It would appear ROB that your box is full up and i cannot reply to your PM ??? HOLLY

BFTA Europeans 2010

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full of it apparently !
(empty it mate )

Well, it would seem we did rather well at the masters yesterday. . . . . Dan Eley 1st - and Mick Cotter third.
well done Kent woodsmen!!!

Very good day today . i don't usually enjoy the showdown . much to fraught shooting two targets in one min . but for some reason today felt different . did not do any better than usual really . but as the day wore on i relaxed . very good courses . red was the most difficult . windy one that . shot that with bobby banks . the lad was shooting well . yellow i did not like . but blue course was perfect . yes good day all round and back in time to see moto GP . ??? HOLLY PS nice burgers . and no welshmen in the final . yessssss .

Thanks to Rockdrill on here i have finally managed to get a GC2 action .my old one was just about putting in the tight groups that GC2 owners expect and the rest of you mugs are lucky if you get once a year at christmas ? and now to finnish the winter league with a flourish . by god you boys do not know what you are missing . still hang on . that is you lots strong point ? missing that is . keep practicing boys ??? HOLLY

For most who go to their first showdown at curridge park . it will be a pretty fraught shoot . most like myself are not fast shooters . i need about i min forty seconds to do two targets . so how do you get two targets in 60 secs . the easiest way is to guess the closest range target and range the long one . make an assessment before you sit down to shoot . wind , range and of course the right target in the right order ( oh yes i have done it ) . when you sit down line up on the first target to shoot so you have natural alignment . if you dial . then dial up what you think is the range to the target . set the parralax wheel to that range . settle your breathing . put your eye to the scope and say " right" so the other shooter knows you are ready and away .hopefully your range estimate will not be far out and with some small adjustment to the scope you knock down your first target . if you fall behing do not give in . cos it can all change in a min . literally . even if knocked out in the first round you have another chance in the plate . try to apply what you have learnt in the showdown proper to your second round if knocked out and in the plate . if still in the main . give it your all . you have nothing to lose . you have no big name rep . and the other shooter although good . if you can keep it close you might rattle him and kick his ass ? luck to you ??? HOLLY

Another chance to visit springfield arc this sunday and try one of the best courses in the country bar none . big paul is putting out a course where he says that every one will clear the course ( oh yeah ) . cept craig , barry ,stan , lance , dave and alex .??? HOLLY

Thanks to everyone that turned up at springfield today, (shame there wasnt more club members there today to show their support for Les but that's the way it goes). Good shooting in such a strong wind!

AA
Craig McDonald 36
Dave Croucher 33
Dave Jackman 32
Todd 32
Chris Briscoe 30
Holly 28
Ian Chalice 25

A
Steve Woodcraft 34
Dave O'connor 31
Alex Boddy 31
Barry McDonald 28
Phil Lorance 24

B
Natalie McDonagh 25
Paul tyler 25
P.T. Edwards 19

C
Ian young 25
J Kennedy 20
Dave lansley 20
Ian chalice JNR 19
Rambo Henry 4

HFT
Mat Edwards 68@80
P J Edwards 55@80

Well, with the World Championships just around the corner, here's a little update on the team.

Chris Briscoe
Andy Calpin
John Costello
Neil Daniels
Rob Farnworth
Andrew Gillott
Dave Schofield
James Woodhead

Reserve: Craig Macdonald
Reserve: Nick Murphy

And I'm also please to announce that we have been generously supported by sponsorship from Bisley Sports Wholesale, JSB Pellets Rangesports Clothing and FTMonki Design (AKA Chris Large/TeamZ), which will ensure our team will look the part raising the team trophy once again, not only that, but individuals outside the team will also be kitted out with some superb looking gear, only made possible by the sponsors help, hard work and financial support.

I'd like to thank the sponsors for their generous support of the EFTA. Let's hope we bring back a suitable amount of silverware!

