JunePins: Match results from under the broiler

Bowling Pin Matches

Gentle Shooters,

Saturday beckoned with clear, bright skies and early summer’s reassuring warmth. You can argue that the warmth progressed to a little excessive towards the end of the shoot, but it was still an excellent day to welcome 16 competitors to the range. While most of us shoot for fun, ti is interesting to note how close some of the results are. In sub, Allen bested Cort by one quarter of a second. And a shout out to new contestant Andrew Feldman who overtook perennial speedster Kenny Hardee in his debut at the reluctantly famous ASC range.

A reminder that we will be taking Saturday July 4th off in honor of the most successful experiment in representative self governance in the recorded history of the world. We will see you back in the crucible that is the ASC Range in the summertime Saturday, August 1st.

Steven

ASC Bowling Pin Match Results
Finish Competitor String 1 String 2 String 3 String 4 Total Fastest String
Carbine
1 Paul Lynch 3.15 2.94 2.93 2.81 11.83
2 Taylor Strickland 2.93 4.60 5.45 2.73 15.71 2.73
3 Cort Tompkins 3.11 5.00 5.15 3.64 16.90
4 Art Schoner 4.39 5.43 3.48 3.60 16.90
5 Vance Owens 8.81 6.35 5.39 4.76 25.31
6 Allen Moran 6.32 9.01 7.72 7.31 30.36
7 Steven Gordon 4.54 3.45 25.00 5.29 38.28
8 Habib Bararat 6.53 7.26 25.00 7.02 45.81
9 Kaitlin McHale 25.00 9.18 35.00 11.89 81.07
10 Phillip Van Cleave 8.36 35.00 35.00 7.19 85.55
11 Kenny Hardee 13.01 2.93 25.00 65.00 105.94
Major
1 Cort Tompkins 4.01 3.92 3.90 3.80 15.63
2 Andrew Feldman 4.59 4.54 3.20 5.11 17.44 3.20
3 Paul Lynch 6.32 6.54 6.25 8.78 27.89
4 Taylor Strickland 8.18 8.14 9.83 8.25 34.40
5 Tip Wight 8.49 7.92 6.94 25.00 48.35
6 Allen Moran 14.13 11.79 25.00 10.71 61.63
7 Kenny Hardee 5.67 13.35 35.00 11.49 65.51
8 Phillip Van Cleave 25.00 11.51 12.52 35.00 84.03
9 Dan Kniseley 6.19 25.00 25.00 35.00 91.19
10 Habib Bararat 11.55 35.00 13.78 35.00 95.33
11 Art Schoner 25.00 9.76 11.13 65.00 110.89
12 Steven Gordon 45.00 25.00 35.00 35.00 140.00
13 Vance Owens 35.00 25.00 35.00 65.00 160.00
Minor
1 Andrew Feldman 4.27 7.27 4.10 4.36 20.00 4.10
2 Kenny Hardee 5.01 6.94 5.07 4.46 21.48
3 Cort Tompkins 7.59 6.54 5.59 5.46 25.18
4 Paul Lynch 8.39 6.68 6.57 6.85 28.49
5 Taylor Strickland 13.77 7.27 6.49 10.75 38.28
6 Art Schoner 6.89 9.54 10.51 11.50 38.44
7 Steven Gordon 7.75 12.01 8.50 12.93 41.19
8 Phillip Van Cleave 6.47 14.13 14.78 11.79 47.17
9 Allen Moran 11.86 14.49 11.11 10.65 48.11
10 Habib Bararat 10.13 25.00 13.57 9.36 58.06
11 Cameron Jensen 6.56 10.18 7.98 35.00 59.72
12 Vance Owens 11.00 11.80 9.29 45.00 77.09
13 Dan Kniseley 55.00 25.00 35.00 25.00 140.00
Revolver
1 Taylor Strickland 7.74 7.68 5.42 5.54 26.38
2 Allen Moran 7.00 6.59 8.06 5.40 27.05
3 Cort Tompkins 12.50 3.86 3.63 7.12 27.11 3.63
4 Tip Wight 9.76 5.95 7.35 5.56 28.62
5 Habib Bararat 6.57 7.13 9.22 7.47 30.39
6 Paul Lynch 9.97 8.08 8.10 7.31 33.46
7 Kenny Hardee 3.45 4.45 25.00 5.55 38.45
8 Vance Owens 11.32 9.49 9.48 35.00 65.29
9 Art Schoner 35.00 12.12 10.89 9.95 67.96
10 Steven Gordon 11.43 35.00 35.00 35.00 116.43
Sub
1 Allen Moran 10.42 3.75 5.92 6.00 26.09 3.75
2 Cort Tompkins 7.15 7.75 5.36 6.09 26.35
3 Taylor Strickland 7.19 7.38 7.82 5.11 27.50
4 Kenny Hardee 4.27 7.26 8.58 8.79 28.90
5 Steven Gordon 8.32 11.40 11.23 8.19 39.14
6 Habib Bararat 9.31 13.71 12.21 11.17 46.40
7 Tip Wight 8.09 25.00 8.96 7.48 49.53
8 Paul Lynch 25.00 11.63 6.67 12.67 55.97
9 Vance Owens 35.00 9.13 5.23 9.71 59.07
10 Art Schoner 5.79 35.00 12.92 8.39 62.10
11 Phillip Van Cleave 4.29 8.10 12.30 45.00 69.69
12 Zachary Morey 6.63 45.00 12.79 45.00 109.42
13 Kaitlin McHale 45.00 45.00 15.00 25.00 130.00
NFS Zachary Morey 9.98 65.00 10.39 55.00 140.37
5 Gun Aggregate Carbine Major Minor Revolver Sub Total
1 Cort Tompkins 16.90 15.63 25.18 27.11 26.35 111.17
2 Taylor Strickland 15.71 34.40 38.28 26.38 27.50 142.27
3 Paul Lynch 11.83 27.89 28.49 33.46 55.97 157.64
4 Allen Moran 30.36 61.63 48.11 27.05 26.09 193.24
5 Kenny Hardee 105.94 65.51 21.48 38.45 28.90 260.28
6 Habib Bararat 45.81 95.33 58.06 30.39 46.40 275.99
7 Art Schoner 16.90 110.89 38.44 67.96 62.10 296.29
8 Steven Gordon 38.28 140.00 41.19 116.43 39.14 375.04
9 Vance Owens 25.31 160.00 77.09 65.29 59.07 386.76

