Chuck Meisenheimer took this awesome photo during the match.....(and yes, the same as Meisenheimer Custom Leather)
Boy O Boy did we have a blast!!!
We had a total of 33 shooters, hailing from all over the country.
Of those 33, 26 finished the course. Some had an early slot at EBR the next morning and wanted to get some shut-eye. And a couple of the non-finishers were concerned about lightning from the little storm cell that kicked up right at the end of the match. And it WAS zinging some lightning bolts around that time.
Here are the results.
The tie for first and second was broken by longest streak. Tony had 13 in a row at one point, and Justin had 11. Congrats to both of them for awesome shooting!
Interesting to see that trend on the >70 yard target knockdown ratio. Can't win without knocking down a decent percentage of the long ones.
Also, those shooting sticks sure seem to have increased the knockdowns on the standing shots. Makes those "offhands" less critical in determining the winners circle. Pros and cons there.
Also interesting to note that the top 3 scores were with the 34 grain .25s. The .22 Monster RD's have an established track record of often being the winning pellet here at XFT @ PRGC....Do the results from 10/05 portend a changing of the guard? (lol, I can envision all the cranial gears turning out there right now, contemplating what it would take to make the switch...$$$)
Honorable mentions for the non-completed scorecards go to: Mike S. with a 34/44, Wayne M. with a 30/40, and Barb P. with a 34/44. Not to take away from their great shooting, but all of them were 10 down, meaning they could have been in contention for 2nd place had they hit the rest of their shots, but first place would have not changed (since the two highest scorers were only down 9).
As I worked through the score cards I also noticed that Justin W was 24/24 on the "near" targets. The only shooter to do so. Impressive.
(I found 4 different scorecards where the total "match score" in the bottom right was not correct. Some of those cards had numbers lower than what their owners had actually shot! Luckily the errors didn't change the winners, but just a friendly reminder to double check your math when you're figuring up your total score).
As Ben promised, he made this match easier than our typical matches. All the 3 inch kill zones stayed as 3 inchers since that's as big as they can go (no reducer). But everything else was bumped up 1/4 of an inch over the previous match. In the September match we had a non wind-adjusted Xtreme Troyer factor of 33.3 and a record high score of 41/48 was shot that month.
For this most recent October night match, the non wind-adjusted Xtreme Troyer factor was a 30.8. The "easiest" target was a 1.5inch kill zone @ 30 yards for a Troyer of 20 and the "hardest" were the 2, 3 inch kill zones @ 100 yards, on lanes 3 and 10. Those 3" @100 yard targets have a Troyer of 41.7.
Nobody was better than 50% on the 4, 100 yard shots.
We were also allowed to shoot the offhand shots with standing bipods, a first for Xtreme FT at PRGC. I think Ben's thoughts were that it would be good practice for the next day's Extreme Field Target @ EBR, as bipods are allowed for the forced standing shots there.
Some photos of the target aftermath.....
Interesting to see that the wind was carrying the majority of the pellets on this target off to the left, which suggests there was more right to left out there than we could "feel" at the rubber mats we shoot from.
I think this frog was the long target on lane 11, and if I remember right, that target sits a bit higher up the slope than the shooter's mats. Lots of high hits (hint hint).
The far bear on lane 12. Wind was switching back and forth on this one, it appears.
Some shots from the sight-in line and pre-match meeting
....
We really can't thank all of the competitors enough for squeezing this event into your already busy EBR week. We appreciate your attendance and hope you enjoyed your time shooting Xtreme Field Target in the dark!
It's challenging and addicting and frustrating and fun, all at the same time. We'd love to have any of you back to shoot with us at future matches, please consider it a standing invitation. Come back for a day-time match and try your hand with slugs!
And a huge thank you to Ben and Wayne and Mike S and anybody else who was part of the behind-the-scenes work that it takes to put on these matches.
Boy O Boy did we have a blast!!!
We had a total of 33 shooters, hailing from all over the country.
Of those 33, 26 finished the course. Some had an early slot at EBR the next morning and wanted to get some shut-eye. And a couple of the non-finishers were concerned about lightning from the little storm cell that kicked up right at the end of the match. And it WAS zinging some lightning bolts around that time.
Here are the results.
The tie for first and second was broken by longest streak. Tony had 13 in a row at one point, and Justin had 11. Congrats to both of them for awesome shooting!
Interesting to see that trend on the >70 yard target knockdown ratio. Can't win without knocking down a decent percentage of the long ones.
Also, those shooting sticks sure seem to have increased the knockdowns on the standing shots. Makes those "offhands" less critical in determining the winners circle. Pros and cons there.
Also interesting to note that the top 3 scores were with the 34 grain .25s. The .22 Monster RD's have an established track record of often being the winning pellet here at XFT @ PRGC....Do the results from 10/05 portend a changing of the guard? (lol, I can envision all the cranial gears turning out there right now, contemplating what it would take to make the switch...$$$)
Honorable mentions for the non-completed scorecards go to: Mike S. with a 34/44, Wayne M. with a 30/40, and Barb P. with a 34/44. Not to take away from their great shooting, but all of them were 10 down, meaning they could have been in contention for 2nd place had they hit the rest of their shots, but first place would have not changed (since the two highest scorers were only down 9).
As I worked through the score cards I also noticed that Justin W was 24/24 on the "near" targets. The only shooter to do so. Impressive.
(I found 4 different scorecards where the total "match score" in the bottom right was not correct. Some of those cards had numbers lower than what their owners had actually shot! Luckily the errors didn't change the winners, but just a friendly reminder to double check your math when you're figuring up your total score).
As Ben promised, he made this match easier than our typical matches. All the 3 inch kill zones stayed as 3 inchers since that's as big as they can go (no reducer). But everything else was bumped up 1/4 of an inch over the previous match. In the September match we had a non wind-adjusted Xtreme Troyer factor of 33.3 and a record high score of 41/48 was shot that month.
For this most recent October night match, the non wind-adjusted Xtreme Troyer factor was a 30.8. The "easiest" target was a 1.5inch kill zone @ 30 yards for a Troyer of 20 and the "hardest" were the 2, 3 inch kill zones @ 100 yards, on lanes 3 and 10. Those 3" @100 yard targets have a Troyer of 41.7.
Nobody was better than 50% on the 4, 100 yard shots.
We were also allowed to shoot the offhand shots with standing bipods, a first for Xtreme FT at PRGC. I think Ben's thoughts were that it would be good practice for the next day's Extreme Field Target @ EBR, as bipods are allowed for the forced standing shots there.
Some photos of the target aftermath.....
Interesting to see that the wind was carrying the majority of the pellets on this target off to the left, which suggests there was more right to left out there than we could "feel" at the rubber mats we shoot from.
I think this frog was the long target on lane 11, and if I remember right, that target sits a bit higher up the slope than the shooter's mats. Lots of high hits (hint hint).
The far bear on lane 12. Wind was switching back and forth on this one, it appears.
Some shots from the sight-in line and pre-match meeting
....
We really can't thank all of the competitors enough for squeezing this event into your already busy EBR week. We appreciate your attendance and hope you enjoyed your time shooting Xtreme Field Target in the dark!
It's challenging and addicting and frustrating and fun, all at the same time. We'd love to have any of you back to shoot with us at future matches, please consider it a standing invitation. Come back for a day-time match and try your hand with slugs!
And a huge thank you to Ben and Wayne and Mike S and anybody else who was part of the behind-the-scenes work that it takes to put on these matches.
