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How to start a field target club

by Tom Gaylord target matches were shot had been a 3D archery range. Phil, Jim and Ed bought some lumber and built several sturdy shooting benches for the sight-in range, and together we marked out 12 lanes of fire in the woods. An overgrown path ran straight into the woods, so we used it as the baseline for the 12 firing positions. Lanes radiated out from that path into the woods. Two wooden stakes marked the firing position for each lane, and they were numbered so everyone knew where they were. When firing, your barrel had to be somewhere between the two stakes for your lane. A field target lane is a sector of land in which the targets are placed at distances between 10 and 55 yards. The firing position forms the baseline for the lane. Most lanes are not more than 15 feet wide, and they can be narrower than that. I had been shooting field target with Trooper Walsh down in Virginia for several years, and I knew that his club had some old targets they werent using any longer. We borrowed 20 field targets from that club and made plans to buy more targets as we grew. In those startup days, we had no money, nor could the club give us any because all their funds were already earmarked for other projects, so each of us chipped in and bought things like wood and paint. When we did get money later on, Phil made sure we were reimbursed for our expenses. We had worked on our range for about a month when we decided to hold a test match in November 1997. I told Trooper about it, and he recruited several shooters from Virginia and Maryland, plus we put out the word at the Isaac Walton League. I guess we had about 12-14 shooters for that first match. I was the match director because the others thought I knew more about the rules. I didnt, but the rule book is easy to learn. Continued on page 2

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Field target matches draw a large crowd. This three-day event is a world championship. No shooting sport captivates airgunners as much as field target. Even those who do not compete and have no plans to ever compete still make a large percentage of their choices to purchase based on this sport. They quote specifications and demand equipment that is field-target ready, even if they will never use it for that purpose. I thought you might like to learn a little about the sport. I competed for several years and was a co-founder of the Damascus, Maryland, Isaac Walton League of America Field Target Association or DIFTA. When we started the club, there were only four of us, Phil, Ed, Jim and me. I owned a few targets, and I was the only one who had shot field target before, so we had to do almost everything from scratch. Getting started We contacted the American Airgun Field Target Association (AAFTA) and joined as the DIFTA club. They sent us their rule book, which we all read. The Isaac Walton League, which sponsored us, gave us the use of about 10 acres of woods on their 100-acre property. In the past, there had been a 25-yard handgun range there, so we turned it into a sightin range. The woods were the actual field

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Continued from page 1 vegetation so the shooters would have to stand or at least kneel to see several of them. That sometimes didnt take into account individual height differences. So, later on, the club made certain targets mandatory offhand shots without regard to where they were positioned.

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Our club continued to grow and reach out. By the second full year, we sometimes had as many 24 shooters show up for a match. Many traveled from several hundred miles away, so we had to stay on the published schedule at all times. In the three years that I was match

director, I remember canceling only one match for inclement weather, but even that was bad since two shooters had driven over 400 miles to be with us. In that second year, the club bought a target I had been testing for The Airgun Letter. Continued on page 6
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We shot everything in our early days, like the FWB 124 sporter this kneeling shooter holds. Test match We decided to run the first match for free but told everyone that there would be a fee for future matches. We charged $10 per shooter and gave discounts to anyone who helped in some way, or who was a member of the Isaac Walton League. The money went to purchase new field targets and to buy other nice things for the club, but Im getting ahead of myself. The first match went well, though we all learned several important things, like the need to have properly working targets before the match starts; the need to repaint targets at the halfway point; the need to have some kind of food for the shooters or to make them bring a picnic lunch (the better way); the desirability of computing match scores as soon as the match finishes (everyone wants to know); and posting match results on the internet soon thereafter (shooters want to see where they fall in the whole group). First season The following March, we started our first match season with eight scheduled monthly matches. We ran them on 1 Saturdays because of work schedules, but 8 9 I soon learned that it was best to set the 10 targets out the evening before. We were 15 16 now bringing in money, so we started 21 buying targets. Before the year was half 23 25 finished, we had 30 targetsthe original 27 28 20 we borrowed plus 10 of our own. 31 Our course had 12 lanes with two and 32 sometimes three targets on each lane. We 35 37 had the shooters shoot each target twice, 38 and two times 30 targets is a 60-shot 39 41 match. Thats a pretty normal number for 43 most non-championship matches. With 47 48 the 20 shooters we now attracted, a match 50 started about 10 a.m. and finished at 2:30. 52 53 Given an hour for lunch, thats about 3.5 55 hours per match.As I said before, the 56 57 targets were positioned anywhere from 10 58 yards to 55 yards to fit the AAFTA rules. If we erred, it was in having a couple targets closer than 10 yards. Before long, we learned to position the targets behind

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Starting a field target club

