DIFTA September 19 Match Results

What a match! The weather was fantastic! The attendance was the best in a year or so -- basically since gasoline prices soared.

Starting with the weather -- I am not sure what actually happened, but the forecast was for a high of 72F. Just a hint of a breeze for the most part -- enough to keep one worrying about what is happening to the pellet, for sure. It could not have been a better day for field target!

We had 24 shooters! Not only did we get some of our local shooters back to the range after varying hiatuses, we got 3 people from New York City, 2 from Poughkeepsie, NY, and 3 from West Virginia. It was a long trip for all of them -- thanks for thinking enough of shooting at DIFTA to make the huge effort!

The match was our typical 60-shots. There were 6 offhand shots. The average difficulty was intended to be about 28T but one lane - lane 9 -- ended up with the targets in reverse order so a 1/2" was out at about 31yds and the intended 1.25" for that distance was at 17yds. Just think what it would have been like if the far target had been more like 40yds!  As it was, 13 shooters got it at least once and Carl Johnson, Phil Dean, Mike Macinconico, and Jill Clelland hit it twice! Excellent shooting!

The top shooter was Ray Apelles with a Crosman/Benjamin Marauder shooting at 11.5fpe, CPL pellets, and a Leupold Competition 35X scope. He came close to cleaning the course shooting 59/60 -- missing only the very difficult far target on lane 9 once. Several shooters were shooting Marauders -- Crosman/Benjamin has certainly come out with a very competitive gun with an excellent price.

The next match is October 3 and will be a "Fun Match."  The last two full matches of 2009 are October 24 and November 7.

Results:

Joe McDaniel
Match Director