IDAHO AIRGUN FIELD TARGET CLUB Pocatello, ID

Idaho Airgun Field Target Club

January 16, 2009 FT Pistol and Rifle Match

Ron Gill, President

CO2 from George’s pistol condensing at below freezing temperatures

The morning fog lifted revealing a landscape coated with frost.  It was too cold for the chronograph.  It really was too cold for CO2.  After shooting indoors in October, November and December, it was time to shoot outdoors.  Not to be slowed down by the severe winter cold, we scheduled both a pistol and a rifle FT match. 

The pistol match, at 20 degrees, was the last gasp for liquefied CO2.  George’s Crosman 2300 was laying down a contrail like a B-52 at 40,000 feet.  Ray Carter and Ron Roberts shooting Crosman 1377s pumped up their guns for each shot and got their usual performance even in the mid-winter cold.  “The Pellets are dropping like stones, so we will have to aim high,” said George Gardner.  My TAU had to come up 10 clicks to get on the target at 20 yards.  Even though the velocities were low, George did knock down one of the farthest targets of the day.   We weren’t able to measure the velocity.  In the severe cold and with the dim, winter sun close to the horizon the chronograph would not work.

George Gardner "Makes Ready"

Pistol

Non-Magnifying Sights

Ray Carter                           23/27     Crosman 1377 BSA Red Dot, RWS Daibolo

Ron Gill                                1/27       TA-7 Iron sights, 177 Misterklugen

Magnifying Sights

Ron Roberts                       8/27       Crosman 1377 4X scope, Crosman wad cutters

George Gardner               5/27       Crosman 2300 12X JSBL

Rifles came out of the cases for the next round.  No surprises here.  Our precharged and piston rifles performed as usual.  Ash Covey showed up just as we started shooting rifles and joined in. 

Rifle