We had 11 shooters come give it a try this month, 2 in slug, and 9 in pellet class.
Slug winner Steve M:
Pellet top three Van, Scott, and Ben:
Wind was minimal, temps were NOT. Even at the peak of the wind I'd estimate 3-5mph. And we had every bit of that forecasted 95-96 degrees.
Ben changed up the course a bit for this season opener. There were 9 targets beyond 75 yards. and 6 targets with an Extreme Troyer factor of greater than 40. Columns for how we fared on the 6 highest Troyer targets are on the scorecard that I'll share in a minute. Those columns also have the kill zone size and distance of those 6 theoretically hardest targets. The match director also chose to go with fairly small kill zones on the "offhand" lane, with the caveat that we could use the supplied tripod for standing tripod shots. So we had a 0.75" kill zone at 24 yards and a 1.25" kill zone at 46 yards for the standing tripod lanes. Those are T's of 33.3 and 36.8, WITHOUT the offhand difficulty factor being added in. Only two of us went 4/4 on the standing tripod shots. All and all the "far" targets averaged out to a Troyer of 37.4 and the "near" targets had an average T of 30, for an overall course Troyer factor of 33.7. Had there been any substantial wind, this would have been a pretty tough course. Of course we all shoot the same course so an increased difficulty affects all shooters attending.
Steve M was very close to a perfect match, scoring an impressive 46/48. Congrats on the win @steve123
As usual, a couple experienced equipment troubles, with commensurate scores.
Three of us were using electronic scopes this month, two with ZULUS and myself with a PARD. I have scope cam footage for all 48 of my shots and will work on getting that stitched together and shared in the near future. When the electronic scopes first hit the scene there was much debate about if they offered an unfair advantage or not for these UFT matches. After shooting the match today using an 11.5x max magnification, I'm firmly in the NOT advantageous versus good, solid clear glass. Because I hit record when first addressing the lane I had a built in timer in my scope view, which was a kinda neat feature, since we're supposed to get all 4 shots off in 4 minutes. My longest lane was 2:50, and only because I was waiting for a little uptick in wind to slow down for my last shots (100 yard target lane). The built in level was also useful, and especially for being in the scope view. Even with those pros, for a game where seeing where the pellet/slug is connecting, clear glass wins.
Score card
Much thanks to Ben for again doing this mostly single-handed. He told me he put in 6hrs on Thurs, 12 hrs on Fri, and 9hrs today, getting the course all squared away and targets painted and ropes ran, etc. Lots and lots of work for us to have an enjoyable Saturday. Thank you Ben. And thank you Phoenix Rod and Gun Club for sharing your facilities with us. And thanks to Wayne M. He came out to help Ben with some off the registration and final scoring, and didn't even shoot.
And finally, thank you to all the shooters that came out to enjoy the match. It had been too long since I'd seen some of you guys and it was good to get to rub elbows and talk airguns, however brief it was, and just generally share in an activity that is so enjoyable.
Here's lane 10, one take for 4 shots, no editing, "first person shooter" (and yes, I waited out the wind for the far shots, still getting all fours shots off within the allotted 4 minutes.) Also, the PARD called this one as 102 yards, not 100, but the target fell so puhtayto, puhtahto. Notice I'm holding just slightly upwind for the two far shots. Left to right wind here. I was holding further to the left in case the wind didn't let up prior to breaking the trigger. It finally calmed and I slid over to just about the left edge of the KZ and took my shots before the wind came up again. All part of the game. The most frustrating is when you hold over there and the slug/pellet hits the edge of the kill zone right at 9 oclock where you were holding.
Slug winner Steve M:
Pellet top three Van, Scott, and Ben:
Wind was minimal, temps were NOT. Even at the peak of the wind I'd estimate 3-5mph. And we had every bit of that forecasted 95-96 degrees.
Ben changed up the course a bit for this season opener. There were 9 targets beyond 75 yards. and 6 targets with an Extreme Troyer factor of greater than 40. Columns for how we fared on the 6 highest Troyer targets are on the scorecard that I'll share in a minute. Those columns also have the kill zone size and distance of those 6 theoretically hardest targets. The match director also chose to go with fairly small kill zones on the "offhand" lane, with the caveat that we could use the supplied tripod for standing tripod shots. So we had a 0.75" kill zone at 24 yards and a 1.25" kill zone at 46 yards for the standing tripod lanes. Those are T's of 33.3 and 36.8, WITHOUT the offhand difficulty factor being added in. Only two of us went 4/4 on the standing tripod shots. All and all the "far" targets averaged out to a Troyer of 37.4 and the "near" targets had an average T of 30, for an overall course Troyer factor of 33.7. Had there been any substantial wind, this would have been a pretty tough course. Of course we all shoot the same course so an increased difficulty affects all shooters attending.
Steve M was very close to a perfect match, scoring an impressive 46/48. Congrats on the win @steve123
As usual, a couple experienced equipment troubles, with commensurate scores.
Three of us were using electronic scopes this month, two with ZULUS and myself with a PARD. I have scope cam footage for all 48 of my shots and will work on getting that stitched together and shared in the near future. When the electronic scopes first hit the scene there was much debate about if they offered an unfair advantage or not for these UFT matches. After shooting the match today using an 11.5x max magnification, I'm firmly in the NOT advantageous versus good, solid clear glass. Because I hit record when first addressing the lane I had a built in timer in my scope view, which was a kinda neat feature, since we're supposed to get all 4 shots off in 4 minutes. My longest lane was 2:50, and only because I was waiting for a little uptick in wind to slow down for my last shots (100 yard target lane). The built in level was also useful, and especially for being in the scope view. Even with those pros, for a game where seeing where the pellet/slug is connecting, clear glass wins.
Score card
Much thanks to Ben for again doing this mostly single-handed. He told me he put in 6hrs on Thurs, 12 hrs on Fri, and 9hrs today, getting the course all squared away and targets painted and ropes ran, etc. Lots and lots of work for us to have an enjoyable Saturday. Thank you Ben. And thank you Phoenix Rod and Gun Club for sharing your facilities with us. And thanks to Wayne M. He came out to help Ben with some off the registration and final scoring, and didn't even shoot.
And finally, thank you to all the shooters that came out to enjoy the match. It had been too long since I'd seen some of you guys and it was good to get to rub elbows and talk airguns, however brief it was, and just generally share in an activity that is so enjoyable.
Here's lane 10, one take for 4 shots, no editing, "first person shooter" (and yes, I waited out the wind for the far shots, still getting all fours shots off within the allotted 4 minutes.) Also, the PARD called this one as 102 yards, not 100, but the target fell so puhtayto, puhtahto. Notice I'm holding just slightly upwind for the two far shots. Left to right wind here. I was holding further to the left in case the wind didn't let up prior to breaking the trigger. It finally calmed and I slid over to just about the left edge of the KZ and took my shots before the wind came up again. All part of the game. The most frustrating is when you hold over there and the slug/pellet hits the edge of the kill zone right at 9 oclock where you were holding.
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. It was a fun match and nice to see some of you I haven’t seen in awhile. Thanks Ben for all your work in keeping this going. Congratulations to Steve and Van for their first place wins. Scott
