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IDAHO AIRGUN FIELD TARGET CLUB
Pocatello, ID
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Idaho Airgun Field
Target Club
May 16, 2009 FT
Pistol and Rifle Match
Ron Gill, President
Air Rifle and Air Pistol Match
Idaho Airgun Field Target Club,
Pocatello Idaho
May 16, 2009
George Gardner wanted to shoot
the match with his Crosmans in order to get ready for next month’s All
Crossman Match. Most of the time George has been shooting Theobens, but
today his rifle was based on a Crosman 1377 pistol.
It had an 18 inch
barrel, and a detachable shoulder stock that fits in place of the pistol
grips. After a fling with a Crosman CO2 rifle, he had built up this
pumper to cope with the cool Idaho temps that we have for as much as 6
months of the year. We had had freezing nights in the week before, but
today looked warm enough for CO2, so George had brought a CO2 pistol“
(“Because I don’t have to pump it.” for the pistol portion of the match.
Ray Carter and David Read had also brought CO2 powered Crosman pistols.
Neither of George’s guns shot at what we would call blistering hot
velocities. The rifle would do 700 fps, but only with 16 pumps. On
most targets he pumped 13 times for 650 fps saying, “Those last few
pumps are hard”. His pistol clocked in at 450, but it was a .22 and
those big bore pellets carried a lot of momentum.
As far as pumping
goes, I pumped 90 strokes to get through an 18 shot pistol match. It
was not something I would call excessive, but the pistol I used had a
stock pistol fore end. That fore end is slender enough that I pinched
my left index finger, the really fleshy part between the second and
third knuckle. “Oh gosh and darn!” I said. George had replaced the
stock forearm on his 1377 with the forearm from the Crosman Backpacker;
the wisdom of this modification is something I now fully appreciate.
Other news David reed shot his newly acquired Beeman R-1. Dave shot
with a scope! Dave is our lone holdout for iron sights. I use my old
Axor pump to charge my 1760. This 35 shot match needed 40 pumps. Ray,
who has been having some scope problems with rifle scopes, remounted his
3-12 BSA on his RWS 52. This scope has never failed him, while some
others have. High end scope users take note.
Lastly, if you count
the spring powered rifles, the two 1377 (rifle and pistol) and that I
pumped my 1760 4 of the 6 guns shot used power provided by their users.
That is something to think about.
George Gardner,
Rifle:
Crosman 1377, 18 inch barrel and shoulder stock. .177 JSB 8.4 gr.,
Bushnell 40200 4-16X
Pistol: Crosman 2300, .22, 3-9 Bushnell .22
Wolverine pelts.
Ron Gill
Rifle: Crosman 1760 SP modified for
compressed air, .177 JSB 8.4 gr., and 6-
24 X BSA scope
Pistol:
Crosman 1377, .177 RWS Diabolo Basic, 2-7 BSA pistol scope.
Ray
Carter
Rifle: RWS M54, .177 JSB 8.4 grain, 3-12X BSA
Pistol:
Crosman 2300 custom, .177 RWS Diabolo Basic, Red dot BSA sight.
David Read
Rifle R-1, .177, RWS scope
Pistol: Crosman 2300S .177,
iron sights.
Scores
Rifle Pistol
George Gardner 20/35 First PCP 12/18 First Magnified
Ray Carter 10/35 Piston
12/18 Non Magnified
David Read 16/35 Piston
4/18 First Non Magnified
Ron Gill
15/35 First PCP
4/18 Magnified
The All Crosman Match is next month on Saturday
June 20th. Of course, if you don’t have a Crosman you are welcome to
shoot. Call 208-234-4184 for information.
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