Author: Steven Gordon

Gentle Shooters, Your are cordially invited to attend the latest installment of how the pins fall at this Saturday’s ASC Bowling Pin Match. The match is Saturday, September 7th at 9:30 at the county class facility in stunning Wakefield, VA. Consider the fact that the club allows us one Saturday a month to take over the 50 yard range and shoot these delightedly absurd, fun reactive targets. Why you ask. Perhaps because we still can? I don’t know, but it is a lot of fun! If you have never done it, you owe yourself the experience at least once. If you haven’t done it in a while, ammo is available and somewhat reasonable, so why wouldn’t now be a good time time to drop by. Our match rules and directions are available at our fantastic web site www.airfieldshootingclub.org and specific comments and questions can be directed to our senior adjunct associate inspector general pinhead at [email protected]. See you at the match Steven

Gentle Shooters, The Dog Days match lived up to its reputation this year. The shooting was fun and there were the exceptional moments. Kenny Hardee took out a pin in mid fall before it could knock two others flat and ruin his string. Taylor Strickland dominated with an entirely clean shoot on his way to a sweep of the five gun.  Our next match is September 7th. See you then. Results are below. Steven ASC Bowling Pin Match Results August 2024 Finish Competitor String 1 String 2 String 3 String 4 Total Fastest String Carbine 1 Taylor Strickland 2.28 2.40 2.90 2.95 10.53 2.28 2 Steven Gordon 3.74 3.36 3.12 2.95 13.17 3 Paul Lynch 2.55 4.81 4.45 3.18 14.99 4 Kenny Hardee 8.18 3.23 4.92 5.92 22.25 5 Art Schoner 6.22 4.25 6.40 5.71 22.58 6 Curtis Stone 8.81 6.47 7.15 5.40 27.83 7 Habib Bararat 13.14 7.17 11.06 7.19 38.56 8 Allen Moran 55.00 5.32 9.88 7.50 77.70 9 Chris Covert 65.00 6.81 13.30 25.00 110.11 10 Josh Stone 55.00 35.00 25.00 25.00 140.00 Major 1 Kenny Hardee 5.98 7.71 8.91 6.84 29.44 2 Paul Lynch 4.37 10.77 6.03 9.61 30.78 4.37 4 Steven Gordon 9.83 8.46 11.03 …

Gentle Shooters, This Saturday morning, August 3rd The Legendary Airfield Shooting Club will be holding another epic Bowling Pin Handgun Match at the club range in sultry Wakefield VA. All your friends will be there at 9:30 for setup, with shooting beginning promptly thereafter. The rules for the match and direction to our facility can be found at our web site www.airfieldshootingclub.org and specific questions should perplex our resident adjunct assistant chief pinhead at [email protected]. See you Saturday, Steven

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 …