Hello from Iowa

[Iowa Airgunner]

Hello from Iowa
My name is Eric and I am in Iowa City.
I am originally from Maryland. I shot Field target at the DIFTA league in Damascus Maryland until 2016 when I moved to Iowa.
It is a beautiful place but there is ZERO Airgun activity much less Field Target competition.
So I am trying to get people together in eastern Iowa

Cedar Rapids/ Iowa City area has three gun clubs and a free shooting range area.

Plus farms and wooded areas all around.
I have everything laid out to build a club except people.

There cannot be a shooting competition without a club to organize it. And you have to have liability insurance to protect the land owner if we can find a private area to shoot.

There are a million details and a TON of work to do not to mention money.

But that is the only way Field Target will come to Iowa.

So let’s start club. We need at least half a dozen people that want to get together and hash it out.

 

[beerthief]

Great idea , hope you have good results .
A great many people drive several hours to shoot FT . i think there are FT clubs in western St Louis area and Missouri ? Okla city but that is 9 hours from you .



oh , welcome to the best AGN !

 

[Chief Ten-Beers]

Welcome to the Forum Eric. I am close to Clinton.

 

[Iowa Airgunner]

Hello and thank you.
I have driven it Illinois to shoot. It is tough to drive for hours and compete then drive back. Plus if a club can secure a sight then there is practice days every weekend and it goes from there. If it only 1/2 hour drive

 

[Revoman]

Eric,

Welcome a fabulous forum with tons of knowledge and mostly friendly folks.

Mike

 

[HogKiller]

Hello from Iowa
My name is Eric and I am in Iowa City.
I am originally from Maryland. I shot Field target at the DIFTA league in Damascus Maryland until 2016 when I moved to Iowa.
It is a beautiful place but there is ZERO Airgun activity much less Field Target competition.
So I am trying to get people together in eastern Iowa

Cedar Rapids/ Iowa City area has three gun clubs and a free shooting range area.

Plus farms and wooded areas all around.
I have everything laid out to build a club except people.

There cannot be a shooting competition without a club to organize it. And you have to have liability insurance to protect the land owner if we can find a private area to shoot.

There are a million details and a TON of work to do not to mention money.

But that is the only way Field Target will come to Iowa.

So let’s start club. We need at least half a dozen people that want to get together and hash it out.

Well, hopefully if you build it they will come, good luck.

 

[maxtrouble]

Welcome to AGN! Good luck on your endeavor! I wish you the best of luck!

 

[graycrait]

@Iowa Airgunner , I ended up back in Iowa after a 40 yr hiatus. I'm an old air gun NOOB about 2 hrs NW of you. Good luck with your endeavor.

 

[uladz]

Welcome @Iowa Airgunner to the best airgun forum on the web! And good luck in your endeavor, best of luck! Keep us posted how it goes .

 

[mthoople]

A good friend lives in Cedar Rapids. I would love to head out there to throw some lead!

 

[coastal drifter]

Welcome from the sunshine state