Yesterday the Good Ole Boys Club in Pulaski,
Tennessee had it's September Match. The weather could not have been better. It
was sunny and in the mid 80's all day. We had a good attendance of 12 shooters,
although some of our regulars weren't able to attend. You guys know who you are
and we look forward to seeing you all next time...
We all had about an hour of sight in time on Roz's range before the first match
started. As usual, we got a good idea of what our rigs were doing while shooting
at some cool targets. Brad Troyer had a good assortment of his auto-resetting
targets placed on the range and it was a lot of fun knocking those down. Anyone
that hasn't had a chance to try one of those targets out has missed a real
treat. They reset automatically after a hit without having to pull a string.
Brad will have those available for sale before long and it will save a lot of
string winding for back yard practice!
Roz had a good variety for us set up at this match. Actually, he had two
separate matches ready. The first was a 20 shot hunter match. The second was a
40 shot standard Field Target Match. The scores of the two matches were combined
to determine a final score for the day. So, this gave us all a chance to brush
up on our Hunter skills!
The Hunter course was set out in the open field near Roz's house. So, that
course allowed for some pretty interesting wind action. This time I shot with
David Slade. We had a great time shooting together and talking as time
permitted. He even brought along a couple of puppies to make the hunter
experience a little more realistic! Well, not really that realistic, but they
were well mannered and had about as much fun as we did during the match...
David was a tough competitor at this match. As we worked our way though the
Hunter course, David and I missed one shot so we were even though most of the
course... However, when we got down to the last couple of lanes, I ended up
missing three more and got pretty far behind quickly. David ended the Hunter
Course only one shot down with a score of 19/20. As it turned out, Rick Thompson
was also shooting very good and ended the course with 19/20 as well!
After finishing the Hunter match, we all moved over to the standard Field Target
course in the wooded area. I always enjoy shooting on Roz's courses and this was
no exception. It is interesting to me that even though the course that we shot
has only changed in minor ways since the Good Ole Boys Championship match this
year, no one has cleaned the course this year. As a matter of fact, one target
in particular rarely gets knocked down very often. It is a 3/4" KZ at 53 yards.
I think it has a lot to do with the way that the wind moves the shots since the
target is near a field. This time though, Brad Troyer managed to take it down
two times in a row with his 12 fpe NJR 100.
After we had a chance to shoot through most of the course I noticed that Rick
Thompson still had that familiar smile on his face so I was pretty sure that he
wasn't missing many... As it turned out, that was the case. Rick has really got
that Theoben Vanquish dialed in and went on to shoot the high score of the day
56/60! David Slade wasn't far behind with an ending score of 53/60. Cliff Smith
shot the high Piston score of the day 43/60.
Overall, we had a great time Saturday. When the match was over Dottie Berry
fired up the grill and made us all a great burger. Thanks Dottie, they were
awesome! Our next match is scheduled for October 11, 2008. Make sure to mark it
on your calendar and plan to come on over and shoot with the Good Ole Boy's Club
in Pulaski, Tennessee!
See you all there!
Harold Rushton
Final Scores
| Name | Hunter Match | Standard FT | Total Score | Rifle |
| Rick Thompson | 19/20 | 37/40 | 56/60 | Theoben Vanquish |
| David Slade | 19/20 | 34/40 | 53/60 | Theoben MFR |
| Roz Sumpter | 16/20 | 36/40 | 52/60 | Theoben MFR |
| Harold Rushton | 16/20 | 34/40 | 50/60 | Air Arms EV2 |
| Charles Garvey | 18/20 | 29/40 | 47/60 | USFT |
| David Brown | 17/20 | 29/40 | 46/60 | FWB P70 |
| Brad Troyer | 11/20 | 34/40 | 45/60 | NJR 100 |
| Cliff Smith | 12/20 | 31/40 | 43/60 | Air Arms TX200 (Piston) |
| Pat O'Brien | 2/20 | 19/40 | 21/60 | Air Arms S410 |
| Shane | 11/20 | 10/40 | 21/60 | Beeman ??? (Piston) |
| Anden Houben | 1/20 | 17/40 | 18/60 | Air Arms TX200 (Piston) |
| Mike Frizzel | 0/20 | 5/40 | 5/40 | Air Arms TX200 (Piston) |