOL.
Jeff
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Looking forward to the show this weekend. As always many thanks to Jeff and the rest of the crew for their efforts to allow us to have a great time with a bunch of great folks.
Pat Gray
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RboeF8e_ZIU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RboeF8e_ZIU)
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Enjoyed the video! Good work.
Pat
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2019 Texas Airgun Show
Well, the 2019 Texas Airgun Show hosted by the Arlington Sportsman Club (ASC) for the 4thyear is now over and all the ASC volunteers are happy but tired! Let me tell you that preparing our club and it’s ranges for hundreds of guests, airgun shooting demos & shooting matches, and providing food and drinks for all of them is quite a task. A task made easier by all of the volunteers from the club who helped, but most especially Matt Jones, Teresa Womble (4H), Sheila & Gary Swinney, Rodney Hatfield, Gina Wilson, Tricia Reetz, Derek Jones, and the Range Officers. If you would like to be involved in airguns at the club in any way, don’t hesitate to reach out to me via phone, email or face to face. I am always willing to share the joys of airgunning with club members.
The show attendance by vendors and individuals this year was a little smaller than last year, but there seemed to be more gun sales going on with most of the vendors, and the demonstration ranges were still very crowded most of the day. As in past years, I continue to hear compliments on our beautiful facility, the Straight Shooter 4H refreshments, and the unique feature that show attendees can buy or sell airguns and then take a short walk outside to the ranges for demos and other shooting activities.
Inside Schaefer Pavilion, vendors and individuals filled all of the tables selling airguns of all types, airgun accessories, night vision, airgun paraphernalia, and even some knives. New airguns, old ones, rare ones, rifles, pistols, full-auto BB guns, etc. Prices ranged from $20 to as high as $2000 for multi-pump, spring, CO2, and high-pressure air powered airguns. Both 100-yard Range C & 50-yard Range D were filled with folks shooting airguns, while Range B was open for anyone who wanted to test out their new purchase. Tom Gaylord, The Godfather of Airguns, a national and internationally known writer of all things airguns was in attendance yet again with a table full of interesting guns, The Godfather of Airguns t-shirts, and copies of his book that he was autographing for purchasers.
The manufacturer demonstrations were only on Range C this year, because neither Crosman nor Sig-Sauer were able to attend, and I must’ve been asked why more than 100 times during the day why they weren’t here. They were sorely missed! Once again, we had folks trying out air rifles from Hatsan USA, Umarex, FX and Brocock (courtesy of Airgun Depot), Airforce Airguns and RAW by shooting at silhouette and swinger targets all the way out to 100 yards. Airforce Airguns used 6 lanes and by far had the largest presence, but we appreciate all of the manufacturers that were present. My request to the manufacturers that weren’t present or only brought a few guns is to come visit and bring more next year! Next, on Range D we had guests from Houston demonstrating the high level of skill required to shoot silhouettes while standing! I heard some guys say they were good shots, but were severely humbled by the difficulty (and fun) of this shooting style match.
We continue to have terrific prize giveaways at the show. I estimate that we gave away over $5000 in airguns and airgun accessories this year. There are 3 ways to win items at the Texas Airgun Show. First, with your paid gate entry ticket good for the door prize, second by purchasing raffle tickets for raffle items from our lovely assistants Patricia and Sheila, and third by purchasing raffle tickets from our SS4H group to be entered in a drawing for Red Ryder BB guns at the end of the day. Many thanks to our sponsors Hatsan (https://hatsanusa.com/ (https://hatsanusa.com/)), Umarex (https://www.umarexusa.com/ (https://www.umarexusa.com/)), Airgun Depot (http://www.airgundepot.com/ (http://www.airgundepot.com/)), Gamo (https://www.gamousa.com (https://www.gamousa.com/)), Ron Stone, Patrick Gray, Ton Jones, Hawke Sport Optics (https://us.hawkeoptics.com (https://us.hawkeoptics.com/)), Pellet Gage (https://pelletgage.com (https://pelletgage.com/)), Rhino Targets ( http://www.fieldtargets.com/index.htm (http://www.fieldtargets.com/index.htm)), Ron Robinson, Texas Brush Hog Camo (https://www.texasbrushhogcamo.com (https://www.texasbrushhogcamo.com/)), Pyramyd Air (https://www.pyramydair.com/ (https://www.pyramydair.com/)), and AirForce Airguns (http://www.airforceairguns.com/ (http://www.airforceairguns.com/)) and their raffle prize donations. We are truly blessed by the generosity of our sponsors, and I hope that you walked away with one of our raffle prizes. The final two prizes given away were a beautiful walnut-stocked Air Arms S500 Extra rifle and scope from Pyramyd Air, and a .257 caliber Texan air rifle and scope from AirForce Airguns. The Airforce Airguns rifle was won by the mother of one of the 4H students. The daughter made sure to whisper to me that “she’s gonna make sure and shoot it a lot.” I hope you do!
As if there weren’t enough airgun activities at the club on Saturday, we also hosted a special Texas Airgun Show Field Target match on Sunday morning on the 3D Archery lanes where we shoot on 15 of the lanes among the Mesquite and Live Oak trees on the property. There were 26 competitors in all who came from 7 nearby and far-away states (AR, OK, KS, LA, NC, TN 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. After the 60-shot match was over, we had Jason’s Deli sandwiches and drinks, and then I announced the winners. See my FT match writeup elsewhere in the newsletter for results.A happy end to another successful show. You can all of the photos from the event here (https://photos.app.goo.gl/agwnwefuq18xfE6E6 (https://photos.app.goo.gl/agwnwefuq18xfE6E6)) Thanks again to everyone from the ASC that volunteered and to the leadership of our club that allows this show to take place at our facility, and thanks to Tom Gaylord, The Godfather of Airguns, who is our inspirational leader for airguns.
Jeff Cloud
Texas Airgun Show Director