Seventeen shooters from three states shot twenty scorecards in Saturday’s sixty-shot TEXtreme Rifle Field Target match in lovely Spring-like weather featuring eighty degree high temps and light wind conditions early in the match, increasing to quite gusty winds by match completion. $750 in Airguns Of Arizona gift certificates were up for grabs to the top Rifle and Pistol podium placers; and for the first time, shooters were allowed to purchase multiple scorecards to shoot multiple guns in either or both matches (Rifle and Pistol). Three Rifle and three Pistol shooters did so. Familiar names claimed the bounties.
U.S. National and Texas State Champion Caleb Dickenson continued his LUCKY STREAK
to nab the $250 Airguns Of Arizona Rifle Match Winner gift certificate, and pure 24 karat gold (colored) TEXtreme Airgun Sports Match Winner set of three (different-sized) collector-grade pellet tins. Caleb used a .25 Daystate Red Wolf to post an excellent-for-conditions 54/60 score for the win. Great shooting, Champ!
Derrick Wall’s 52/60 was good enough for the $150 AoA Second Place gift certificate and pure 24 karat gold (colored) TEXtreme Airgun Sports Second Place set of three (different-sized) collector-grade pellet tins. Derrick shot a .25 Daystate Delta Wolf. Excellent shooting, DW.
A tie for Third Place at 51/60 was decided by the high Standing Lane count tie-breaker; John Tafoya prevailing with 4/6 for the $100 AoA Third Place gift certificate and pure 24 karat gold (colored) TEXtreme Airgun Sports collector-grade pellet tins. Suffice to say Ron Robinson SUCKED on the Standing Lane!
Good shooting, JT.
Saturday’s Pistol Field Target match also allowed shooters to purchase multiple scorecards in order to shoot multiple guns; in this case Extreme and/or Magnum Pistol Class. Three Pistoleros did so, thereby making FT history contesting the worlds first Magnum Pistol Field Target competition
featuring muzzle energies to forty foot pounds. Extremely gusty match winds proved an excellent challenge for
shooting PELLET PISTOLS TO EIGHTY YARDS! Nine shooters contested the "only" twenty foot pound, “only” 55 yard maximum Extreme Class in the pistol match. Jeff Cloud captured the $150 AoA Match Winner gift certificate and pure 24 karat gold (colored) TEXtreme Airgun Sports Match Winner set of three collector-grade pellet tins, shooting his .20 caliber Rapid Air Works TM 1000 wonder-pistol. His 57/60 score is more than little impressive. Fantastic shooting, Jeff!
Derrick Wall captured his second Second Place in as many days, only one point behind Jeff. DW also used a .20 caliber, in this case a Brocock Commander. Great shooting, Derrick.
Caleb Dickinson’s 52/60 was good enough to capture the Third Place pure 24 karat gold (colored) TEXtreme Airgun Sports Match Winner set of three collector-grade pellet tins. Caleb used a .177 Brocock Pathfinder.
Three shooters contested the new Magnum Pistol class. Derrick Wall used his same .20 caliber Brocock Commander for the win; shooting different pellets at greater power than in the Extreme Pistol class, virtue of Brocock’s excellent multi-position power wheel. His 53/60 score bears remembering that was posted in extremely gusty winds, to 80 yards, with a pellet pistol.
Art Womack will post spread-sheets of all the shooters equipment, scores, placings, and other analyses soon. A million thanks for that, Art; and for the two insulated drinking mugs for the door prize drawings.
And thank you Jim Martin for providing sub sandwiches for Saturdays after-match lunch, and another lifetime supply of new ball-point pens inscribed with “Stolen from TRAILERS PLUS SALES INC… When Jim wasn’t looking!”
As always, we can't thank Airguns Of Arizona enough for their support of TEXtreme Airgun Sports competitions. TEXtreme wouldn't exist without AoA's generous original and ongoing sponsorship.
THANK YOU!!! New to airgun competitions, Luis and Cathy (or Kathy, I neglected to ask) made the trip from Albuquerque to see what Extreme Field Target is all about. Here’s hoping my shooters were successful in creating the illusion they are civilized… because I certainly failed in that deception! In all honesty, hope Y’all enjoyed yourselves as much as we enjoyed having you. By the way, Luis was one of only three shooters that cleaned the Standing Lane! Great shooting, Luis!
Not new to Field Target, Paul Kocurek expanded his FT horizons by attending and contesting Saturday’s Extreme FT Rifle match. His excellent 47/60 first attempt should hook him on EFT, but makes me kinda n-
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Good shooting, Bud.
Feedback suggests I might not be the only one to have enjoyed myself last weekend. Even the most hard-core FT enthusiasts,
that shot two guns and scorecards in BOTH matches, got their fill of field target. However, by Sunday night I was absolutely worn-out as a rented government mule!
Oops...
Wait!
Sorry Folks, I gotta get some rest!
Happy Shooting All,
Ron & Maggyy
Caleb claiming the Rifle prize.
Jeff's Pistol Match Winner anointment.
Luis cleaning the Standing lane!
Jim Clarke attempting to create the illusion he's actually
enjoying his brand-new retirement.
Cave-Man Sighted At Local Shooting Competition!
Correction- Cave-Man Sighting At Local Shooting Competition
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