Terry Almond 10161
Sam Barr 10518
William Baskeyfield 21347
Mark Bassett 50057
Alex Boddy 71164
Mark Brewitt 21123
Chris Briscoe 70696
Michael Brown 20460
Mark Camoccio 829
Alan Chambers 30060
Mick Chapman 40747
Mark Charlton 20578
Steve Chubb 50060
Karl Clarke 20454
Debbie Clarke 20453
Andrew Coleman 80764
John Costello jnr 40861
Michael G Cotter 70911
Michael E Cotter 70912
John Cox 20321
Neil Daniels 20352
Trevor Davie 30530
Lillias Davie 30531
Carl Davies 20028
Paul Dunwoody 10798
Des Edwards 20114
Paul Ekins 30247
Dorian Falconer 50062
Andras Fekete-Moro 21413
Greg Ferson GF
Andy Finnigan 10272
Mark Fisher 20135
Tony Fouracres 60278
Simon Francis 21311
Lance Garwood 70298
Phil Gee 21288
Alec. J Gibbs 60537
Andrew Gillott 20533
Tony Glazier 70898
Tom Gould 50053
James Griffiths 20115
Neil Hague 42034
Jason Harris 50594
Jack Harris 50593
John Harris 20002
Dave Harrison 20003
Nigel Hayman 50063
Simon Higgins 41975
David Hill 10588
Christopher Hill 10589
Carl Hill 21145
Carl Holdsworth 21032
Paul Holland 21128
David Hollingdale 70131
Anthony J Holt 10687
Lee Howseman 21298
Mark Huckle 1285
Stephen RHughes 10483
David Jackman 71050
Peter Jacob 50641
Phil James 20097
Anthony Johnson 21291
Martin Jones 50403
Kevin Jones 21375
Dean Jukes 50660
Mick Kelly 791
Carl Knapper 10635
Wesley Knapper 10678
Dean Knapper 10677
Steve Kociumbas 50292
John Kociumbas 50540
Chris Large 20176
Phil Lawrence 70689
James Lindley 40915
Callum Lindley 40914
Neale Marklew 20528
Steve Mason 20037
Natalie McDonagh 70982
Craig McDonald 70757
Barry McDonald 70756
Peter Moore 20231
Darren Moore 20527
Charles Morrison 60514
Nick Murphy 20122
Jim Nee 21070
Nigel Nixon 653
Beryl Noon 40045
Jonathan Noon 40046
David O`Connor 70769
Bob O`Neill 10123
Robert O`Neill 10587
James Osborne 20692
Steve Page 20184
Steve Parker 10720
David Penman 30043
David Purcell 562
David Robinson 41529
Scott Robinson 41950
Neil Rogers 50548
George Ross 30524
Dermot Ross DPR
Trevor Ryan 40076
Jeremy Sayce 10030
Dave Schofield 10167
Paula Schofield 10168
John Sears 21509
Richard Shaw 40762
Mark Shepherd 50134
Shaun Shore 21181
Ted Skingle 70153
Andrew Slade 402
Barry Smith 60519
Russ Spencer 40091
Ian Stoddart 20577
Ian Taylor 40053
Jenny Taylor 80929
Craig Todd 70099
Darren Tomes 20885
Mitchell Tomes 21363
Mick Tromans 20362
Paul Tyler 70886
Barry Warren 71083
John Waterfield 21137
Mike Williams 50501
Luke Williamson 20475
Tracey Williamson 42225
Justin Wood 1065
James Woodhead 60
Mick Woodhead 59
Robert Woodward 42226
Keith Worboyes 70813

Falcon optics are soon to release thier new T50 10-50x60 FT scope, I have been lucky enough to get my hands on a pre production model and took it for a field test last weekend!
the results were an eye opener and I though I would give you guys a heads up on this very promising scope! current reticle is mildot but this may change slightly.

Bear in mind these are initial impressions but if the production versions are this good they represent a viable alternative to the Nikko Diamond, and as Falcon are looking to price the scope under £500 it's of even more interest to those who cannot stretch to the Diamonds asking price!


Installation--

The scope was fitted in a B-Square fully adjustable mounts on my HW100S using JSB 4.52 Exact.

Zero was at 35yds with the coarse adjustment on mount and fine tuned on the optically centred scope.


Conditions--

We used our 100m FT range for this test as it is marked out in 5yd intervals and is level.
2 deg C still air with a low sun casting lots of shadow but good lighting due to clear cold air and no airborne dust or foliage.
For a benchmark we took along a new model Nikko Diamond and made direct comparison between the two.

Eye bell--

To help with the test we had one 52 year old, one 28year old, one 43year old with glasses (myself) and my 13 year old son.

All of us were able to focus the rear lens onto the reticle with no problems and the eye relief gave no problems with finding a comfortable scope position.

Clarity/brightness--

The sharpness of the image even at 50Mag in impressive, it is considerably better than a nighteater or Viper despite their 32x mag, it also beats the diamond on sharpness and equals it in brightness of image at all magnifications!

Sidewheel focus--

The acid test if there ever was one for this kind of scope!

Test consisted of wrapping the sidewheel in masking tape then focusing the scope at each 5yd interval from 10yds to 55yds and including 8yds marking the sidewheel for each range, ranges were then re focused at random until every range had been repeated at least three times and checked to make sure the marks corresponded precisely each time, once the task had been completed new tape was applied and the test was repeated by each tester!

