Hi, folks. We had some good shooting at DIFTA today. Temps were in the low/mid 50's, and for what feels like the first time this year, we had some light wind to contend with. We shot a 10-lane, 60-shot course with one forced offhand lane. Our offhand division continues to thrive. This time, Al Otter joined the offhand diehards, and brought a great old AA RN10 instead of his usual USFT. Art Deuel came down for the first time since the Nats last year. Paul Wire shot his maiden FT match. Darth Penguin's humanoid, dry-weather counterpart brought more delicious, sustaining Chocolate Cheap cookies.

Congrats to top scorer me (?!?) of the WFTF division, and to other division winners Mark Martin, Rex Gori, and Jeff Deyesu. Al Otter graciously conceded 2^nd in Offhand to AJ Stephens, depriving us of a dramatic shoot-off.

Shooter	Rifle	Scope	Pellet	Score	Division
Jan Vandenberg	Marauder	Leapers 8-32x56	JSB 8.4	53	WFTF
Jeff Deyesu	Daystate Air Wolf MCT	Leapers 8-32x56	JSB 8.4	52	Hunter
Rex Gori	AA Pro Sport	Leupold 6.5-20	JSB	52	Piston
Ed Canoles	HW77	Vortex Diamondback 4-12	CPL	46	Hunter
Phil Dean	Logun Axsor .22	Bushnell	CP .22	43	Hunter
Karl Krchma	TX200	Bushnell Trophy	CP	39	Piston
Mark Martin	Daystate Air Ranger	Hawke 10x	CP	34	Offhand
Bill Price	R9	Leapers 4-16x56 SF	CPL	33	Hunter
Art Deuel	HW98	Leupold 6.5-20 EFR	CPL	28	Piston
John Gilbert	Marauder	Leapers 8-32x56	JSB 8.4	26	WFTF
AJ Stephens	Gamo Silver Shadow	Leapers 6-24x50	H+N 8.64	25	Offhand
Al Otter	AA RN10	Nikko 10-50x60	JSB 10.5	25	Offhand
Andy Stephens	RWS 34	Airforce	JSB 8.4	23	Offhand
Steve Winegar	AF Talon SS	Leapers 3-9x40	JSB 10.5	22	Hunter
Paul Wire	RWS	Simmons	CP	20	Novice
Dale Benson	Webley Tomahawk	Nikko Stirling	JSB 7.9	20	Offhand
Stuart Carroll	HW50S	Bushnell Banner 8-24	JSB	10	Hunter

 

Our next matches are the Fun Match on October 15, followed by regular (non-Fun???) match on November 19. See our chapter calendar for the full 2011 schedule.

See you next time!

by hitting 87% of the targets on a dark, cold & windy day!

Congrats Jeff for your fine score that was only one point behind the "match high score"!

P.S. You gave your GUN too much credit when I was talking to you since YOU were holdin' tha gun and pullin' tha trigger!

but you can't deny that I got to skip the years of practice needed to produce consistent/repeatable/on target shots from anything with a "real" trigger or any recoil at all.


That said, I really didn't pay much attention to the wind while shooting except on that one at 45ish yards with the small KZ. Missed it twice and Al kept having me go back while we were waiting on the group in front of us and tried to coach me through the hold-off.

I certainly paid attention to the wind when I wasn't on the line though..... burrrrr, I was freezing until my lunch (consumed at 10:30) started sharing some of it's energy with me.
Note to self, if the temp gauge reads 52 when you leave for a match, wear an extra layer!

"i never said i wasn't good with revolvers, just said i don't have much use for them."

-bp

imagine your taking a lot of time to master a good springer.........as YOU claimed!

What a mix of guns and shooting styles, and great scores! Kudos to AJ Stevens for shooting that Gamo, Offhand no less! I'd to know what you have in it, AJ, as I have a Gamo S1K that shoots pretty good, but I'd never do that well offhand.

RicG

 

well, one generation, anyway.

difta sure beats shootin' in my yard, but on any non-difta saturdays, just email me for directions (fauquier county, va). 7 FT targets, two steelplinkers, and a bunch of paper. 55 yards

AJ and andy have been here. they shoot paintballs at the same distance i shoot baseballs.

-bp

but they only have .178" kill zones. gotta allow for a little shooter error.

-bp

I threw my Gamo in the trash out of frustration but AJ can really "make his sing"! Hummmmm...... the "kid" beat the "ole man", bet there was a lot of razzin' goin' on with that trip home!

I shot with AJ at the match. I believe he said his rifle was the Gamo Silver Fox - but the discontinued version with the factory chromed bore. He also said he upgraded the trigger and spring.

AJ let me take a couple of shots with it. It shot very nicely !

ps: If anyone wants to throw away any break-barrels, let me know. Our scout troop could put them to good use