On Oct 11th there will be a big FT match held by Central Ohio Airgunners. Probably the last FT match in the midwest till next year. I went to the most recent event this year that was held on Sept 13/2020. It was fairly small ( 20 people ) but perfect for me since I had never attended or participated in 1 of these events. I did'nt really know what 2 expect and if I wanted to give it a go what will it cost and what/ should can I bring? All I brought were a topped off pcp rifle and 2 springers and some pellets,lol. And 2, 5 dollar bills. It cleaned me out.lol. The event had both a small FT event and a 50 yd bench rest event. The FT event had Knockdown/Resettable targets out to idk 40 yds? There was a power limit,foot/pounds u could use(to preserve the targets) understandable of course. The targets had variable kill zone sizes. It looked challenging without it being a cakewalk. It was basically informal,(on your honor) score keeping. And there was 199% percent honor with some good fun razzing and the exchange of experiences among a myraid of shooting topics. I opted for the 50yd benchrest event. I did'nt know how my springers would react shooting from crossed-sticks. So like I said,I show up bare bones,butt &&^^^% so to speak,lol. I start off and right away I can't even see where my sighters r hitting,oh sh**. Once I get that figured out my rifle starts miss-behaving and won't cycle or index /cock the next round. It did this 3 times? Each time I had to pull the magazine and then I'd dump the round in the dirt. I finally remembered that if I did'nt give the trigger-pull a complete follow-thru this happens. So I'm trying to shoot off a bench which is totally different than my home set-up,height is off,seat is off, none of my personnel benchrest rests/bags,lol. I finally got settled alittle bit about half way thru the 25 shot string. It was SOOOO embarrassing. I was given considerable leniency and was granted a Macaroni,not sure how many or how that works tho it was expained that it has some pre-revolutionary connection. Ahhhh,I'm easily confused,I apalogise to the fella that explained it to me I can't wait to go back and try again. I NEEd to redeem myself,at least alittle. The Oct 11th FT event looks big and I bet alot of people will be participating because other past events have been canceled.Make plans to go,I am.
