Match Report FTRPA November 16, 2025
It was a crisp autumn morning in the woods of Southern Pennsylvania when 16 shooters met at the Falls Township Rifle and Pistol Association to participate in what, traditionally, was the last shoot of the year.
From this time onwards, for most of the northeast USA, most shoots would be indoors, or shot from protected range positions.
Simply “par for the course” for this region’s weather.
The crew at FTRPA set up an interesting course over 10 lanes and using 3 targets per lane; with a variety of orientations within the geography available that allowed for some shots to be open to the wind, others to be protected from it, others to be towards the light, while others were in deep shades.
It is also an interesting aspect of the locale that there are “tracks” that crisscross the lanes, making for some interesting “wind tunnels".
Not a terribly hard course, but still very challenging with the changing light, wind, and temperature conditions, the course’s basic statistics were:
Ave sStdDev
TDR 24.9 7.2
Distance 26.0 11.4
Which tells you that there were targets as far away as 48-49 yards, and also targets as difficult as 39-40 T’s. (Before wind allowances)
In essence, it is diversity of individual challenges what makes a course interesting and enjoyable.
A look at the lanes (starting on lane 5):
It was a crisp autumn morning in the woods of Southern Pennsylvania when 16 shooters met at the Falls Township Rifle and Pistol Association to participate in what, traditionally, was the last shoot of the year.
From this time onwards, for most of the northeast USA, most shoots would be indoors, or shot from protected range positions.
Simply “par for the course” for this region’s weather.
The crew at FTRPA set up an interesting course over 10 lanes and using 3 targets per lane; with a variety of orientations within the geography available that allowed for some shots to be open to the wind, others to be protected from it, others to be towards the light, while others were in deep shades.
It is also an interesting aspect of the locale that there are “tracks” that crisscross the lanes, making for some interesting “wind tunnels".
Not a terribly hard course, but still very challenging with the changing light, wind, and temperature conditions, the course’s basic statistics were:
Ave sStdDev
TDR 24.9 7.2
Distance 26.0 11.4
Which tells you that there were targets as far away as 48-49 yards, and also targets as difficult as 39-40 T’s. (Before wind allowances)
In essence, it is diversity of individual challenges what makes a course interesting and enjoyable.
A look at the lanes (starting on lane 5):
and in detail:
Lane 6:
And its detail:
Lane 7, short offhand lane:
Its detail:
Lane 8:
And the detail:
Lane 9:
Detail:
Lane 10:
Detail:
Lane 1:
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Lane 2:
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Lane 3:
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Lane 4:
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The low power (WFTF) Division consolidated PCP and Piston. As did the Hunter Division.
Really good scores were obtained in the Open and Hunter Divisions with only 3 shots missed by Karen, Justin and Bryan V, all of them with 57/60
VERY Worthwhile rifle scores by Brian W, shooting a piston rifle in hunter for a 54/60 and a pistol at 35/40
It is also important to note than Mike B could not shoot all the course due to an issue with his rifle, his 34 would have been augmented by more than a few points in the lanes he could not shoot.
Full scores and equipment list in this table:
Really good scores were obtained in the Open and Hunter Divisions with only 3 shots missed by Karen, Justin and Bryan V, all of them with 57/60
VERY Worthwhile rifle scores by Brian W, shooting a piston rifle in hunter for a 54/60 and a pistol at 35/40
It is also important to note than Mike B could not shoot all the course due to an issue with his rifle, his 34 would have been augmented by more than a few points in the lanes he could not shoot.
Full scores and equipment list in this table:
Thanks to the crew at FTRPA for setting up the match, to all that helped take the field out and to all that attended because without each and everyone there is no FT.
Keep well and shoot straight!
HM
Keep well and shoot straight!
HM
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