First FT Event of the 2012 Season @ WWCCA

Getting ready for the first Field Target Event of the season to be held at WWCCA in Plymouth, Michigan.  In test firing my Steyr, I confirmed that the AZ tuned rifle was still dialed in from last season.

Shooting 1" dots at 50 yards I encountered a blur in the scope as a large moth landed on the target.  First shot left a gratifying splat on the target.  No better confidence boost then hitting a bug at fifty yards.   

For those of you who not familiar with WWCCA, (Western Wayne County Conservation Association) they feature Shotgun, Rifle and Pistol ranges.  The highlight for me is the fact that they offer a 55 yard covered site-in airgun range as well as a groomed airgun field target course. All this is possible with the efforts of Tim and Karen Engelhardt as they are in charge of the airgun portion of the club. The range is open to members, however non-members can come in and enjoy the monthly FT and Fun Shoot events.  May 20, 2012 was the first field target event of the 2012 Season.

WWCCA Practice Range

The first lane of the course was a kneeling position.  OMG, I hate kneeling lanes.  Who's idea was this? lol  The only good thing about missing 5 out of the 6 on the kneeling lane was that it proved to me that I had better spend some time on perfecting this position.   I performed better on the off hand lanes hitting 4 of the 6 and cleared all of the sitting positions.  I now have some time to practice for the June 10th 60 match.  Also, anyone interested, please take note of the Great Lakes 100 on July 13 - 15, 2012.  Hope to see you there.  For more information regarding these future events, visit: WWCCA.com  

For more pictures of the day's event visit Precision Airguns Photo Gallery.

A Thank You to Tim & Karen Engelhardt for his WWCA Match Report

 WWCCA May 20, 2012 Field Target Match Report

WWCCA held our first Field target match of 2012 on Sunday May 20^th and the weather couldn’t have been better. Bright sunshine and the mid eighties ruled the day. Eleven shooters joined us on the Air gun walk through range, and a new member Robert Wozniak and his daughter Dana enjoyed our clubs air rifles on the practice range.

Joe Engelhardt, Dick Saunders and I set up for the event on Saturday as is our usual practice and with all the equipment issues the preparation took five hours to complete. Dick is quite the artist and all the participants were impressed with the paint jobs on the field targets. The natural colors and contrast of the paint schemes really helped to range the targets especially on the dark lanes. I can’t thank them enough for all their hard work in preparing the course.

The course was set up with ten lanes, three targets per lane with two shots per target for our sixty shot event. The Troyer rating for the event was 36.7, a lot harder than I planned for the first match of the season but enjoyable none the less.

NAME	GUN	SCOPE	PELLET	PCP	Scores @ 60 Shots
Jim Stanis	Steyr LG 110	Leupold	.177 JSB H	PCP	53
Eric Sanders	Steyr LG 100	Nikko Sterling 10-50 X 60	.177 CPH	PCP	50
Rick Broughton	Steyr LG 110	Nikko Sterling	.177 JSB	PCP	41
Andy Wong	Hammerli 850 HPA	Nikko Sterling 6-24 x 56	.177 CPL	WFTF	33
Dick Saunders	Air Arms EV-2	Leapers	.177 JSB L	WFTF	21
Fritz Sanders	TX-200 HC	Swift 8-32 x 50	.177 CPL	Piston	37
Rick Stewart	HW-97	Swift 8-32 X 50	.177	Piston	21
Karen Engelhardt	HW-97K	Nikko Sterling	.177 CPL	Piston	8
David Dowling	Air Arms S400 ERB	Center point 3-12	.22 JSB	Hunter	26
Gerald Smith	Beeman R-9	Burris 4-12	.177 H&N FTT	Hunter	15
Charlie Smith-Firman	Beeman R-9	Burris 4-12	.177 H&N FTT	Hunter	5

The match started later than planned as Eric Sanders had the fill seal blow out just as we were ready for the safety meeting. With the help of Rick Broughton and Jim Stanis they were able to repair Eric’s rifle so he could compete with us. Dick Saunders also posted a fine score for a first timer at the field target game. We had three groups of three shooters and a group of two shooters with the odd amount of participants.

After the completion of the match the majority of the participants helped to clean up the range and store our equipment in the shed. We then enjoyed a lunch in the club house. The next match is scheduled for June 10^th and the Great Lakes 100 is scheduled on July 13^th, 14^th, and 15^th is year. We plan on moving it back to August next year but the World FT championships are in August this year so we felt it would be best to change the date for this year. Hope to see you again in June, until then have a Blessed day.

Tim Engelhardt 

Airgunners Dream Weekend-Part 2 FT Competition

Sunday morning I was off to the WWCCA (Western Wayne County Conservation Association) in Plymouth, Michigan for the last Field Target Competition of the 2011 Season.  I'm lucky to be only 1 hour away from this great facility. I would suggest anyone else who  is in close proximity to check out the WWCCA take advantage of all that they have to offer, especially for the Airgun Community.

I was anxious to take my AZ tuned Steyr 110 to the match.  Had not touched the gun since the Great Lakes 100 which was held at this same place.  Steyr's are usually tanks and very stable, once they are set up.  A few test shots at the test range show'd wind was going to be an issue, but everything else seemed good for the gun.  The  Leupold Competition with 3/8" target dot compliments this rifle well.  JSB Heavies were the pellet of choice for today. My wind guesstimates were all pretty good, did miss one 55 yard sitting target.  Wind blew the pellet a full inch or more out of the kill zone.  I aced the off hand with was 6 for 6 which is always a relief, but the kneelers killed me dropping 3 out of 6 including two at 35 yards.  As far as I know that 35 yard target still had shiny paint on it at the end of the event.  Scoring a 56 out of 60 proved to be a top score for the day.



The matches are scheduled for 60 shots over the course of fire.  The match is typically held on the Air Gun Walk through range.  A 20 FPE limit is imposed on their field target events, and WWCCA and AAFTA rules apply to all of the scheduled field target events.  A $10.00 entry fee also includes a hot lunch.

Click Here to see all of the pictures from the Field Target Match

To learn more about WWCCA check out:
http://wwcca.com/wp/airgun/