The Falls Township Rifle and Pistol Association in Fairless Hills PA (Philadelphia suburb) will be holding our third Field Target match of the 2018 season on Sunday 09/16/18. The 10 lane course is laid out on the lakeside trails of the club’s 3D archery course. We’ve planned an interesting course by going back to a couple of seldom used lane locations plus we’ve picked new target sites for previously utilized lanes in keeping with our goal of making each match a unique event. There will be plenty of targets that even novice and new shooters should be able to take down along with challenging lanes and targets for the more experienced entrants. We certainly look forward to seeing all our regulars, urge them to bring a friend and invite anyone interested in Field Target to join us for some FT fun.
The full season match program with all details is pasted in below.
Larry Bowne for
The Field Target Committee at FTRPA
Falls Township Rifle and Pistol Assn.
2018 Field Target Schedule
354 Newbold Road, Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania
DATES: May 20th, July 15th, September 16th & November 18th. (The third Sunday of the month.)
CLASSES: AAFTA, WFTF, Hunter, Unlimited and Off-Hand. PCP, CO2, Pneumatic and Spring powered rifles and pistols all permitted. (additional non-AAFTA classes may be available).
RULES: A 20 Foot Pound Maximum applies to all rifles; A 12 Foot Pound Maximum applies to all pistols. Current AAFTA rules apply to both Rifle and Pistol configurations.
ELIGIBILITY: Open to all shooters. Both club members and non-members alike.
FEES: $8.00 for Rifle $5.00 for Pistol $12.00 for Rifle and Pistol
TIME: Sight-in and practice 8:00 A.M. to 9:15 A.M. Registration is from 8:00 A.M. until 9:15 A.M. The match begins at 9:30 A.M.
COURSE OF FIRE: Rifle: The match will consist of 30 targets, two shots each. Distances will be from 10 to 55 yards.
Pistol: The match will consist of 20 targets, two shots each. Distances will be 10 to 35 yards.
You may use open or optical sights. Tie breaker targets will be used for both rifle and pistol, if a tie exists. Rifle and Pistol matches will be shot concurrently. If a shooter opts to shoot both rifle and pistol, they will shoot pistol first and then rifle at each lane.
Sodas and water are available at the Archery club house. The match will be shot straight through with no lunch break. Food will not be served. You may bring your lunch and eat in the clubhouse after completing the match if you desire.
AWARDS: Awards will be based on raw scores. Awards will be given for all classes. Prizes will be awarded after the matches as soon as the scores are tallied. Please Note: If there are insufficient shooters in a given class the match director may consolidate classes at their discretion.
DIRECTIONS: From Rte 1 (freeway) south (from Trenton): Take Rte 1 South to Rte 13 South (Tullytown – Bristol). This is just past Snipes Nursery in Morrisville. Take Lower Morrisville Rd exit (only a few hundred yards after entering Rte 13). At end of ramp make a right onto Lower Morrisville Rd (This will become Newbold Road). FTRPA is on the left side of the road approximately 7/10th of a mile from the exit ramp.
From Rte 1 (freeway) North: Take Rte 1 North to exit for Rte 13 South (Tullytown – Bristol). Take exit for Lower Morrisville Rd shortly after entering Rte 13. At end of ramp make a right onto Lower Morrisville Rd (This will become Newbold Road). FTRPA is on the left side of the road approximately 7/10th of a mile from the exit ramp.
From Calhoun Street Bridge: Take Calhoun Street Bridge into Pennsylvania. Go through light at end of bridge onto Trenton Avenue. Go 1.4 miles on Trenton Avenue and make left onto Rte 13. This is the 4th light after the light at the bridge and there is a Planet Fitness on the corner. Proceed on Rte 13 South for 1 mile to the Lower Morrisville Road exit. At end of ramp make a right onto Lower Morrisville Rd (This will become Newbold Road). FTRPA is on the left side of the road approximately 7/10th of a mile from the exit ramp .
MATCH DIRECTORS: Rich Bassett, Telephone: 215-942-7955, E-Mail wa2gtj@aol.com, Jim Wilcox, Telephone: 215-443-9631, E-Mail: jimmarie62@comcast.net
The Falls Township Rifle and Pistol Association located in Southeastern PA held our third Field Target match of the 2018 season on Sunday, 9/16/2018. We welcomed total of 19 shooters from all around the greater Philadelphia metro area, upstate Pennsylvania, Maryland’s Eastern Shore and suburban Baltimore. Many of our regulars were present and accounted for plus it was a pleasure to welcome back some shooters who haven’t been able to join us in a bit like Travis Escue and John Tyler who even brought along a new shooter, Paul Todd.
