The Good Ole Boys Club held a Field Target
Match today at Roz Sumpters place in Pulaski, TN. It was a great day for
shooting. The temperature was about 65 degrees when we started and the threat of
rain diminished quickly. As it turned out, we had a very nice day to shoot with
calm winds. There was a good turn out of shooters at today's match. We had a
total of 18 shooters show up to knock over a bunch of targets.
We had a little sight in time and then we were on to shooting a practice match.
Since the weather was forecast with a possibility of rain, Roz had set up seven
lanes of targets around his pavilion. Since he didn't want the work to go to
waist, we shot a quick practice round before heading out to the main course. It
was a lot of fun and the time went by pretty fast.
Brad Troyer and I shot together today. We had a great time shooting and talking
about airgun stuff. Brad had some difficulties with his rifle today and was
having to work out problems as we shot the match. We were both shooting 12 fpe
rifles and it was a lot of fun to see good results from those power levels.
Today was definitely Rick Thompson's day! Rick was on fire shooting his Theoben
Vanquish. I knew that Rick was having a good day when I saw him about half
through the match and he had a BIG smile on his face. At that point Rick had not
dropped any shots and was still plowing through lane after lane like a freight
train. It is also worth mentioning that Rick did not miss a shot during the 28
shot practice match. Awesome shooting Rick!!
We had a good number of relatively new shooters returning today. They all shot
well and it was a lot of fun to talk with a bunch of them again. It is good to
see the Good Ole Boys Club growing with new members. It is also great to see all
of the enthusiasm that comes along with a bunch of new shooters and cool
equipment.
When it was all done, Rick Thompson finished the day with a 57/60. He didn't
take the top PCP score without a battle though. Roz came in a close second with
a 56/60 and Rod Bradley was right there also with a 55/60. In the Piston Class
Steve Vines shot 40/60 with Paul Oswalt close behind with 38/60. David Slade was
our top Hunter Shooter with 46/60 shooting a 12 fpe Whiscombe Piston Rifle. As
usual, we thank our kind host, Roz Sumpter for another great match. I am already
looking forward to doing it again in a couple of weeks! See you there!
Take care,
Harold Rushton