Palmyra Sportsmen's Association (near Hershey, PA) - Indoor Field Target - Sunday, February 9, 2025.
Our Indoor Field Target event is a great way to get introduced to field target, have fun, or practice for the upcoming outdoor season. Even if you do not intend to shoot and just want to learn more about the air gun field target game, consider stopping by to observe and ask questions.
Targets are placed at ranges between 10 yards and 22 yards, and will be set to an AAFTA legal difficulty for standing position shots. If you are an experienced FT shooter, we encourage you to shoot the entire course standing. You are not required to shoot the standing position, there are no position restrictions for this event, shoot whatever positions you feel comfortable. The course is 5 lanes with two targets per lane, 2 shots per target. Although targets are set using rifle difficulty, you can shoot with pistol.
Since the targets are not placed at long distances, this event provides an opportunity to use guns more suited to shorter distances. You may consider shooting a multi-pump pellet gun (no BBs), pistols, or guns that shoot at lower energy levels than required for the outdoor game.
Guns must not exceed 20 fpe (foot-pounds of energy) at the muzzle.
This event is held in our clubhouse on our indoor rifle range. We will be open for sign-ups between 9AM and 1PM. Cost is $5 per round, you can re-enter as many times as time allows.
Palmyra Sportsmen's Assoc. - Field Target
For more info about indoor field target at PSA: https://www.palmyrasportsmens.com/Indoor-Field-Target
410 Sportsman Rd.
Annville, PA 17003
Another good turnout for our indoor FT event at Palmyra Sportsmen's Association today. Targets were placed between 10 and 22 yards, and if shot all from the standing position, the course difficulty was 25.7. Although it was an average moderate difficulty course, the hardest offhand target was a 3/4in KZ at 18 yards.
We want to welcome a new shooter, Scott, to the game. After sorting out some sight in issues, he shot an 18 with his Avenge-X. We hope to see him at our future matches.
April Beam, another shooter that recently started FT (only 4 months into the journey), shot a 19 in offhand, besting everyone else that attempted the course in offhand.
The scores, out of 20, are as follows (ties are not broken).
Competitor | Division | Position | Score | Gun |
Dan Hess | PCP Hunter | Freestyle | 20 | FX Crown |
Dan Hess | PCP Hunter | Freestyle | 20 | FX Crown |
Al Plotts | PCP Hunter | Freestyle | 20 | Daystate Wolverine |
David Geesaman | Piston WFTF | Freestyle | 20 | TX200 |
Karen Reis | PCP Hunter | Freestyle | 20 | Thomas |
Stephan Hottenrott | PCP Hunter | Freestyle | 20 | Thomas |
Brian Wagner | PCP Hunter | Freestyle | 20 | RAW TM1000 |
David Geesaman | PCP Open | Freestyle | 20 | Thomas |
Al Plotts | PCP Hunter | Freestyle | 18 | Daystate Wolverine |
Hector Medina | Piston Open | Freestyle | 18 | CCA D-34 .20 cal |
Scott Shirey | PCP Hunter | Freestyle | 18 | Avenge-X |
Tobias Morris | Piston Open | Freestyle | 17 | HW97K |
Mike Beyerle | Piston WFTF | Freestyle | 17 | HW97K |
Ray Swank | PCP Hunter | Freestyle | 17 | FX Crown |
Brian Wagner | Piston Hunter | Freestyle | 16 | Walther LGU |
Ray Swank | PCP Hunter | Freestyle | 16 | FX Crown |
Scott Shirey | PCP Hunter | Freestyle | 11 | Avenge-X |
April Beam | PCP Hunter | Standing | 19 | FX Crown |
Mark King | Piston Open | Standing | 17 | Walther LGV |
Karen Reis | PCP Hunter | Standing | 16 | Thomas |
Hector Medina | Piston WFTF | Standing | 16 | CCA D-54 |
Mark King | Piston Open | Standing | 15 | Walther LGV |
Mark King | Piston Open | Standing | 14 | Walther LGV |
David Floyd | PCP Hunter | Standing | 13 | FX Dreamline Tact |
Brian Wagner | PCP Hunter | Standing | 13 | RAW TM1000 |
Karen Reis | PCP Hunter | Standing | 12 | Thomas |
David Geesaman | Piston WFTF | Standing | 11 | TX200 |
David Geesaman | PCP Hunter | Standing | 11 | Thomas |
Tobias Morris | Piston Open | Standing | 9 | HW97K |
Mike Beyerle | Piston WFTF | Standing | 7 | HW97K |
Hector Medina | Piston Open | Standing | 6 | CCA D-34 .20 cal |
David Floyd | PCP Hunter | Standing | 3 | Umarex Notos |
Tobias Morris | Piston Open | Kneeling | 17 | HW97K |
April Beam | PCP Hunter | Kneeling | 17 | FX Crown |
Hector Medina | Piston WFTF | Kneeling | 15 | CCA D-54 |
April Beam | PCP Hunter | Kneeling | 14 | FX Crown |
Some have asked why I shifted from shooting the 0.20" cal D34k to shooting the 0.177" cal D54.
Well, as you can see, my "free position" round went well. 18/20 with a 4-12X scope that I had not used in years, with no dope, and a break-barrel rifle that I had just turned into a Steel spring powered EMS powerplant, I think it was "smashing"
So, why change?
I shot a kneeling round that started well, but all of a sudden, things went bad. The rifle was sounding different, and the shots were all over the place. So, I changed guns.
When I got home I had a ton of things pending, so it was not until today that I was able to check the rifle.
Directly, I went to the chrono, and what had been a consistent 17½ ft-lbs rifle now was all over the place, had lost power and was loosing a few fps for every shot.
So, to the bench.
Got to the first screw and I was harshly reminded of one of the realities of spring guns:
Hope you enjoy!
I certainly got a good laugh at myself. Which is a healthy thing to do.
Once more, thanks to the PSA team for holding the session. It's always a learning experience.
Keep well and shoot straight!
HM