Winter Down Time & Review

Well, things are going to slow down over the winter months and it's that time again to go over the Field Target rifles and equipment. We have made major headway on our equipment this year. All the targets are now mounted to patio blocks for weight. All the strings are rolled up on new spindles and we have new string winders. This makes for a very quick field target range setup and takedown. That leaves us much more time for shooting and less time getting worn out working. The range itselve looks great! We haven't had to build anything lately. I'd say we are basically finished.

During the down time, my HW97 is going to Pomona Airguns to get a supertune. It had dropped off to 750 fps over the past year from 805. This was due to a breach seal that wasn't sealing properly. Over time, the spring went bad as a result and probably the seal too. Pomona says they should be able to get me shooting smoothly at around 870fps or 13-14fpe. That would be great.

David Bare also just recently got his TX200 from Pomona with a super tune. He couldn't believe how nice it shot. He's the one that is sending my HW97 to Pomona to get the tune. David is a stickler for perfection and if he's happy, then it has to be good! He also got his new Nikko Sterling side wheel scope in and mounted and soon with have his custom Mike Abernathy stock for it.

David McMillan is working on getting a new Leapers 8-32 sidewheel scope, but has his new TX200 stock with riser wrapped around his sweet shooting B40 now. It shoots at 930fps with a nice solid thunk and now spring twist and it hasn't even been tuned! He's come a long way and should be a contender during the upcoming FT season.

Ricky knight has his TX200 shooting great in Hunter Class. If not for health reasons, he'd be shooting excellent. But even now, he has improved vastly. Since he shoots Hunter Class, he has a BSA 4-12 scope on his TX200 and he's happy with it. Hopefully with some ballistics help, we can get him shooting better than ever in the upcoming season.

Thanks to all the club members for their help this past year. Some are not involved in Field Target as much as the core members, yet they show up and shoot mini-field target and have a blast doing it. B3's abound in our club and it couldn't be more fun.

Until the Cajun Classic... we'll see ya there.