Summer Pins! The June Bowling Pin Match

Bowling Pin Matches

Gentle Shooters,

We are looking at great weather and good friends for the June Bowling Pin Match. Hosted at the semi-iconic Airfield Shooting Club range nestled in effervescent Wakefield, this is a match you do not want to miss. No Really, don’t miss this match because the next one won’t be until August. Even though shooters and governments around the world watch with breathless anticipation for the announcement of an ASC Pin Match, we are stepping aside on Saturday, July 4th for the semiquincentennial of the greatest nation on earth. So, we need you this Saturday at 9 o’clock sharp(ish) to set up for yet another edition of “As the Pins Fall.” We have rules and stuff. If you want to look them over, head to our interweb thingie at airfieldshootingclub.org. Or you can bonk a pinhead at [email protected] for impish advice, out of date suggestions, or the occasional question that he can actually answer.

See you at the range on Saturday

Steven

Volunteers Needed for the 4H District Shoot on June 27th

ASC Announce
Need 6 volunteers to help with the district shoot.
Meet at 0700 until 1500. Lunch will be provided.
Duties to include escorting 2 shooters for silhouettes matches. Clear the 50 yard line after the silhouettes match is over.
Setup the 3 position match and clear the 100 yard range.
After 3 position is finished clear the 50 yard range again.
Contact Jim Manning at [email protected]

The next defensive shooting match is this Saturday May 30th

ASC Event / Defensive Shooting

The next defensive shooting match is this Saturday May 30th set up 8:30 Shooters brief 9:00 a.m. to compete in the match you must attend the scooters brief, entry fee for members is $5 each additional category is $2 non-members entry fee is $10 each additional category is $2

This time around we will not be using the 10 round magazine limit, load all magazines to capacity there will be specific points in the stage where you are supposed to reload for the stage, This match we will be running the following categories pistol all Centerfire pistols and revolver, rifle all rifles, Two Gun a pistol and rifle combination, and shotgun shotgun goes last for these categories there are no caliber/gauge limits

 

The stages for the match are listed in the PDF here ->DSM Stages 5-30-2026

 

In the event that the range conditions or weather is not conducive for a match we now have steel targets that will be set up on the SRB to run what will be referred to as drill Steel if we have to fall back to this option categories are limited to pistol and PCC pistol calibers 44 magnum and smaller only and no rifle calibers

For any questions please contact me at [email protected]

Locks have been changed

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The locks for the gates, bathrooms and sign in sheds have been changed. If you do not have the new codes and you have renewed your membership and have not received your membership card please reach out to the secretary. If you have not renewed and wish to stay a member of the club, please reach out to the secretary to get your renewal completed.