The result of this test was practically 100% repeatability by all testers and was able to match the diamond in rangefinding ability, the only noted difference between them was more movement on the sidewheel of the Falcon between ranges which is beneficial in marking the sidewheel as you have more space between marks, so we can happily state the scope has a slight edge over the Diamond but it’s a very close run thing!

The snap in is very precise, its either in our out of focus with zero backlash or “mush” in focus and as mentioned earlier during these test we all noted a sharper image than the Diamond.

The 100yd maximum focus on the sidewheel before infinite was noted by all of us and many comments were made as to why this wasn’t a common practice on FT scopes which regularly focus past this range before reaching infinite setting, the ability to focus down to 6yds even at 20x mag was also noted with enthusiasm!
Turrets

Three grub screw fixing is used and the turret can be reset to zero by slacking the screws and slipping the turret, the turrets are easy to use with a wide enough base circle so the graduations are clearly read, as are the vertical marks on the turret base.

The movement of the turret is precise with good feel (despite the use of gloves on a very cold day) and audible clicks, compared to the Diamond the turrets are easier to grasp but the diamond has a slight edge in feel possibly due to a heavier indent spring but then loses out on the clicks as you can barely hear them, both scopes have zero backlash and seem well engineered in this regard.

Tracking--

This test was conducted in my workshop at 7yds taking advantage at the impressively short range the scope focuses down to, the rifle was fired off a bagged rest to eliminate shake by the shooter and consisted of a vertical line set with a plumb line with a 3mm dot in the middle as the aim point.

The zero was checked to ensure it was precisely on the line then a new line was drawn and a single shot fired, we then adjusted the turret randomly up/left/down/right two turns or so per adjustment to try and throw the scope off zero when reset to 00 on the turrets, the next shot fired hit the exact same hole as the first, this was repeated several times proving the scopes ability to return to zero!

Next test was to adjust the scope up and down in a set sequence covering 100moa on the turrets in 20moa steps with one shot fired per step, this was to see if the shot wandered offline during vertical adjustment, the test was completed with no deviation, the sequence was then repeated to see if the shots hit the same points second time round!

The result was 100% consistent confirming this is indeed a very accurate scope in terms of tracking reliability, it beat the Diamond in this test due to the Diamond not focusing clearly on the line at this range, but in terms of mechanics I suspect there is no difference between them!

Conclusion--

the scope shrugged off every test we threw at it, its easily as good as a Diamond under these test conditions, and in some ways better

we were all highly impressed with the optical clarity especially given the price range Falcon have suggested, when I told the guys how much they are hoping to sell it for they all said “seriously?”

Would I buy one? Put it this way, it’s staying on my HW100 and I will be using it for the rest of the winter series and will let you know how I get on and how it holds up under comp conditions!

The lads are impressed and I will show the scope to the competitors at the comps to see what they think!

Oh and if the production scopes are this good I plan to order one for my son too

Well, I went, I looked but could not find the Egg Burger champion!

After the all the talk (just talk) of whoopiung me at Sywell, there was a no show,

Not to be unexpected as lets face it, Sywell is a ground for people who can shoot, so thats Holly out

I therefore clain my burger at Newbury from you, thats if you show????

This coming sunday the 29th is the M.A.D heavey calibre day.

Any gun is welcome so long as its not .177!

So crack out that ageing meteor from the loft and come and have a go at our .22 friendly course.

.20 .22 .25 will be the order of the day but no .223 please!!

.177 shooters are welcome but be prepared to be scoffed at for your cowardice!

Food and drink available as long as theres a volunteer to cook!

Kick of at elevenish.

For directions etc please see www.madarc.co.uk

Hope to see you all there.

Rich.

With regard to a thread a while back regarding temperature parallax shift in scopes, it is interesting to note that manufacturers are now advertising zero shift in their scopes. Even more interesting it's in a mid price range scope.

Below is an extract cut and pasted directly from one such advertisement

Construction of Meopta rifle scopes with steel tubes offers an additional advantage. As with virtually any material, an extreme temperature change can cause expansion and contraction and thus vary the alignment of inner and outer mechanisms, resulting in minor shifts in parallax at 100 M.
However, with the consistent properties of steel we are able design and build rifle scopes that control this problem. As a result, null parallax shift at 100 M in production means null parallax shift at 100 M in the hottest African or the coldest Alaskan environment!

I haven't booked for Sywell can anyone tell me who I should contact to see if there is a place available.

