Today Roz Sumpter invited us over for a Good Ole Boy's
Field Target match at his place in Pulaski, Tennessee. The
weather was beautiful with the temperature near 50 degrees and
plenty of sunshine. It had to be the best day that we've
had for Field Target all winter.
Everyone arrived at the range around 10:00 AM. We all
had a nice time talking before getting down to the
business of sighting in our equipment. It was great to
see our new guy, Kevin B., back for more. I think we
got him hooked pretty good at the last match a couple
of weeks ago. Most of our other regulars were also in
attendance. After about an hour and a half of sighting
and talking, we had a shooters meeting before heading
out to the course.
Today's match consisted of 60 shots total. The
course was set up with ten lanes, two targets per
lane, three shots per target. One lane was designated
as a kneeling lane only. The remaining lanes were at
the shooters choice.
I was paired up with Rod Bradley at this match. Rod
was shooting his Walther Dominator and he didn't
miss many shots with it. I was shooting my USFT and it
was doing exactly what it was designed to do...
Knocking down field targets. We had a great time
shooting together and talking about gun stuff. Rod and
I both own a bunch of springers and PCPs so we always
have a good time comaparing notes. Today was no
exception. We had a couple of hours of nothing but
shooting and airguns. Man, I sure enjoyed it!
David Brown was trying out his new Orange USFT today.
Considering that he hadn't even fully set
everything up the way he plans to, he shot it very,
very well. David has really improved his game and I
predict that he's going to be shooting some top
scores this season. David shot with Robert Ray today.
Robert came over from the Memphis area to shoot with
us. He was shooting his trusty old USFT too. We now
have several USFT's showing up at the GOB club
this year. Looks like it's going to get tougher
and tougher to win a match around here!
When it was all over, I had dropped two shots and
ended the day with the high PCP score of 58/60. Our
high Piston shooter was Steve Vines with a 29/60
shooting that beautiful TX200. Anden Houben was right
behind Steve in second place with a 27 shooting his
TX200SR. Our high Hunter shooter was Charles Garvey
with a 44/60. Charles was shooting a USFT Hunter
Carbine. Great shooting guys!
After the match Roz treated us to some fantastic
Italian Sausage/Hot dogs. We had a great time
socializing after the match and planning for future
events.
Once again we thank our host, Roz Sumpter, for
inviting us over to shoot. It was a great day with a
great bunch of guys! What more could we ask for...
See you guys next time!
Harold Rushton
Match Results
PCP
Name Score Rifle
Harold Rushton 58/60 USFT #19
Rod Bradley 53/60 Walther Dominator
David Brown 52/60 USFT
Robert Ray 51/60 USFT
Roz Sumpter 51/60 Theoben MFR
PISTON
Name Score Rifle
Steve Vines 29/60 TX200
Anden Houben 27/60 TX200SR
Kevin Blankenship 25/60 TX200
Shane Iceberg 21/60 R-9
HUNTER
Name Score Rifle
Charles Garvey 44/60 USFT Hunter