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The triumph of Mathematics.- Italy's WFTC's 2022      Special Entry

8/29/2022

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With this special entry we will close the series about the World's Field Target Championships 2022 in Italy, and I hope you see the reason for this very special entry.

I've known this person for a few years.
I first took notice when she was a Junior shooter from a faraway country.

I've seen her face-up and overcome challenges, change completely her life, and become a person that truly embodies the future of FT.

She has made airguns not only her sport, but her livelihood, and she is now embarking on a new phase where she will play a major role in shaping the sport, as she recently accepted an appointment to the highest authority in USA for FT with the American Airgun Field Target Association (AAFTA).

During the shoot she was a bit dejected the first day, when she felt she had not performed to her potential, but as all the rest of the scores started to trickle in, she realized that she had done well in the Ladies class.

Apart from shooting the Match, she took on the role of RGB Rep for the USA, delegated by Greg Sauve who could not come to Italy.

And she did a smashing job of all of these tasks.

So Lauren, THANK YOU!

Thanks for all that you do for FT and for Team USA.

Congrats on a well deserved "High PCP Lady" title earned with hard work that showed in a commanding lead.

Your insights and your way with people will surely play a good role when the Matches come to the USA in 2024.

Although we do not always agree, I see that you have FT's best interest at heart.

It was a pleasure and a privilege to shoot with you in Rome and to be part of Team USA with you.

As "the Old Man" in the team I can say this to you: Never change, always be yourself.

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3 Comments
Krystian
11/22/2022 05:52:43

Hello, Hector.
I have a question about your set.
Did you shoot your Diana in Italy with a recoil system activated? Didn’t you have a problem with the rules? Do the FT regulations allow recoilless system in spring guns?

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Hector Medina
11/22/2022 10:07:03

Krystian;

Unlike the backwards NEFTA and BDS, WFTF allows ANY spring-piston rifle to shoot with the other spring-piston rifles.
Whiscombes, EffeZettas, TX200SLR's, Parks, FWB300's and DIANA54's are allowed in the spring-piston category.

Reasons are multiple but let's just say that recoil-less spring piston technology poses other problems that fixed action/single piston airguns do not.
And so, they do provide the same challenge to the shooter.

The other aspect that some RGB's have not taken into account is the simple fact that putting your OWN energy into the gun takes a toll.
Cocking a PCP takes all of 1 ft-lb of energy, doing that 150 times over the long weekend is an infinitely smaller challenge than putting in between 20 and 45 ft-lbs per shot.

Bottom line: Under WFTF rules, ANY gun that is manually cocked and uses a spring to drive a piston to compress the air to expel the pellet IS a springer and deserves to be in that category.

Keep well and shoot straight!






HM

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Krystian
11/24/2022 03:43:19

Thank you for the answer. You’ve explained a lot to me.




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    Hector Medina

    2012 US National WFTF Spring Piston Champion
    2012 WFTF Spring Piston Grand Prix Winner
    2013 World's WFTF Spring Piston 7th place
    2014 Texas State WFTF Piston Champion
    2014 World's WFTF Spring Piston 5th place.
    2015 Maine State Champion WFTF Piston
    2015 Massachusetts State Champion WFTF Piston
    2015 New York State Champion WFTF Piston
    2015 US National WFTF Piston 2nd Place
    2016 Canadian WFTF Piston Champion
    2016 Pyramyd Air Cup WFTF Piston 1st Place
    2017 US Nationals Open Piston 3rd Place
    2018 WFTC's Member of Team USA Champion Springers
    2018 WFTC's 4th place Veteran Springer
    2020 Puerto Rico GP Piston First Place
    2020 NC State Championships 1st Place Piston
    2022 Maryland State Champion WFTF 
    2022 WFTC's Italy Member of TEAM USA 2nd place Springers
    2022 WFTC's Italy
    2nd Place Veteran Springers

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