Cory

aka the MO

Women On Target Filling up!

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Women On Target Coming June 13th!

Who:               All women 12 and older.  Young ladies age 12-17 must be accompanied by a paying Adult.  No experience necessary!  Beginners welcome! We will have an intermediate pistol session available as well as an optional safety class.

When:             Saturday, check-in begins at 8:45 a.m. Runs until 5 p.m.

Where:           Airfield 4-H Conference Center, Wakefield, Virginia 23888

What:             Women will have the opportunity to attend 4 out of 11 training sessions. The Classes offered are: Rifle, Archery, Shotgun, EITHER Entry level or Advance Pistol (not both), Stop the Bleed, Use of Deadly Force, After the Use of Force, Handgun Cleaning, Making your Home a Harder Target, Less than Lethal and Situational Awareness.

Agenda:

8:45 – 9:00 a.m.      Check-in
9:00 – 9:15 am       Welcome
9:15 – 12:20 p.m    First two training sessions
12:30 – 1:30 p.m.    Lunch
1:40 – 4:40 p.m.     Second two training sessions
4:405 – 5:00 p.m.     Closing Remarks – Awarding of certificates

Cost:

$75.00 (pre-registration required). Cost is non-refundable (unless approved by ASC Board). Cost includes loaner firearms, all ammunition, targets, instruction by

certified instructors and lunch. Attendance limited to the first 48 applicants.

Contact:

Scott Sampson (757) 618-1525 (please, no calls after 9:00 p.m.) or via email at [email protected]

Registration: 

Registration will be online.  Go to www.airfieldshootingclub.org and click on “Club Programs” and then click on “Women on Target”.

If you are unable to register online, contact Scott Sampson (Contact information above.)

Stop the Bleed Postponed

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Folks – Unfortunately, we didn’t have anyone sign up for the Stop the Bleed course being hosted this weekend.  We are cancelling it.  We hope to offer it in July.  Stay tuned for more details!

 

Steel Pin Challenge Results

Bowling Pin Matches

Gentle Shooters,

Our traditional Bowling Pin Shoots don’t lend themselves to rainy days. Each year we lose a date or two because of inclement weather. This month was no exception with a rainy Saturday forecast that turned into reality. Undeterred, your intrepid match directors developed an alternative match we can safely shoot in the rain. Welcome to the Steel Pin Challenge!

We shot the various classes of guns that we usually do under modified conditions. We shot six two foot tall, ½ inch thick steel pins at 50 feet except for revolver, where we shot five pins. I feared that the targets would be too easy, but the times we recorded seemed reasonable and are reported below. We had some smaller pins about a foot tall that we set out for Sub2 pins. They were intended to be more like pin tops as we do in 22lr currently.

We developed some other conventions around this format. As there are only hits and misses and there can be no penalty for a pin left behind, we insisted that each competitor score a hit on each pin to clear the string. Plan to reload and press on as your peers will accept no less.

I think we would all prefer to shoot actual pins, but this match did seem to have a charm that was all its own. I felt that shooters liked it enough to come out when we can’t shoot a standard match. As such, we’ll keep an eye to the sky and plan to haul steel if the forecast doesn’t have a smiley faced sun on it. Our next match is D-Day, June 6.

