DIFTA - MD State Match Sunday, June 9

Hoping that the weather will cooperate, Sunday, June 9 we will hold the
Maryland State Match at DIFTA.

Finishing set up and sight-in at 8:30, Shooter registration between 9:00
and 9:30, Mandatory shooters' meeting at 9:45, first shot downrange at 10:00

It will be a 72 shot match with some forced positions and an average
difficulty of 28-29T. As usual, there will be a few "bonus targets" and
a few nasty ones to compensate with.

If there is enough interest, after the match we will light up the grill
and have our traditional potluck BBQ: bring something to share, or let
me know in advance you want a sausage.

See you in ten days!

The DIFTA Staff

Is the match still on? Rain looks light all day starting at 9am, but we need to start making plans.
When will the call be made and what method?
--Sean

The targets are set and I have secured a few sausage and smoked pork chops from the Amish Market in Easton, MD.

The weather is not cooperating 100% and there is the chance of a few showers during the morning (~0.01in of rain expected).

Therefore, the match will go on and, in the worst-case scenario, we could decide to delay or take a break to avoid the worst.

See you Sunday!

The DIFTA Staff

Paolo, I might show up. Less for competing in the state match, more for shooting FT for once in the past year plus, This is a good weekend for me. Kids work all weekend and the wife is getting on my nerves (shh, don't tell her I said that). 

Edit... aint gonna happen. Well pump died. We are 'living' at home but have a hotel room a mile away for showers and stuff the girls don't want to do outside, well I guess there is some stuff the guys don't want to do outside either...  Sucks since I have 15o trees I just planted that I can't water. You all have fun!

See you in the morning Paolo !!!!

DIFTA - Maryland State Match - Report

This morning, fifteen shooters braved the weather forecast to compete in the Maryland State Match at DIFTA.

Luckily, the actual weather turned out to be much better than the forecasts: In the middle of the match we got a few light showers, mostly shielded by the tree canopy. The temperature stayed in the low-mid seventies and a light-medium breeze helped pushing a few pellets out of course.

The average course difficulty calculated at 28.5T. Eight of the 36 targets were beyond 40 yards. Five of the targets had a difficulty factor greater than 40T. Two of the twelve lanes were forced-position: one offhand and one kneeling.

Almost equal representation of Hunter (six PCP and one Piston) and WFTF (five PCP and one piston) divisions. Only two Open (one PCP and one Piston) shooters.

The best score was shot by Brian (69) followed at distance by Chris Corey (63). The breeze swirling in the woods, the very high contrast between light and shade, and some equipment malfunction caused some scores to be lower than expected and desired.

As usual, after the match we fired-up the grill and had a wonderful time over a few Amish grillers and smoked pork chops.

 

The next match will be Sunday, July 7. See you there!

 

The DIFTA Staff

Shooter	Rifle	Scope	Pellet	Division	Class	Score
Brian Van Liew	TM1000	Kahles 10-50 FT	AA 10.3	WFTF	PCP	69
Chris Corey	Steyr Challenge FT	March X 8-80	JSB 8.4	WFTF	PCP	63
Jimmy Williams	AA S400 MPR-FT	March X 10-60 HM	AA 8.4	WFTF	PCP	62
Skip Tenney	Daystate Air Wolf	Sightron 10-50x60	JSB Monster 13.43	Open	PCP	56
Paolo Amedeo	Marauder XL	Leapers 8-32x56	CPL	WFTF	PCP	53
Keith Knoblauch	Steyr LG110 FT	Leupold 40 Comp.	JSB 8.44	WFTF	PCP	48
Rex Gori	AA Pro Sport	Leupold 6.5-20x40	JSB 10.4	Open	Piston	61
Jay Hannon	Weihrauch HW97	Bushnell 8-32x40	AA 8.4	WFTF	Piston	59
Sean McDaniel	Ataman R2S	Hawke Airmax 8-32x56	JSB Exact Heavy	Hunter	PCP	57
Frank Moscarillo	FX Crown .177	Hawke 4-16x	JSB 10.34	Hunter	PCP	55
Mark Moscarillo	Daystate Regal XL	Athlon Talos 6-24x50	JSB 10.34	Hunter	PCP	54
Sue Tenney	Daystate Regal	Hawke 4-16x	Kodiak	Hunter	PCP	54
Vince Sempronio	Marauder .177	Hawke 6-20x43	AA 10.3	Hunter	PCP	54
Eric Brewer	Walther LGU	Sightron SIII 10-50x60	JSB 8.44	Hunter	Piston	53
Mark Sivatko	Umarex Gauntlet	UTG 4-16x	JSB Heavy	Hunter	PCP	42

Thank you Paolo and the DIFTA crew for having the match. Enjoyed chatting with my squad Sue and Skip and getting to know them better. 

Brian

Thanks Brian. We learned something from each other.  It was a good day. Both of us met our goals.

Great match report. Looks like it would have been fun. Lot of familiar names. Hi to All.

Brian is shooting better than ever. Glad he went to WFTF this year 🙂 He has finally seen the light and is shooting a RAW now. LOL

Nice shooting from my Open class mate, Skip, as well. 

I'm going to have to catch one of the DIFTA matches.

Gary
Venice, FL