Thanks

Chris

Four of our SEFTA boys did not tick the showdown box at GP8 . their moan is that it was not brought out at the briefing .they do not do a lot of GPs so did not realise that they had to tick . so is it time perhaps that a general standard GP briefing was given out . a form could be included with the copy of the rules and such for the chief marshal to be read out for the assembled shooters . this would help to keep all the briefings the same and with all the relevent information the shooters will need . whadda yah think ??? HOLLY

Mr welham says i can have my shutz back shortly ? let it be Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooon ??? HOLY

Big thanks to everyone that turned up and made the shoot worth putting on, challenging course and the wind that wasnt there yesterday certainly was today!!!!

Scores as follows

AA Grade
Dan Eley 34 ,and this years Kent Open trophy winner
Dave Croucher 34 (after shoot off)
Todd 32

A Grade
Alex Boddy 31
Kovet Tarangsi 31(after shoot off)
M Cotter jnr 30

B Grade
Simone Callan 24
Stan Kempton 24 ( after shoot off)
Tony Sultana 21

C Grade
Steve Heath 20
Matt Heath 19
J Kennedy 16

Sporter Class
Stuart Curtis 30
M Goodsall 24
Richard Woods 23 (after shoot off)

Side Shoot
Dan eley ( after shoot off)

Thanks Again ,see ya all next year !!!!!!

Every year i say , nope i am not gonna do sywell . for the last GP of the year . i have said it before and i say it again . Lea Valley is where it should be . that wood will test anybody . ah well see you all there ??? HOLLY

Kent Woodsmen are holding this years Kent Open agian at Hamstreet nr Ashford on 15th August

40nshot course to BFTA rules with trophies in AA A B C and Sporter class

Booking in from 0900 to 1130 with shooting from 0930ish
Map etc can be found here www.kentwoodsmen-ftc.co.uk/map.html

Not sure about food on the day yet so we will keep you updated

Cheers
Dave

just looking at the new hammeli AR20 ( walther ) looks good for £ 620 ? pair that with a Falcon T50 and for around a grand you are in FT ??? HOLLY

While i was playing on Sunday with my GP a clubmate gave me some Daystate Rangemaster pellets to try (the ones in the fancy plastic box) cheers Dunc
For those who don't know the Daystate GP needs weighed pellets to work correctly as the chrono will make the FPS yo yo if you don't.
Now i had heard that these pellets are pretty good with the weights being spot on. The results where fantastic! the on-board chrono never varied by more than 7fps and i also found that they needed far less hold off for wind than the JSB's i normally use. They look a lot different to the AA/JSB clones in they have a very pronounced waist, i was told they are similar to Prometheus pellets The downside to this is as far as i know they are not made any more Bummer eh?

Just few days to go.

After the series defeat took place so early in the season For Holly, will he make round 8 for yet another beating!!!

Springfield has a new gazebo for the members to congregate in . well not exactly a gazebo . more like a small hotel . anyway after a bit today it was almost full . mostly of the over forties mob . the desperately seeking sex section and talk up a storm about anything mob . led by stan , dave , simon , bob , phil , steve , richard , big paul and barry . me , no , no , no . i was outside , way to young for this lot . rob , nah to young for this section . but he has his name down ??? HOLLY
PS highlight of the day was getting my hands on one of natelies doughnuts .

Good day out at bisley today . bitch of a course . good company , lousy score . i hear that simon ayres and john chopping are starting there own team ? " the has beens " course i could be wrong ??? HOLLY

Yep getting close to that time of year again . showdown time . now some are in and some are out . barry, lance , dave , stan , paul and so on are out . but there you go boys , some have and some do not . i just hope i get piemanlarger in the first round . he is way to slow . and rob in the second . i will start him talking about his march scope and then he won't have enough time to shoot ? yep it's gonna be good ??? HOLLY


PS talking about rob , he had the silver paper wrapped around the march again sunday . i reckon he is cooking a bit of fish in there . either that or his ripped jeans have gone off .

Well looking forward to east devon this weekend .wonder what sort of course this time . only three more chances to qualify for the showdown . ohwerrrrrrrrrrrrrr ??? HOLLY

Good day out at east devon . straight forward course .very humid in the wood .not easy though . with a lot of long targets . plus them being in white upset my rangefinding a bit . wind was a problem . good food good course . many thanks to the boys of east devon . what more could you want . ( a decent score ) ??? HOLLY

well today at spring it was we knew gonna be a hard shoot . the wind was high and uneven . but you knew you had to get those targets . pattle was shooting like a man posessed ( by a granny ) dave , well enough said about dave . stan raised his game to a new level ( not high enough ) craig bombed . barry broke his scope twiddling it so fast . phil shot well but not well enough . somebody stole my bean bag so i have an excuse . big paul got i think two ex 30 . just leaving alex and lance to battle it out to the end . well done alex ??? HOLLY