Given the announcement at the top of this section of the first Extreme Field Target Grand Prix series, guess I'd better get off my duff to also announce the birth of Extreme PISTOL Field Target! The June 4-5 TEXtreme Field Target competition weekend will be not only the third Extreme Field Target Grand Prix (rifle) event, but the official founding of Extreme PISTOL Field Target competition (by the same nut that founded AAFTA Pistol Field Target).
And although there is no EFT Pistol Grand Prix series (yet), thanks to the generosity of Extreme Field Target founder Robert Buchanan the TEXtreme Field Target pistol event will award Airguns Of Arizona gift certificates to the top three pistol shooters as follows- $250 Airguns Of Arizona gift certificate to the Pistol Champion, $150 AoA gift certificate to Second Place, and $100 AoA gift certificate to Third Place.
Full size (and weight) extreme field targets will be engaged with air pistols of up to 20 foot pounds of muzzle energy, at distances of 10 to 55 yards. Kill-zone sizes will range from 1/2" to 4", including round and rounded-triangular shapes. Although high(er)-magnification scopes are allowed, scopes must be set no higher than 12X during the pistol competition. Other than aforementioned distances, muzzle energy and scope magnification limits, we will operate under AAFTA Hunter Class pistol rules.
Suffice to say it's QUITE a thrill to knock over a three-foot-tall extreme field target at 55 yards with an air pistol... in real wind conditions! My extensive target-function testing indicates all our extreme field targets will fall reliably to clean paddle hits of at least 8 foot pounds of .22 caliber pellet. That being the case, and the farthest targets being the largest and heaviest, I recommend a pistol producing at least 15 foot pounds of muzzle energy. Aforementioned target-function testing was conducted with my 16 foot pound .22 Ataman AP16 (at 60 yards).
A triangular kill-zone of 3-4" presents a target realistically smaller than it looks; forcing a decision whether to aim at a point more forgiving of windage error, elevation error, or compromise.
To paraphrase, PISTOL Field Target at AAFTA RIFLE Field Target distances.
GET SOME!
And although there is no EFT Pistol Grand Prix series (yet), thanks to the generosity of Extreme Field Target founder Robert Buchanan the TEXtreme Field Target pistol event will award Airguns Of Arizona gift certificates to the top three pistol shooters as follows- $250 Airguns Of Arizona gift certificate to the Pistol Champion, $150 AoA gift certificate to Second Place, and $100 AoA gift certificate to Third Place.
Full size (and weight) extreme field targets will be engaged with air pistols of up to 20 foot pounds of muzzle energy, at distances of 10 to 55 yards. Kill-zone sizes will range from 1/2" to 4", including round and rounded-triangular shapes. Although high(er)-magnification scopes are allowed, scopes must be set no higher than 12X during the pistol competition. Other than aforementioned distances, muzzle energy and scope magnification limits, we will operate under AAFTA Hunter Class pistol rules.
Suffice to say it's QUITE a thrill to knock over a three-foot-tall extreme field target at 55 yards with an air pistol... in real wind conditions! My extensive target-function testing indicates all our extreme field targets will fall reliably to clean paddle hits of at least 8 foot pounds of .22 caliber pellet. That being the case, and the farthest targets being the largest and heaviest, I recommend a pistol producing at least 15 foot pounds of muzzle energy. Aforementioned target-function testing was conducted with my 16 foot pound .22 Ataman AP16 (at 60 yards).
A triangular kill-zone of 3-4" presents a target realistically smaller than it looks; forcing a decision whether to aim at a point more forgiving of windage error, elevation error, or compromise.
To paraphrase, PISTOL Field Target at AAFTA RIFLE Field Target distances.
GET SOME!
