Author: Steven Gordon

Gentle Shooters, I am pleased to post the results of the June 2024 ASC Bowling Pin Match. We set a new record on the range today. Longtime match director Steven Gordon posted a combined aggregate five gun score of 536.01 seconds. That is nearly nine minutes of agonizing struggling on the firing line. When interviewed after the match Gordon was sanguine regarding the achievement. “There is actually a possible 1,300 seconds in a five string aggregate score. With a little more focus on poor trigger control and sight alignment I think we can push the number higher and we are really just beginning to explore jerking the follow through” he stated. For those of you who are less creative about missing the pins, your scores are reported below. Our next match is July 5th. Steven Finish Competitor String 1 String 2 String 3 String 4 Total Fastest String Carbine 1 Art Schoner 3.35 2.83 3.01 3.00 12.19 2 Paul Lynch 3.86 2.79 2.66 3.34 12.65 2.66 3 Frank Sanders 5.26 3.33 2.79 5.32 16.70 4 Courtney Bolze 3.77 13.22 8.25 4.79 30.03 5 Steven Gordon 55.00 4.35 2.82 2.58 64.75 6 Cory Allen 25.00 25.00 25.00 3.45 78.45 7 Chris …

Gentle Shooters, The long range forecast for this Saturday, June 1st calls for sunny skies, light winds, temps in the low 80’s and times for five carbine powered pins of under two seconds. Yes, there will be a Bowling Pin Match this Saturday, June 1st at the scenic Airfield Shooting Club range in pastoral Wakefield VA. Rules for the match and directions to the range can be found on the ASC Web site. For specific questions about the match, email our resident assistant chief pinhead at [email protected]. See you Saturday Steven

Gentle Shooters, Far be it for me to stoke the continued fixation around the bowling pin community regarding the lowest elapsed time for a pistol caliber carbine string during a sanctioned competition. No, I am but your humble scribe. None other that our President ushered me into his home Saturday evening to tell me how it went down. Taylor Strickland had just set the club record for carbine only to have it broken the same day by Cory Allen. To paraphrase the ancient Bill Joel song, “If you want to make a hit you gotta make it fit, so they cut it down to 2.05.” Congratulations. Can 1.99 be far away? There was a bunch of other shooting, all of which is listed below. We will do it again June 1st. See you there. Steven   Competitor String 1 String 2 String 3 String 4 Total Fastest String Carbine 1 Taylor Strickland 2.54 3.37 2.33 2.53 10.77 2 Paul Lynch 3.01 2.99 3.08 2.48 11.56 3 Cory Allen 7.11 2.13 2.05 3.13 14.42 2.05 4 Kenny Hardee 6.64 3.95 4.03 3.49 18.11 5 Cort Tompkins 2.82 5.06 5.95 4.50 18.33 6 Courtney Bolze 4.16 3.81 7.52 7.32 22.81 7 Rod …

Gentle Shooters, It is time again to blast bowling pins in the name of ever lower elapsed times. This Saturday, May 4th, we will assemble at the stunning Airfield Shooting range is pastoral Wakefield VA. It will be pastoral until 9:30 when the first shots ring out. But you want to be there at 9 to help set up. Directions to the range and rules to the match can be found at the ASC web site airfieldshootingclub.org. For specific questions, contact our assistant adjunct pinhead at [email protected] Steven

Gentle Shooters, I am a bit full of myself today. We even have a picture. We had a spectacular turnout for the inaugural Bowling Pin Match of 2024. We hosted 20 shooters, fired 296 relays, and finished before 2:30 in the afternoon. I have to shout out to Cory and Dan, who assisted with scoring and safety duties and were instrumental in keeping the match moving. It is clear to me that some of you were practicing and the scores reflect that. Congratulations to you guys.  The rest of us just showed up for fellowship, a good time and to heckle the good shooters. So, a very successful match. As you know, now that the season has started, we shoot matches because there is no time to practice. So I don’t want to see anything like the picture above that the range. PS. There will be no washouts for 2024. We intend to shoot steel pins in the short range berm on rain days! The next match is on Star Wars Day, May the Fourth be with you! Steven Competitor String 1 String 2 String 3 String 4 Total Fastest String Carbine 1 Cort Tompkins 3.23 5.31 2.51 2.97 14.02 …

Gentle Shooters, Like the geese that invade my yard, April is when the bowling pins re infest the Airfield Shooting Club range in otherwise bucolic Wakefield, Virginia. And like the geese, the pins will be shot, only not with paint-balls. Yes Virginia, this Saturday, April 6th, the 18th season of Airfield pin shooting kicks off. Rules for the match have not changed and are still here. Set up will be at 9AM. We are looking for great weather and hey, all of your friends will be there. See you at the range. Steven  

Gentle Shooters, We draw to the close of another year of Bowling Pin shooting. Thanks to all of our competitors who come out month after month, set up, tear down, and support and even heckle our shooting community. I have to say that I am not worthy of this group that I find myself a part of. It is pleasure to know and get to shoot with each and every one of you. I learn something every time I set foot on the range with all of you. I hope to see all of you around the range this winter and certainly on Saturday, April 6 at 9:30 in the morning at the stunning ASC range for the next installment of how the pins fall. You final scores are posted below, but stay tuned for the 2023 and all time recap coming to a club newsletter near you. Steven String 1 String 2 String 3 String 4 Total Fastest String Carbine 1 Cory Allen 2.89 2.61 3.90 2.68 12.08 2 Art Schoner 4.32 2.87 2.58 4.96 14.73 2.58 3 Taylor Strickland 10.59 3.11 4.13 3.06 20.89 4 Rod Quiros 5.87 8.92 8.92 4.30 28.01 5 Kenny Hardee 12.26 6.61 8.04 …

Gentle Shooters, I am a little off my game this month. I will certainly do better for the next match, Saturday, December 2nd. Until then, technically practice isn’t cheating and ponder the scores below. String 1 String 2 String 3 String 4 Total Fastest String Carbine 1 Taylor Strickland 2.73 3.33 3.09 2.56 11.71 2.56 2 Paul Lynch 6.49 3.57 5.06 4.47 19.59 3 Art Schoner 3.71 3.22 9.40 3.92 20.25 4 Cory Allen 2.87 7.28 3.63 7.84 21.62 5 Cort Tompkins 2.33 2.21 2.79 14.64 21.97 6 Frank Sanders 7.83 4.25 5.02 5.15 22.25 7 Courtney Bolze 3.80 6.67 10.85 4.52 25.84 8 Kenny Hardee 6.72 9.71 12.63 9.18 38.24 9 Shane Pouns 11.70 8.15 9.95 11.41 41.21 Major 1 Cort Tompkins 3.65 4.37 6.88 6.89 21.79 3.65 2 Phillip Van Cleave 5.38 6.33 9.58 11.01 32.30 3 Cory Allen 12.64 5.63 8.19 8.10 34.56 4 Paul Lynch 6.92 5.91 11.81 10.20 34.84 5 Art Schoner 12.82 9.56 11.24 11.74 45.36 6 Taylor Strickland 12.44 11.14 14.25 13.00 50.83 NFS Daniel Stayner 11.38 15.00 8.55 35.00 69.93 7 Courtney Bolze 14.38 9.46 7.18 45.00 76.02 8 Daniel Stayner 9.68 11.76 9.84 45.00 76.28 9 M. Altekrose 35.00 25.00 7.20 …