Match Date: 2023 November 26, Sunday – Rockville Fish & Game Club Field Target Match
Address: Fish & Game Rd, Vernon, CT (I-84 Exit 67, South on Mile Hill Rd)
Location: Clubhouse Course Gate A (First Gate on Left)
Continental breakfast and lunch will be served.
Rifle Match - 40 shots - 20 targets – 10 lanes. Two shots per target – 4 shots per lane
If you have a personal standing rifle rest or tall bipod, you may bring it with you from lane to lane to rest or range find.
The following two classes and rules will be used:
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PCP
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Piston
You are welcome to shoot pistol or shoot a regular 60 shot rifle match, but it will not be counted for the all the standing match.
9:00 AM Registration/Open Practice
9:45 AM Shooter's Meeting (Squad and lane assignments, hand out scorecards and timers)
10:00 AM Match start.
Entry fee: $10 Adults, $5 Juniors or RFG members
Must sign a waiver/release of liability form good for the current year.
Eye protection is required.
88 cubic foot air tank will be provided for PCP shooters.
Contact: Leo Gonzales (gonzav71@gmail.com) or Bill Milewski (wmcmkm@live.com)
We might get a propane heater for the event.
Course is set and ready to go tomorrow morning. We will have several offhand stands available.
Rockville Fish & Game Club Field Target Match Report – 2023 November 26
Location: Fish & Game Rd, Vernon, CT
Match Site: Woods, slightly uphill, shaded
Temperature: 32-41 degrees Fahrenheit
Wind: 1-6 MPH, mostly calm conditions
Number of Targets: 20 (40 points maximum)
Average Distance: 24.4 yards
Average Kill Zone: 1 3/8” (Mix of ½", 1”, 1 ½” & 40 mm kill zones)
Course Difficulty: 31.9T (no wind modifiers)
Match Times: 10:00 AM–12:30 PM, Course Takedown completed 1:00 PM
Results/Attendees: (11 shooters total)
PCP WFTF
35/40 Paul C – Thomas Carbine – JSB 8.4 grains – March 8-8=0x656
30/40 Chas D – RAW TM1000 – JSB 8.4 grains – Sightron 10-50x60
Piston WFTF
34/40 Leo G – Walther LGU - JSB 8.4 grains – Sightron 10-50x60
PCP Hunter
23/40 Karen R – Thomas Carbine – JSB 13.4 grains – Sightron 10-50x60
13/40 Tom W – AA S500 – AADF 8.4 grains – Hawke Airmax 8-32x
12/40 Stephan H – Daystate Redwolf – AA 10.3 grains – Delta Stryker
Fun shoot Alan E – Daystate Wolverine – AA 10.3 grains, Falcon 10-50x60
Piston Hunter
12/40 Brandon S – Weihrauch HW97K – H&N FTT – Athlon Argos BTR II
11/40 Ron D – Air Arms TX200 - JSB 8.4 grains - Falcon 10-50x60
6/40 Bill M – HW98 – JSB 8.4 grains – Athlon 4-14x44 FFP
3/40 Cindy M – HW50S – JSB 8.4 grains – UTG 4-16x
Remarks:
Bill & Cindy set up a continental breakfast for our shooters while I pulled strings and did some touch up spray paint on some targets. Brandon helped replace some paper targets in the practice area.
With a little wind, the cold weather was quite tolerable. Almost everyone had some kind of hand warmers that kept our fingers warm.
We used the same pistol field target course for our all-standing match. It is the same pistol course that we used for the RFG Grand Prix in August. The only thing that was different was how the targets were shot. The target numbers were changed so that you shot the left target first and the right target second.
Every squad had a portable rifle rest stand for resting and range finding. For Chas, Paul and Leo in WFTF class, they did not use the rifle rest since it is not allowed at the World Field Target Championship.
After everyone was done shooting, all went back to the warmth of the clubhouse and had some homemade chili made by Cindy. The spicy food and assorted snacks were much appreciated.
Thank you all that braved the cold weather.
Next match: Sometime in December stay tuned (standing and kneeling)
Leo Gonzales – FT course planner
Rockville Fish & Game
Results and Photos are available in the link below
One Drive - Link to Photos and Results
http://rockvillefishandgameclub.com/air-gun-activities/
Airgun Field Target - New England Field Target League (nefieldtargetleague.org)
