Airgunners of Arizona February 16 FT match report
This is supposed to be the middle of winter, and while the rest of the
country is having snow storms and freezing weather, those of us who live in
paradise (aka Arizona) are experiencing blue skies and near 70 degree
temperatures. This month’s match could not have been any more perfect!
The day almost did not start out that way. We had rain on Friday, as a
weather front moved through, and Saturday morning the fog was quite thick in
areas, while driving to the match. By the time we started sight in, the sun
had burned through and the skies cleared, and it got….how can I put this to
not offend folks (read Billy LoMeli, Steve Shinis, etc, etc,
etc)…..downright balmy! If you guys want to freeze your tush’s off shooting
the blue balls, go for it. WE got sunshine and warmth….and are loving it.
We had a 48 target match, with some tricky shots and interesting target
placements; behind bushes, up in trees, over a bank but under a log (double
headed snake), and some deceptive long shots, too. This owl at 48 yards, and
10 feet up in a tree was novel:
Dale and Debbie Keiser once again hosted this match and did an outstanding
job of target placement. We are indebted to them for taking on the challenge
and for providing lunch also. <Debbie, those brat’s were delicious, as was
everything else. Thank you!>
We had LD and Vince join us from California….finally. A little mishap with
time zones and misread directions, but they finally made it, and we thank
them for joining us. With 14 shooters, and only the 2nd match of the year,
we did pretty good. Of course Bobby Corcorran showed us how it is done, but
drafting on his lead were some other pretty good displays of marksmanship.
Here are the scores:
Match Winner.....Bobby Corcorran.....43 / 48
1................Larry Durham........42 / 48
2................Dale Keiser.........41 / 48
3................Debbie Keiser.......39 / 48
4................Vince Pacheco.......38 / 48
5................Larry Piercy........34 / 48
6................Steve Montgomery....33 / 48
7................Klayton Kidd........31 / 48
8................Larry Nelson........28 / 48
9................Mark Kauffman.......24 / 48
10...............Ron Drye............23 / 48
11...............Bonni Drye..........19 / 48
12...............Christopher Amy.....18 / 48
13...............Robin Montgomery....16 / 48
(Sorry these scores are not in the Excel format that I originally posted
them, with guns, scopes, pellets, etc. That can be found on our website. I
must be doing something wrong and cannot figure it out....drat!)
Our March match will be near Cherry, AZ and the April match will be in Camp
Verde, AZ Please refer to our website, www.airgunsofarizona.com/Airgunners
for directions and times.
Respectfully submitted,
Mark Kauffman
Secretary, Airgunners of Arizona