This spring, Rex and gang will be putting on two of the well-loved "airgun rendezvous" weekends that this club has become known for. These events will occur on March 8/9 and on April 26/27.
The address to the property is: 1129 Stevens Loop, Duncan, Arizona.
Here is a macro view of the Duncan Area. Follow my red line to get to the match site and camping area.
Both weekends will consist of silhouettes on Fri, and an AAFTA style field target match on Saturday morning.
Your normal field target rig (<20fpe) can be used for the silhouettes, and any legal ft position is allowed. Max score is 40. Ram, turkey, pig, chicken, chicken at each of the 4 distances. Shoot through twice. When the wind is reasonable the distances are 50, 60, 70, 80. On a windy month we'll bring them in a bit, 40, 50, 60, 70. Pretty dang fun to shoot steel silhouettes out to 70 or 80 yards with a 18-19fpe gun!
Silhouettes will start at 4pm on Friday evening
The AAFTA style field target match will start at 930-1000 on Saturday morning. It'll consist of 10 lanes, 3 targets per lane, 2 shots per target. Total of 60 possible points. Plan for a challenging course, we like to set em hard.
$15 match fee for the field target portion (silhouettes on Friday is no fee) and the property owner (Tom) is cooking breakfast for the group on Saturday morning. So that entry fee gets you breakfast too. On top of being very generous with his beautiful river bottom property, the gun can cook a mean dutch oven meal.
On-site camping is not only available, but encouraged. Boondocking type camping, no water hook ups or facilities. Me and my boys did tents last spring, but camp trailers can get in here too. It's only a couple hundred yards off the pavement. There's a bit of a gentle, dry and sandy wash within 75 yards of the camping area, and there's plenty of us around to help guide a camp trailer through. Spending the night allows a shooter to enjoy the silhouettes on Friday evening, AND the ft match on Sat morning, AND spend more time with like-minded (addicted to airguns) individuals.
It has been really cool to see this club spring up. Rex has almost single-handedly created a field target club where there was none. He personally footed the bill for the targets and all the peripherals that are necessary for a functioning airgun club. He has invited friends and acquaintances to come give it a try, basically everybody with any interests in guns. And as we all say, once somebody experiences the fun that is field target, well they're hooked. That has blossomed into guys buying guns and getting equipped, etc. Rex has been resealing guns bought used, and generally helping the members of his burgeoning club take their first steps into the fun.
Rex and I sent out some feelers to see if there was enough interest for two spring matches in Duncan and he just sent me the list he compiled. Looks like 18ish confirmed for March, with another 7 or 8 completely new to field target potentially showing up. April attendance looks even more promising. When comparing that to attendance of long-standing clubs around the country.....VERY cool.
Here is a match report from last spring at this location to give you an idea of what to expect. March 8/9 and April 26/27 will be very similar. https://www.airgunnation.com/thread...an-az-ft-and-silhouette-match-report.1289226/
Any and all are welcome and encouraged to attend. Both match weekends will be a bunch of fun.
Don't hesitate to comment here with any questions. Or PM me if you're shy.
The address to the property is: 1129 Stevens Loop, Duncan, Arizona.
Here is a macro view of the Duncan Area. Follow my red line to get to the match site and camping area.
Both weekends will consist of silhouettes on Fri, and an AAFTA style field target match on Saturday morning.
Your normal field target rig (<20fpe) can be used for the silhouettes, and any legal ft position is allowed. Max score is 40. Ram, turkey, pig, chicken, chicken at each of the 4 distances. Shoot through twice. When the wind is reasonable the distances are 50, 60, 70, 80. On a windy month we'll bring them in a bit, 40, 50, 60, 70. Pretty dang fun to shoot steel silhouettes out to 70 or 80 yards with a 18-19fpe gun!
Silhouettes will start at 4pm on Friday evening
The AAFTA style field target match will start at 930-1000 on Saturday morning. It'll consist of 10 lanes, 3 targets per lane, 2 shots per target. Total of 60 possible points. Plan for a challenging course, we like to set em hard.
$15 match fee for the field target portion (silhouettes on Friday is no fee) and the property owner (Tom) is cooking breakfast for the group on Saturday morning. So that entry fee gets you breakfast too. On top of being very generous with his beautiful river bottom property, the gun can cook a mean dutch oven meal.
On-site camping is not only available, but encouraged. Boondocking type camping, no water hook ups or facilities. Me and my boys did tents last spring, but camp trailers can get in here too. It's only a couple hundred yards off the pavement. There's a bit of a gentle, dry and sandy wash within 75 yards of the camping area, and there's plenty of us around to help guide a camp trailer through. Spending the night allows a shooter to enjoy the silhouettes on Friday evening, AND the ft match on Sat morning, AND spend more time with like-minded (addicted to airguns) individuals.
It has been really cool to see this club spring up. Rex has almost single-handedly created a field target club where there was none. He personally footed the bill for the targets and all the peripherals that are necessary for a functioning airgun club. He has invited friends and acquaintances to come give it a try, basically everybody with any interests in guns. And as we all say, once somebody experiences the fun that is field target, well they're hooked. That has blossomed into guys buying guns and getting equipped, etc. Rex has been resealing guns bought used, and generally helping the members of his burgeoning club take their first steps into the fun.
Rex and I sent out some feelers to see if there was enough interest for two spring matches in Duncan and he just sent me the list he compiled. Looks like 18ish confirmed for March, with another 7 or 8 completely new to field target potentially showing up. April attendance looks even more promising. When comparing that to attendance of long-standing clubs around the country.....VERY cool.
Here is a match report from last spring at this location to give you an idea of what to expect. March 8/9 and April 26/27 will be very similar. https://www.airgunnation.com/thread...an-az-ft-and-silhouette-match-report.1289226/
Any and all are welcome and encouraged to attend. Both match weekends will be a bunch of fun.
Don't hesitate to comment here with any questions. Or PM me if you're shy.
