Air Gun Events – RF&G Club (rockvillefishandgameclub.com)
Match Date: November 2nd, Sunday – CT State Field Target Match at Rockville Fish & Game Club.
Location: Gate A 1st on left, Fish and Game Rd, Vernon, CT 06066 (behind clubhouse)
Contact: Leo Gonzales (gonzav71@gmail.com) or Bill Milewski (wmcmkm@live.com)
Please email us if you are planning on attending to give us an idea of the amount of food we need to purchase.
Rifle Match - 60 shots - 30 targets – 15 lanes. Two shots per target – 4 shots per lane.
Timers will be used for 5 minutes to shoot 4 shots.
Awards will be given to 1st and 2nd place for every class. Up to 5th place will be given in Hunter PCP class.
The following Five classes and rules will be used:
- PCP Hunter
- PCP Open
- PCP WFTF
- Piston Hunter
- Piston WFTF
9:00 AM Registration/Open Practice
10:00 AM Shooter's Meeting at Lane 1 (Squad and lane assignments)
10:15 AM Match start.
Entry fee: $25 Adults, $20 Juniors or RFG members
Must sign a waiver/release of liability form (good for the current year)
Eye protection is required.
Highly recommend bringing your own folding chair.
A communal air tank will be available for PCP shooters.
Continental breakfast will be served and lunch as well.
You are welcome to bring your air gun related items to sell or trade.
Part of the New England Field Target League (nefieldtargetleague.org)
Scott V will be setting up the course this time for the state match and matches next year with some help from others.
Rockville Fish & Game Club Field Target Match Report – 2025 November 2
Location: Fish & Game Rd, Vernon, CT
Match Site: Woods, shaded
Temperature: 47° -56° Fahrenheit, Sunny
Wind: 4-9 mph
Number of Targets: 30 (60 points maximum)
Average Distance: 31.9 yards (10 targets over 40 yards)
Average Kill Zone: 1” (Mix of 3/8”, ½", ¾", 1”, 1 ½” & 40 mm kill zones)
Course Difficulty: 33.81 without environmental factors
Match Times: 10:00 AM–12:30 PM
Results/Attendees: (17 shooters total)
PCP Open
52/60 Brian VL – FX 400FT – Nikko Diamond 10-50x60 – JSB Heavy 10.34 grains (1st)
Piston WFTF
39/60 Leo G – Air Arms TX200HC – Falcon X50 10-50x60 – H&N Barracuda 8.44 grains (1st)
PCP WTFF
44/60 Chas D – RAW TM1000 – Sightron SIII 10-50x60 – JSB Exact 8.4 grains (1st)
PCP Hunter
56/60 Khoa T Jr – Steyr Challange – Nightforce NX-8 – JSB Heavy 10.3 grains (1st)
50/60 David F – Daystate Wolverine – Sightron 10-50x60 – AADFH 10.3 grains (2nd)
50/60 Lan N – Steyr Challenge – Nightforce – JSB Heavy 10.3 grains (3rd)
49/60 Khoa T Sr – Steyr Challenge – Nightforce – JSB Heavy 10.3 grains
47/60 Karen R – Thomas Carbine – Sightron SIII 10-50x60 – JSB Monsters 13.4 grains
47/60 Stephan H – Thomas Carbine – March – JSB Monsters 13.4 grains (4th)
46/60 John H – Daystate Redwolf – Sightron 10-50x60 – JSB Heavy 10.3 grains
39/60 Matt Sq – Daystate Redwolf – Sightron SIII 10-50x60 – JSB Heavy 10.3 grains
36/60 Scott V – Brocock Concept – Sightron S6 10-60x56 – AADFH 10.3 grains
28/60 Dick H – Daystate Wolverine – Sightron S6 10-60x56 – H&N barracuda 10.65 grains
21/60 Tom W – Air Arms S500 – Hawke Air Max – AADF 8.4 grains
Hunter Piston
29/60 Ron D – Air Arms TX200 – Falcon 10-50x60 – AADF 8.4 grains (1st)
25/60 Alan E - Air Arms TX200 – Falcon 10-50x60 - JSB 10.3 grains
24/60 – Air Arms TX200HC – Athlon 6-24x50 – JSB 8.4 grains
Remarks:
For the CT State Match, Scott V laid out the course. He used a lot of targets with smaller kill zones. The average distance reduced from 40 plus to under 32 yards. The average kill zone size was 1” as opposed to 1 3/8”. One third of the targets were over 40 yards making it complaint with AAFTA Grand Prix rules.
It was cold with little wind when the match started, but the wind picked up on occasion during the match to 9 mph towards the end. It was sunny but we were mostly under the shade of the trees.
After a brief safety meeting, we had people assigned squads and lanes. We had an odd number of people. So, we had one squad with three people, and the rest had two person squads. We had two people shooting one at each lane and one scoring.
Khoa Tran Jr continued his solid shooting by only dropping 4 points shooting in sometimes windy conditions. David F and Lan N both tied for 2nd, but David had one more point at the standing lane, and both had shot the same at the kneeling lane. So, David took 2nd and Lan took 3rd.
Dick H had misplaced his detachable side wheel back home but shot anyways.
Scott had planned on shooting WFTF PCP but could not find his click chart and decided to shoot Hunter PCP instead.
We had several cold lines. The Remington Hog target on the standing lane broke after many years exposed to elements. It was replaced with a Rhino taregt. Scott will be able to reweld the broken piece easily on the Hog target. The squirrel target with a 3/8” kill zone locked up consistently and was impossible to pull up when it was knocked down flat. I had to add a larger clamp on the back to prevent it from falling too far down. One target on a small concrete block fell over and had to be staked in placed with railroad spikes.
After the match, lunch was served. Rotisserie chicken, macaroni and cheese, beans and brownies were served.
After the CT state awards were given out, we gave out the New England Field Target League awards. Please thank Pyramyd AIR for supplying gift cards to the winners.
Hunter PCP
1st $75 - Khoa Tran Jr
2nd $50 – Karen Reis
3rd $25 – Lan Nguyen
4th $25 – Stephan Hottenrott
5th $25 – Bill Day
Hunter Piston
1st $75 Jim Wheeler
2nd $50 Ron Dumond
Open-WFTF combined
1st $75 Leo Gonzales
2nd Chas DiCapua
Leo Gonzales – FT match reporter
Rockville Fish & Game
Results and Photos are available in the link below
http://rockvillefishandgameclub.com/air-gun-activities/
Airgun Field Target - New England Field Target League (nefieldtargetleague.org)
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