Also known as,RIVULETS RAN THROUGH IT!
Any sane Match Director would have canceled the Friday and Saturday TEXtreme Pistol and Rifle Extreme Field Target matches under weather forecasts of 30-60% chances of precipitation all day, both days. However with a small fortune in Airguns Of Arizona gift certificate awards on the line, and shooters having replied they were coming from all around Texas and two other states, and the inarguably less-than sane Match Director’s belief weather forecasters are no more competent than any other ‘professionals’ in 2024, and perhaps even less so, The Fool didn’t cancel the matches.
By Friday morning the Ranchito Robinson venue having already had five inches plus of precipitation in the previous 48 hours tells us… correction, tells you just how loose grasp said Match Director has on (any semblance of) sanity. 
Nevertheless, and with light precipitation persisting through practice, the shooters meeting, and the first couple lanes of Friday’s match, six pistoleros contested the Extreme Pistol FT match in the mud and the muck and the beer (remember, we’re talkin’ ‘bout TEXAS). Thankfully the early-match precip was light enough to only slightly dampen enthusiasm of near-equally-insane pistoleros negotiating countless flowing rivulets and firing-lines-become-ponds, all of which became ever more mud-holes as the match wore on with pistoleros slogging through it all, undeterred. Don’t let their receding hairlines and soft bellies fool you Folks, those TEXtreme pistoleros are rough bunch’a desperados!
One of the roughest stands a full 4’10”, if he stands an inch. Yep, you guessed it; Derrick Wall whipped ‘em all again. Correction- whipped US all again!
Wielding his hog-leg .20 Brocock Commander like a bandito
robbing gringos
, 'El Wallo' wallowed in the mud and the muck and the beer well enough to post an outstanding 58/60, thereby making off like the bandit he truly is with the $200 Airguns Of Arizona Match Winner gift certificate, Match Winner TEXtreme pellet tin, and Match Winner hat-pin bounties. Derrick's pistol wears a 4-14X Athlon Talos scope, and shoots 13.73 JSB pellets 804 FPS. Great shooting DW!
Not far behind slogged Billy Davison posting an excellent 56/60 with his .177 Brocock Pathfinder, topped with a 6-24X Athlon Heras scope and shooting 13.39 Somethings at 805 FPS. Billy made off with a $100 AoA gift certificate and a TEXtreme pellet tin for his efforts. Fine shooting, Billy.
With another 2” of precipitation overnight Friday, that continued till almost match time Saturday, the rivulets, firing-line mud-holes, and all ground conditions were even more extreme for the Rifle match. Nevertheless a dozen riflemen contested the three-tiered podium in the by-then giant mud-hole commonly known as Ranchito Robinson. Proof-positive what ‘they’ say, “God takes mercy on fools and idiots (and apparently anyone loco enough to stomp around giant mud-holes for hours dragging $5000 BB-gun rigs with other like-‘minded’ locos), the precipitation stopped before match commencement. And stayed stopped the whole match!
Once again the Giant-Midget-Of-A-Man prevailed against all other locos for the match win; El Wallo posting an awesome 57/60 with his Athlon Cronus scoped .30 Kalibrgun Cricket 2 Tac, shooting 56 grain Zan pellets 890 FPS. Derrick nabbed another $200 Airguns Of Arizona gift certificate, another Match Winner pellet tin, and another Match Winner hat-pin. Nice shooting, D. When asked what he thought of the RIVULETS RAN THROUGH IT mud matches, being from the Houston area (that had 18” of rain in the previous 48 hours), he replied “You call THIS wet?” He then went on to say, "Pablo and Byrd are big sissies!" ('Big' obviously being a relative term as applied here.)
Reigning National Champion Caleb Dickenson was victimized by Lane 7’s notoriously shifting and swirling winds; but nevertheless posted an excellent 56/60 for Second Place with his Sightron S8 (TELE)scoped .25 Daystate Red Wolf mothership. The Champ shot Ringmaster pellets 930 FPS in pocketing the $100 Second Place Airguns Of Arizona gift certificate, and priceless TEXtreme Airgun Sports pellet tin. Good shooting, Champ. When asked for comment, El Campione said “Que’ pasado?” (Translation- What just happened?!)
Jim Martian, a planet from a galaxy far, far away (where all creatures are immune to mud), captured the $50 Airguns Of Arizona Third Place gift certificate and a TEXtreme pellet tin. Jim used an Arken-scoped FX, shooting .25 Somethings at 960 FPS. Good shooting, Jim. When asked how he intends to spend his $50 gift certificate, The Martian replied, “I reckon it’ll make a pretty good down payment on a tin of .25 Somethings.”
Aforementioned less-than-sane Match Director, who’d dreaded forecasted mud-matches all week, thoroughly enjoyed all the proceedings! That it seems other attendees might have as well suggests I... correction, he might not enjoy a monopoly on crazy.
If you haven’t experienced dragging $5000 BB-gun rigs through giant mud-holes with a bunch’a other crazies, maybe you should consider trying it. What… crickets?
I’d like to thank all those who helped make the mud-hole madness so memorably EPIC. And also many, MANY thanks for not only your tolerance and understanding of the restroom issues, but conscientious consideration and efforts in keeping all mud outside the thresholds of Casita Robinson. I truly didn’t think that would be possible, but thank you all a million for proving otherwise. I hope you all enjoyed yourselves as much as I enjoyed you all.
Happy Shooting, Y’all!
Ron & Maggyy
P.S.- As always, thanks to Airguns Of Arizona for all your support and sponsorship of TEXtreme Airgun Sports. Folks, please support those that support our passion.
Standing 4'10" if he stands an inch, Derrick accepts his awards from the 6'13" match director (whose head is bigger than a Prius).
