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The Phoenix Air Gun Bench Rest club has a monthly match. Bench rest (BR) Matches are held the first Saturday of every month at the Rio Salado Sportsman Club (RSSC) east of Mesa, Arizona. Summers hours are registration at 0700 with a 0800 start time.
Forty benches on a level concrete pad, covered shooting positions, 100 yard range with berms on three sides, cold water, electronic scoring, picnic tables, target holders specifically designed for BR targets and award medals to the top shooters within each class are all part of the typical RSSC air rifle BR experience.
Regrettably, you have to bring your own barbecue, soft drinks, and eye protection.
All are welcome including those that shoot spring piston rifles. The club even has a non-USAR approved spring piston class so that spring gunners are competing against other spring gunners. For those that may be wondering, the highest recorded spring gun score in a USAR recognized event at RSSC is 668 shot by Pete Berube during the 2014 National Air Rifle Bench Rest competition held this past May. That does not mean however, that the USAR has a spring piston class nor should it imply that the USAR endorses spring piston rifles for AG BR events.
Note that there is no indoor BR shooting so you'll have to read the wind.
The club website can be viewed at http://www.phoenixairgun.net/Phoenix_Benchrest/Home.html
We've also just learned that another AG BR club is forming in the greater Phoenix area. If all goes according to plan they will be using the Wickenberg Sportsmen's Club range and start sometime in the fall. I cannot speak for the club but I think they may also welcome spring piston shooters.
All we need now is for clubs to start in the Tucson, Flagstaff, Yuma, Lake Havasu and Bullhead City areas to make Arizona the premier AG BR state in the country. There are probably lots of spring guns in the areas listed. That makes stand-alone clubs feasible in all parts of the state, even those with limited numbers of PCP shooters.
In any event, mark your calendars. Wash, lube, weight sort your pellets and go here http://www.phoenixairgun.net/Phoenix_Benchrest/Targets.html to download practice targets in preparation for the next match.
Best wishes.
Forty benches on a level concrete pad, covered shooting positions, 100 yard range with berms on three sides, cold water, electronic scoring, picnic tables, target holders specifically designed for BR targets and award medals to the top shooters within each class are all part of the typical RSSC air rifle BR experience.
Regrettably, you have to bring your own barbecue, soft drinks, and eye protection.
All are welcome including those that shoot spring piston rifles. The club even has a non-USAR approved spring piston class so that spring gunners are competing against other spring gunners. For those that may be wondering, the highest recorded spring gun score in a USAR recognized event at RSSC is 668 shot by Pete Berube during the 2014 National Air Rifle Bench Rest competition held this past May. That does not mean however, that the USAR has a spring piston class nor should it imply that the USAR endorses spring piston rifles for AG BR events.
Note that there is no indoor BR shooting so you'll have to read the wind.
The club website can be viewed at http://www.phoenixairgun.net/Phoenix_Benchrest/Home.html
We've also just learned that another AG BR club is forming in the greater Phoenix area. If all goes according to plan they will be using the Wickenberg Sportsmen's Club range and start sometime in the fall. I cannot speak for the club but I think they may also welcome spring piston shooters.
All we need now is for clubs to start in the Tucson, Flagstaff, Yuma, Lake Havasu and Bullhead City areas to make Arizona the premier AG BR state in the country. There are probably lots of spring guns in the areas listed. That makes stand-alone clubs feasible in all parts of the state, even those with limited numbers of PCP shooters.
In any event, mark your calendars. Wash, lube, weight sort your pellets and go here http://www.phoenixairgun.net/Phoenix_Benchrest/Targets.html to download practice targets in preparation for the next match.
Best wishes.