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Title: June 23, 2013 Bench Rest pics
Post by: Nikoman on June 24, 2013, 07:59:33 PM
Hello everyone,
I wanted to post some pics my daughter shot yesterday at the Bench Rest in Ione (CA). It was a real blast (no pun intended) ;D
Wanted to share some pics hoping to lure some of you lurkers out of the shadows and onto the range next time for some fun. It was really nice to see some of you GTA'ers there (you know who you are ;)).

Title: Re: June 23, 2013 Bench Rest pics
Post by: Nikoman on June 24, 2013, 08:00:16 PM
I'll update with more pics later. ;)
Enjoy!
Title: Re: June 23, 2013 Bench Rest pics
Post by: palonej on June 24, 2013, 08:27:49 PM
Soooooooooo jealous!!!! Looks like a great way to spend the day!!!
Title: Re: June 23, 2013 Bench Rest pics
Post by: Motorhead on June 24, 2013, 09:11:54 PM
Great turn out ... think we had 15 or 16 of the available 20 lanes occupied with an enthusiastic air gunner flingin some lead down range !!   
And the fun afterwards ...  ;D ;D 50 yard paint balls and bottle caps taking shot for shot down the line  ;D ;D

We had 5 spring gun guys with .177's shooting the SAME class that made us the stand out class of the event ... GO SPRING GUNNERS !!!!

Yup, day spent with friends is a good day indeed !!
Title: Re: June 23, 2013 Bench Rest pics
Post by: Hanabata808 on June 24, 2013, 09:16:50 PM
Wow Niko that looks like it was tremendous fun!
Thanks for sharing the pictures!  ;D

Is that 4th picture your TX Niko?  ;)
Title: Re: June 23, 2013 Bench Rest pics
Post by: palonej on June 24, 2013, 10:28:26 PM
Larry!! You recognize that shrimpy rifle too????
 ;D ;D
Title: Re: June 23, 2013 Bench Rest pics
Post by: Motorhead on June 24, 2013, 10:34:08 PM
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Many of the new shooters are hardcore springer shooters so in their honor we created a Heavy Varmint Piston class for all to compete in. There was some serious competition in this class, and considering that this was the first BR match for almost all the springer shooters and that there was only one set of wind flags for the entire match I think the results are pretty impressive. When the smoke cleared the wimpiest rifle in the piston match shot by Mark W was high springer and the highest card in the springer class was shot by Niko with a TX200. One of the most impressive rifles at the match was a Diana 460 shot by Jeff S, who amazed everyone in the plinking contests after the formal match. Jeff consistently picked off paint balls, bottle caps and 223 shells at 50 yards, hanging with Matt L and his FX Revolution and Kyron with this .25 Marauder. Jeff competed in the unlimited class but used the 25M targets rather than the 50yd targets. Had he used the 50 yd target his score wouled have been 10-20% higher giving Matt a run for the class title.

Thanks to all who attended the match, with a special thanks to Ken M who helped with the food and beverages for the day. I hope to see you all again at our next match in August.

Jim in Sacramento


Shooter   Class   Rifle   Tgt 1   X1   Tgt 2   X2   Tgt 3   X3   Score   X cnt
Jim C   Sporter   Daystate AirWolf.177   237   3   239   4           476   7
Matt L   Sporter   FX Revolution   213   1   213   1           426   2
Frank W   Sporter   Marauder .22   200   1   225   3           425   4
Rick B   Sporter   Diana 34 Springer   148   0   176   0           324   0
                                        
Matt L   Unlimited 50   Fx Revolution   142   0   146   0           288   0
Jeff S   Unlimited 50   Diana 460M   100   0   138   0           238   0
                                        
Jim C   Lt Varmint   AA EV2    232   7   233   7   231   3   696   17
Russ H   Lt Varmint   AA EV2    224   4   227   1   227   4   678   9
Matt L   Lt Varmint   FX Elite .22   216   3   196   3   207   4   619   10
                                        
Mark W   Hv Vmt-Piston   FWB 300S   212   2   207   1   208   0   627   3
Scott S   Hv Vmt-Piston   AA TX200    197   1   206   0   204   2   607   3
Niko K   Hv Vmt-Piston   AA TX200 HC   177   0   209   2   197   0   583   2
Jeff S   Hv Vmt-Piston   HW97K   182   0   204   1   172   1   558   2
Rick B   Hv Vmt-Piston   DIana 34   145   0   160   1   170   0   475   1
                                        
Jim C   Hv Varmint   Steyr LG100ZM   237   7   238   4   236   2   711   13
Scott S   Hv Varmint   Marauder .177   236   3   234   2   212   1   682   6
Matt L   Hv Varmint   FWB P70   219   2   224   1   219   2   662   5
Frank W   Hv Varmint   Marauder .177   212   1   211   4   206   1   629   6

Kudos to the GTA member Mark W (Calmark) for kicking every one elses butt with a 6# match gun when we were all shootin 14-17# .... Some mighty fine shooting happening there !!
Title: Re: June 23, 2013 Bench Rest pics
Post by: Nikoman on June 24, 2013, 10:43:27 PM
Larry!! You recognize that shrimpy rifle too????
 ;D ;D

 >:(
Title: Re: June 23, 2013 Bench Rest pics
Post by: Motorhead on June 24, 2013, 10:58:43 PM
Larry!! You recognize that shrimpy rifle too????
 ;D ;D

 >:(

Yup, that's stumpy  ;D
Title: Re: June 23, 2013 Bench Rest pics
Post by: Nikoman on June 24, 2013, 11:08:12 PM
Yeah, that's it....you guys just keeeeep laughing, ;D
"Shrimpy", "Stumpy" is going to surprise us all someday, you'll see.
And no, Palone, I'm not swapping out the barrel for a longer one (I know what you're going to say). ;D
Title: Re: June 23, 2013 Bench Rest pics
Post by: ac12 on June 24, 2013, 11:11:56 PM
What distance do you guys shoot the match at?
Title: Re: June 23, 2013 Bench Rest pics
Post by: Motorhead on June 25, 2013, 12:03:03 AM
What distance do you guys shoot the match at?

25 meters & 50 yards pending class
Title: Re: June 23, 2013 Bench Rest pics
Post by: palonej on June 25, 2013, 06:52:35 PM
Yeah, that's it....you guys just keeeeep laughing, ;D
"Shrimpy", "Stumpy" is going to surprise us all someday, you'll see.
And no, Palone, I'm not swapping out the barrel for a longer one (I know what you're going to say). ;D

This one would be too easy bro!!!! I'm giving you a freebie.....just this once!!
  ;D ;D
Title: Re: June 23, 2013 Bench Rest pics
Post by: Nikoman on June 26, 2013, 01:37:32 AM
Here's some more pics:

Title: Re: June 23, 2013 Bench Rest pics
Post by: Nikoman on June 26, 2013, 01:39:04 AM
...and a few more:

Title: Re: June 23, 2013 Bench Rest pics
Post by: Motorhead on June 26, 2013, 02:27:22 AM
Great shots Niko, nice to get one of these events documented !!
Title: Re: June 23, 2013 Bench Rest pics
Post by: Nikoman on June 26, 2013, 02:41:39 AM
Thanks Scott!
You should link Jim to this thread so he can grab some of these pics too.
The guys are welcome to the full res versions of any of these pics. I can email them to folks so anyone can just shoot me an email or PM.
I'd like to get a FT event documented with some pics too one of these days.
I'm trying to show people that it's just a bunch of nice folks having a great time and hoping to entice them to come out.