Continued from page 2 A full-sized tom turkey hiding behind a log, we set him out at 55 yards on our longest lane. His one-inch kill zone was a real challenge so we nicknamed him Long Tom. He was the only target whose distance was never in question. I dont think I ever got him two times in a row! Awards At first, there were no awards. We published only the ranking of shooters, but some of them asked about trophies. We tried certificates and dropped them soon after leaning that most people dont care for them. Then, one of our founders came up with a wooden trophy that looked like a field target. They were easy to make and the shooters liked them, so thats what we gave from then on. kids to shoot with us. We squadded them together and the men made sure the kids kept up with the pace of the match. In fact, we had more slowdowns from fiddly adult shooters than from kids. Some of the kids were pretty good shots and kept the rest of us on our toes. We got most of our good ideas from the shooters who came to compete with us. For example, a bunch of shooters requested a match with no scopes and silly rifles such as Benjamin pumps and open-sighted R7s, so we did that. A bunch of us oldsters hosted an over-50 match. Youngsters could still shoot with us, but only the over-50s were in the running for prizes. I still got waxed!Gary Barnes, who lives nearby, used the matches to prove his smallbore rifles. He competed with us, plus he supplied his rifles to others who shot them. I shot a Barnes Rangerthe first ever madefor a whole year. Gary also drew a representation of Long Tom for a t-shirt stencil, and we had a DIFTA t-shirt made up. The club was very strong.

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Maryland State match We eventually held a Maryland State match at the end of one of the seasons. It We had awards for the winners. One was open to all shootersnot just those of our founders made up trophies that who were Maryland residents. For this resembled field targets! match, we enlarged the course to 16 lanes, and the number of shots increased as well. Damascus Airgun Show To raise more money for both our Even so, the shootoff for top honors was a field target club and our junior air rifle drawn-out affair. Too many great shooters team, we started holding an airgun show were in the running.DIFTA always used in August of each year. It grew to be the AAFTA rules when I shot with them, but second most heavily attended airgun some other clubs had hunter classes, as show in the U.S. and was the leader well. Hunter class means that all shots are fired offhand, when it came to new usually with a scope and modern used that magnifies no airguns. Because of more than a certain this, we attracted fixed amount, like more shooters than 6x. In some of collectors to our our later matches, show sort of the certain lanes were reverse of other designated as offhand airgun shows. Some shots, making the of the club members competition harder. gave field target Eventually, I was classes and demos happy to turn over at the show, which Dad spots for his boy. Spotting isnt legal the match directors recruited even more in formal matches, but we never cared position to others. new shooters. when it was for kids. DIFTA was blessed By the third full with wonderful guys who could pick up year of matches, we knew what we were doing. We now owned all our own targets the slack without missing a beat, so the and had returned Troopers with profound club continued to prosper and grow. DIFTA is still going strong today. thanks. We moved the sight-in line back Some of the old-timers are still there, to 50 yards and built a shelter over the benches. This range was also used for though theres a lot more young blood BR50 matches when it wasnt being used now. The club is viable and fresh and for field target, so it was heavily utilized. a wonderful place for people in the Club members could use it any time it Maryland/DC/northern Virginia area to wasnt used for a match, so the club got learn about field target. its moneys worth. Several fathers and uncles brought
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Walther P38 airsoft pistol Looks, feels & shoots just like the original 9mm Wehrmacht service pistol.

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Riflescopes have changed significantly over the past 20 years, and airguns have lead the way. Things such as parallax adjustment, sidewheel parallax adjustment and adjustable scope mounts have all come out of the demand for better scope solutions by airgunners. And, because of all these changes, what airgunners "know" about airgun scopes has also changedperhaps too fast for most people to keep up. Airguns no longer break scopes! In the 1970s, scoping an airgun was problematic, because all the scopes were made for firearms only. Scope breakage reared its ugly head about the time the great horsepower race began. Airgunners wanted guns that went at least 800 f.p.s.the minimum speed for magnum status. To build guns that could do it, airgunsmiths created guns with more forward recoil and vibration than had been seen up to that time. Scopes started breaking. Scope makers didn't advertise the fact, but in the 1980s and early '90s they quietly cleaned up their act. It's difficult to find a scope that's not properly braced for an airgun today. That said, airguns are still hard on scopes, and individual scopes will still break. I hope you understand the difference. Parallax adjustment In scope manufacturing companies where there are real optical engineers, the subject of parallax adjustment is understood very well. Reticles Another good way to tell if a scope is for airguns is by the reticle. The mil-dot is.... The above article was excerpted from our Aug. 6, 2007, blog. Read the full blog at Pyramyd Air.com/blog.

AEG 40-round mag Full-/semi-auto Metal gears Collapsible stock Flip-up sights Adjustable Hop-Up 6mm=300 fps $85.95

Green gas 12-round mag Semi-auto Double-/single-action Blowback Adjustable Hop-Up 6mm=325 fps $149.95

Walther P99 FS airsoft pistol Awesome 1:1 replica of the firearm.

Walther PPK/S airsoft pistol Bond. James Bond. Originally, James Bond carried the Walther PPK/S firearm.

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CO2 50-round mag Full-/semi-auto Blowback 6mm=350 fps $65.50

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