1st and 2nd in Pellet class (Mike S. and Ben S)
Had a turnout of 10 shooters: 2 Rimfire, 7 Pellet, and 1 Slugger. Colorado Chris (I think) was the lone slugger. I was not sent his score card so don't know how he did (I WAS sent the sign up sheet and his name is on it, looks like he shot his Impact and .25 slugs from NSA). There's been mucho mucho mucho airgun comps here in AZ in the past few weeks and I think that factored into only 10 shooters. I know that was personally why I couldn't make it down to the match, well, that and my current overnight work schedule. Other than Gabe that came in from San Diego, I think everybody that made it are local PHX shooters.
From the Xtreme Troyer factor, the shooters had their work cut out for them, and that's not even factoring in the wind, which by NWS data, looks like it was rather nasty.
The highest Troyer was a 56.3!!! and was a 1.5" kz @ 75 yards on lane 3. Next highest was a 1.75" kz @ 61yards on lane four with a T of 45.8. There was also a T of 42.8 (2.25" @ 77 yards on lane 2). Typically the 3" kzs @ 100 yards on lane 3 and 10 are the highest T's (@41.7), but not this match!
The overall Troyer factor for the course was a 36.4 and a 72.8 if adjusted for wind, based on a measured gust of 21mph, and as discussed here:
https://www.airgunnation.com/thread...un-report-from-sept-2022-night-match.1274312/ That unadjusted-for-wind Troyer of 36.4 is the hardest overall T we've seen in a while. The average wind looking to be about 8-12mph during the match time, only made matters worse, by the looks of the scores. Furthermore, those switches from ssw to sse would be tough, as that would be switches from quartering in from about 1 oclock to quartering out from about 5 o clock from one gust to the next, at least on some of the targets. And it seems to me that those quartering wind shots are the worst for messing with elevation, in addition to drift. Anybody ever thought of some windicators downrange for these matches? I kid, I kid.
Boxscore and equipment list
Mike S came out on top again. At the next match, somebody's gonna have to give the windage turret on that Kahles of his a good twist or three when he's not looking. Good shooting Mike. Keep an eye on your rig next month, or don't, and see what happens
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I'd like to point out that Steve M and Tony P were the only shooters to go 4/4 on lane 3. Dunno that all of us feel this way, but lane 3 has been my bugaboo since Ben added it. There really isn't a "close" target on that lane, with a 75 and 100yard target. And it was set even harder yesterday, with a 1.5" kz on the 75 and a 3" on the 100yarder. Great shooting to you two for cleaning it.
Nobody went 4/4 on the offhand lane. Practice up folks, lane 9 is typically a good opportunity to pull ahead, or fall behind, lol.
From what I was told, sounds like it was another fun, but challenging match.
Ben wanted me to add that he was sent a demo scope from Falcon, their new "Endura" model. Most of the shooters were able to take a good look through it and it sounds like the typical with scopes, pros and cons. I looked through it last weekend and it was okay, but not quite as good as their X50. Seems like the main negatives that some pointed out were the somewhat mushy turrets, and the minimum focus distance of 13 yards. That min focus distance would be fine for XFT, but would present a problem for regular ft where targets are as close at 10 yards, and many of us shoot both disciplines. I would suspect field target shooters are a relatively small portion of the market for scope manufacturers, but I keep hoping one (or more) of them will realize that most of us are willing to throw some money at scopes in the search for the holy grail ft scope.
Thanks to Ben and crew for another great match (so I was told).
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