Billy accepting his awards; Maggyy standing guard.
Any sane Match Director would have canceled the Friday and Saturday TEXtreme Pistol and Rifle Extreme Field Target matches under weather forecasts of 30-60% chances of precipitation all day, both days. However with a small fortune in Airguns Of Arizona gift certificate awards on the line, and shooters having replied they were coming from all around Texas and two other states, and the inarguably less-than sane Match Director’s belief weather forecasters are no more competent than any other ‘professionals’ in 2024, and perhaps even less so, The Fool didn’t cancel the matches.
By Friday morning the Ranchito Robinson venue having already had five inches plus of precipitation in the previous 48 hours tells us… correction, tells you just how loose grasp said Match Director has on (any semblance of) sanity. Nevertheless, and with light precipitation persisting through practice, the shooters meeting, and the first couple lanes of Friday’s match, six pistoleros contested the Extreme Pistol FT match in the mud and the muck and the beer (remember, we’re talkin’ ‘bout TEXAS). Thankfully the early-match precip was light enough to only slightly dampen enthusiasm of near-equally-insane pistoleros negotiating countless flowing rivulets and firing-lines-become-ponds, all of which became ever more mud-holes as the match wore on with pistoleros slogging through it all, undeterred. Don’t let their receding hairlines and soft bellies fool you Folks, those TEXtreme pistoleros are rough bunch’a desperados!
One of the roughest stands a full 4’10”, if he stands an inch.
Yep, you guessed it; Derrick Wall whipped ‘em all again. Correction- whipped US all again! Wielding his hog-leg .20 Brocock Commander like a bandito robbing gringos, 'El Wallo' wallowed in the mud and the muck and the beer well enough to post an outstanding 58/60, thereby making off like the bandit he truly is with the $200 Airguns Of Arizona Match Winner gift certificate, Match Winner TEXtreme pellet tin, and Match Winner hat-pin bounties. Derrick's pistol wears a 4-14X Athlon Talos scope, and shoots 13.73 JSB pellets 804 FPS. Great shooting DW!Not far behind slogged Billy Davison posting an excellent 56/60 with his .177 Brocock Pathfinder, topped with a 6-24X Athlon Heras scope and shooting 13.39 Somethings at 805 FPS. Billy made off with a $100 AoA gift certificate and a TEXtreme pellet tin for his efforts. Fine shooting, Billy.
With another 2” of precipitation overnight Friday, that continued till almost match time Saturday, the rivulets, firing-line mud-holes, and all ground conditions were even more extreme for the Rifle match. Nevertheless a dozen riflemen contested the three-tiered podium in the by-then giant mud-hole commonly known as Ranchito Robinson. Proof-positive what ‘they’ say, “God takes mercy on fools and idiots (and apparently anyone loco enough to stomp around giant mud-holes for hours dragging $5000 BB-gun rigs with other like-‘minded’ locos), the precipitation stopped before match commencement. And stayed stopped the whole match!
Once again the Giant-Midget-Of-A-Man prevailed against all other locos for the match win; El Wallo posting an awesome 57/60 with his Athlon Cronus scoped .30 Kalibrgun Cricket 2 Tac, shooting 56 grain Zan pellets 890 FPS. Derrick nabbed another $200 Airguns Of Arizona gift certificate, another Match Winner pellet tin, and another Match Winner hat-pin. Nice shooting, D. When asked what he thought of the RIVULETS RAN THROUGH IT mud matches, being from the Houston area (that had 18” of rain in the previous 48 hours), he replied “You call THIS wet?” He then went on to say, "Pablo and Byrd are big sissies!" ('Big' obviously being a relative term as applied here.)
Reigning National Champion Caleb Dickenson was victimized by Lane 7’s notoriously shifting and swirling winds; but nevertheless posted an excellent 56/60 for Second Place with his Sightron S8 (TELE)scoped .25 Daystate Red Wolf mothership. The Champ shot Ringmaster pellets 930 FPS in pocketing the $100 Second Place Airguns Of Arizona gift certificate, and priceless TEXtreme Airgun Sports pellet tin. Good shooting, Champ. When asked for comment, El Campione said “Que’ pasado?” (Translation- What just happened?!)
Jim Martian, a planet from a galaxy far, far away (where all creatures are immune to mud), captured the $50 Airguns Of Arizona Third Place gift certificate and a TEXtreme pellet tin. Jim used an Arken-scoped FX, shooting .25 Somethings at 960 FPS. Good shooting, Jim. When asked how he intends to spend his $50 gift certificate, The Martian replied, “I reckon it’ll make a pretty good down payment on a tin of .25 Somethings.”
Aforementioned less-than-sane Match Director, who’d dreaded forecasted mud-matches all week, thoroughly enjoyed all the proceedings! That it seems other attendees might have as well suggests I... correction, he might not enjoy a monopoly on crazy.
If you haven’t experienced dragging $5000 BB-gun rigs through giant mud-holes with a bunch’a other crazies, maybe you should consider trying it. What… crickets?
I’d like to thank all those who helped make the mud-hole madness so memorably EPIC. And also many, MANY thanks for not only your tolerance and understanding of the restroom issues, but conscientious consideration and efforts in keeping all mud outside the thresholds of Casita Robinson. I truly didn’t think that would be possible, but thank you all a million for proving otherwise. I hope you all enjoyed yourselves as much as I enjoyed you all.
Happy Shooting, Y’all!
Ron & Maggyy
P.S.- As always, thanks to Airguns Of Arizona for all your support and sponsorship of TEXtreme Airgun Sports. Folks, please support those that support our passion.
Standing 4'10" if he stands an inch, Derrick accepts his awards from the 6'13" match director (whose head is bigger than a Prius).
Billy accepting his awards; Maggyy standing guard.
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