The course of fire that awaited the entrants had the 30 targets for the 60-shot rifle match arranged in 10 lanes set out along the club’s lakeside 3D archery grounds. The rifle course was set to include a 40-shot pistol course within the rifle course using the 2 closest targets within each lane. Special Pistol Only targets were required in some lanes if the rifle targets were out of pistol range, i.e. beyond 35 yards. On the rifle course the average distance was 31.1 yards and the kill zones averaged 1.3 inches to yield a difficulty rating of 28.0 Troyer. There were 9 targets set out beyond 40 yards but 6 were under 20 yards. The pistol course had an average kill zone size of 1.2 inches and an average distance of 21.0 yards for a unweighted Troyer difficulty of 21.0 with the Pistol multiplier of 1.75 raising the difficulty to 36.75. In an unusual move for us this was the same course set up used for our July 2018 match. We decided to duplicate the lay-out because about half the entrants for the July match Did Not Finish due to the soaking rains. Our preference is to make each match different but in this case the difference was the unexpected sameness.
Even though some of the shooters had shot the same course previously there was no major uptick in performance. Brian Van Liew with a 55/60 score was once again first in the Open Division but his score only went up by 1 point over the July performance. In Hunter Division PCP / PISTON Combined Joel Gupta and John Tyler both finished with 55/60 scores, but Joel won the tiebreaker based on his superior off hand lane performance. Joel’s score went down a point relative to the July results while this was John’s first and only look at this layout. The takeaway from this is simple; good shooters shoot good scores. The WFTF Division PCP/ PISTON Combined was another close finish with Rich Bassett at 46/60 narrowly besting Mike Harris’s 45/60. Joel Gupta also finished atop the Pistol class where his 32/40 was 2 points better than Craig Evans 30/40. A full list of all the scores and gear will be pasted in at the end of this report
Thanks to the FTRPA archers for access to the lanes and all who took the time and spent the funds to come to the match. A special thanks to all those especially, Melissa Glenn who stayed around after the match, plus Ron Deal and Albert Rogers (they didn’t even shoot the match), who helped with the tear down and pack away of all the targets, strings and other match gear. Please try to join us for our next Field Target match Sunday, 11/18/2018.
Larry Bowne
For the
Field Target Committee at FTRPA
| MATCH RESULTS | ||||
| FALLS TOWNSHIP RIFLE AND PISTOL ASSOC. | ||||
| FIELD TARGET MATCH 9/16/2018 | ||||
| AAFTA OPEN DIVISION, ALL PCP | ||||
| Shooter | Rifle | Scope | Pellet | Score |
| Brian Van Liew | FX Elite | Sightron 50X | AA 10.3 | 55 |
| Stan Lipinski | Daystate | Sightron | JSB 8.4 | 45 |
| Al Otter | USFT#6 | --- | CPH 10.5 | 43 |
| Walt Gregory | --- | --- | --- | 39 |
| HUNTER DIVISION, PCP/ PISTON COMBINED | ||||
| Shooter | Rifle | Scope | Pellet | Score |
| Joel Gupta | Hammerli AR20 | Sightron | AA 8.44 | 55 |
| John Tyler | Mrod | Sightron | AA 10.3 | 55 |
| Tom Ryan | Thomas FT | Sightron | JSB 10.3 | 53 |
| Doug Bruestle | Bantam | Hawke | JSB 10.34 | 51 |
| Travis Escue | Daystate CR94 | Leapers 16X | CPH | 51 |
| Paul Varney | HW 100 | Hawke | JSB 10.34 | 48 |
| Melissa Glenn | Marauder | Leapers 12X | AA 10.3 | 45 |
| Jim Wilcox | TX 200 | Hawke | AA 8.4 | 36 |
| Craig Evans | Challenger | Aeon | H&N FTT 8.64 | 32 |
| Paul Todd | TF 78-HPAc | BSA | CPL | DNF |
| WFTF DIVISION, PCP/PISTON COMBINED | ||||
| Shooter | Rifle | Scope | Pellet | Score |
| Richard Bassett | EV 2 | Leupold 40X | AA 8.44 | 46 |
| Mike Harris | Steyr 100 | Sightron | AA 8.4 | 45 |
| Larry Bowne | AA ProSport | Bushnell 32X | AA 8.44 | 33 |
| UNLIMITED/STANDING | ||||
| Shooter | Rifle | Scope | Pellet | Score |
| Dale Benson (Unlimited) | Marauder | Sightron 16X | H&N Barracuda | 41 |
| Bob Stolzenberger (Standing) | AA 5500 | Vortex 24X | JSB Jumbo | 13 |
| PISTOL COMBINED | ||||
| Shooter | Rifle | Scope | Pellet | Score |
| Joel Gupta | Crosman 1720T | Leapers 12X | AA 10.3 | 32 |
| Craig Evans | Crosman 1720 | UTG 12X | AA 8.4 | 30 |
| Larry Bowne | IZH 46 | Bushnell 12X | AA 8.4 | 8 |
For anyone interested in the course layout for the match, open the attachment.
Larry Bowne
For the
Field Target Committee at FTRPA