See you then

Steven

ASC Steel Pin Challenge 5/2/2026
Finish 1 2 3 4 Total Fastest String
Carbine 1 Cort Tompkins 2.61 3.29 3.20 3.66 12.76 2.61
2 Erik Josephson 3.65 3.09 3.50 3.18 13.42
3 Steven Gordon 3.41 3.82 4.49 3.73 15.45
4 Phillip Van Cleave 4.07 4.08 5.95 5.31 19.41
5 Jalen So 2.64 6.04 7.74 3.91 20.33
6 Kaitlin McHale 7.52 6.28 5.07 7.13 26.00
7 Allen Moran 7.91 5.81 8.74 7.55 30.01
8 Chris Heffley 13.64 8.35 8.04 6.97 37.00
9 Taylor Strickland 25.11 4.90 4.17 4.20 38.38
10 Art Schoner 16.16 6.87 69.26 5.73 98.02
Major
1 Cort Tompkins 4.75 6.88 4.43 5.07 21.13 4.43
2 Steven Gordon 4.46 10.02 10.57 5.15 30.20
3 Phillip Van Cleave 6.15 10.15 7.45 9.06 32.81
4 Erik Josephson 11.37 11.67 8.83 6.40 38.27
5 Art Schoner 9.39 9.35 9.86 9.85 38.45
6 Chris Heffley 5.94 14.71 11.90 16.00 48.55
7 Allen Moran 9.18 18.83 22.56 5.91 56.48
8 Taylor Strickland 18.22 15.85 12.24 20.91 67.22
Minor
1 Cort Tompkins 5.43 3.26 4.17 3.32 16.18 3.26
2 Erik Josephson 5.20 6.16 5.71 5.23 22.30
3 Steven Gordon 6.38 7.65 4.26 4.73 23.02
4 Taylor Strickland 4.25 10.49 4.88 5.09 24.71
5 Jalen So 7.86 7.57 6.04 3.40 24.87
6 Chris Heffley 5.92 5.93 9.98 7.32 29.15
7 Wei Mar 7.84 7.78 10.24 6.48 32.34
8 Allen Moran 5.23 10.32 8.98 10.35 34.88
9 Kaitlin McHale 13.87 8.83 12.99 16.05 51.74
10 Art Schoner 21.59 24.75 19.07 16.04 81.45
Revolver
1 Cort Tompkins 3.22 3.05 3.28 3.42 12.97 3.05
2 Erik Josephson 7.14 6.03 6.46 6.16 25.79
3 Steven Gordon 7.22 8.42 5.85 10.48 31.97
4 Allen Moran 8.41 7.22 10.84 9.95 36.42
5 Taylor Strickland 6.76 9.86 10.97 11.08 38.67
6 Art Schoner 8.58 13.88 15.98 46.97 85.41
7 Chris Heffley 27.53 24.32 32.09 44.10 128.04
Sub
1 Cort Tompkins 3.04 2.74 4.38 3.00 13.16 2.74
2 Erik Josephson 3.62 4.59 4.00 4.61 16.82
3 Chris Heffley 6.33 7.50 8.39 4.20 26.42
4 Steven Gordon 4.88 10.05 7.79 7.78 30.50
5 Art Schoner 7.24 18.46 4.10 4.02 33.82
6 Allen Moran 3.48 28.39 3.70 3.70 39.27
7 Phillip Van Cleave 4.33 4.59 3.44 27.02 39.38
8 Taylor Strickland 47.79 16.98 21.08 14.20 100.05
9 Kaitlin McHale 116.00 6.96 5.66 6.52 135.14
Sub2
1 Phillip Van Cleave 5.05 5.60 6.88 4.49 22.02 4.49
2 Taylor Strickland 5.29 8.76 5.27 6.60 25.92
3 Steven Gordon 5.70 5.85 7.05 8.53 27.13
4 Cort Tompkins 4.90 7.99 10.43 5.26 28.58
5 Erik Josephson 9.50 7.39 8.31 7.11 32.31
6 Allen Moran 7.41 6.47 5.36 35.21 54.45
7 Art Schoner 30.64 13.15 5.92 4.77 54.48
8 Chris Heffley 26.54 18.11 9.58 10.02 64.25
9 Kaitlin McHale 11.96 9.02 18.25 31.14 70.37
6 Gun Aggregate Carbine Major Minor Revolver Sub Sub2 Total
Cort Tompkins 12.76 21.13 16.18 12.97 13.16 28.58 104.78
Erik Josephson 13.42 38.27 22.30 25.79 16.82 32.31 148.91
Steven Gordon 15.45 30.20 23.02 31.97 30.50 27.13 158.27
Allen Moran 30.01 56.48 34.88 36.42 39.27 54.45 251.51
Taylor Strickland 38.38 67.22 24.71 38.67 100.05 25.92 294.95
Chris Heffley 37.00 48.55 29.15 128.04 26.42 64.25 333.41
Art Schoner 54.45 98.02 38.45 81.45 85.41 33.82 391.60
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