{"id":2031,"date":"2012-07-16T01:00:44","date_gmt":"2012-07-16T08:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/?p=2031"},"modified":"2012-07-16T08:19:07","modified_gmt":"2012-07-16T15:19:07","slug":"and-a-good-time-was-had-by-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/and-a-good-time-was-had-by-all.html","title":{"rendered":"And a good time was had by all . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"

On July 6, 7, and 8, I spent three days in Bloomfield, NY, at the Crosman facilities attending the Northeast Regional Field Target Championship, and I thought I share some of my thoughts, photos, and impressions of the experience. (If you simply want to see the results, you can check them out here: http:\/\/www.crosman.com\/croswords\/?p=2704<\/a> )<\/p>\n

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The shooter\u2019s meeting under the large tent.<\/p><\/div>\n

To start, the match was incredibly well run and organized. It was as if Crosman were conducting a clinic on how to host a field target match. Red shirts, worn by Crosman folks, were in evidence everywhere, helping out, making sure things went well. And they did. The Regional Field Target Match was scheduled to start at 9 am Saturday morning, and by 8:50 am, everything was in place and ready to go.<\/p>\n

By the time I arrived shortly after noon on Friday, a number of shooters were already on the sight-in range. It was very warm and humid, and the Crosman folks had large coolers filled with ice and bottled water available next to the sight-in range and also under a large tent where shooters could escape from the sun. By the end of the day on Friday, there was a 55-gallon drum filled with empty water bottles.<\/p>\n

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The two field target courses were about 1\/3 of a mile apart. Many shooters drove from one to another, but Crosman also had an ATV and trailer for transportation between the two courses.<\/p><\/div>\n

Almost every type of field target rig imaginable was in evidence, from Remington Nitro-Piston break barrel rifles being shot off shooting sticks to multi-kilobuck full race match rifles.<\/p>\n

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Hans Apelles’ rig featured a very tall scope mount.<\/p><\/div>\n

Hans Apelles was shooting in Hunter Division with a very tall scope mount. When I asked about it, he pointed to his son, Ray. Ray explained, \u201cDad\u2019s shooting in Hunter. Scopes are limited to 12x. That makes it hard to range-find beyond 35 yards. With this setup, everything from 33 to 55 yards is basically the same mil-dot.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s what Hans\u2019 mil-dot chart looked like.<\/p><\/div>\n

When I spoke to Kevin Yee, who had flown in from California to shoot in the Open Division, Piston Class, he complained that he wasn\u2019t doing so well, but he posted a 50 out of a possible 60 on both days and beat the highest score in Open PCP.<\/p>\n

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Kevin Yee has, easily, the world\u2019s funkiest sidewheel scope knob. It\u2019s built that was so he can adjust it with his trigger hand while shooting offhand.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Larry Bowne shot the entire match offhand.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The match on Saturday was interrupted by a spectacular but short-lived storm.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Dan Finney shot prone most of the time in Hunter PCP.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Ray Apelles designed the championship courses with 1.5 inch killzones throughout, but no one cleaned the course.<\/p><\/div>\n

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In the middle of the WFTF shoot-off for first place, Greg Sauve grins for the camera while Ray Apelles focuses on a shot.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The pistol match featured almost every imaginable style of pistol shooter.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The B course (lanes 16-30) was cooler under the trees, but all shooters agreed that it was harder to dope the wind there.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Hector Medina (white hat with neck cloth) won Hunter Piston by nearly 20 points. That’s Art Deuel shooting an HW98 in the foreground.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Richard Bassett (tan hat) is congratulated by Hans Apelles for winning the Quigley Bucket Challenge. Over 40 shooters took a crack at the 1.75 inch bucket at 55 yards with non-glass sights.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Dan Brown not only took third in WFTF and won Hunter Pistol, but gets the “Nice Guy of the Year” award for providing much needed navigational help to Your Humble Blogger.<\/p><\/div>\n

In all it was a wonderful match!<\/p>\n

Til next time, aim true and shoot straight.<\/p>\n

– Jock Elliott<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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