Yegua Airgun Club Pistol Field Target

Yegua Airgun Club Pistol Field Target Philosophy

Yegua Airgun Club strives to develop shooter skills, and has less interest in promoting equipment races which ultimately discourage new shooters from the sport. Where shooting sports have allowed the use of numerous shooting aids, the shooting equipment used by the top ranked shooters has developed to the point where it has become quite pricey, and has little or no practical application. Competitions at the Yegua Airgun Club are designed to test the skills of the shooters and not the depths of their pocket books. Restricting competition-specific devices and accessories dilutes equipment advantages, reinforces PFT as a hunting game and encourages participation by potential new competitors.

Yegua Airgun Club Pistol Field Target History

Yegua Airgun Club Pistol Field Target (PFT) got its start at the 2006 Republic of Texas Field Target Roundup as one of the additional competitions to the regular air rifle field target competitions. Each successive year the number of competitors has increased and PFT has become one of the regular features of the Republic of Texas Field Target Roundup.

As in air rifle field target, PFT contestants shoot at a metal target cut in the shape of a common airgun quarry. The target face has a circular opening, or kill zone, where the pellet passes through the field target, striking the paddle behind the target making it fall. The target is then reset by pulling on the reset string, effectively pulling the target back up into the ready position for the next shot. Pellets striking the edge of the kill zone will lock-up the target mechanism so it won’t fall even though the “split” pellet continues on to strike the release paddle.

A Yegua Airgun Club PFT match consists of a course of fire ranging from one to three shots at each target placed at distances of 10-25 yards. The kill zones of the targets vary from ¾ inches to 2 inches in diameter. The kill zone size for Yegua Airgun Club PFT course of fire should average greater than 1 inch diameter for the entire course for most matches.

Yegua Airgun Club Pistol Field Target Divisions:

1. Any Position - Any Sights.
2. Any Position - Open Sights.

Summary Rules

This is a condensed summary of the detailed rules. This short list of rules is the most used and gives the basics a competitor needs for a match. The detailed rules shall take precedence where there is a question on the meaning or intent of a rule. The detailed rules may be found on the Yegua Airgun Club Documents web page in an Adobe Acrobat file for downloading. The rulebook on the Documents page also contains guidance on how to run a PFT match, as well as appedicies to assit organizing the match. The Troyer factor for PFT is also covered in detail in one of the many appedicies of that document. It is a 3 meg download, and contains EVRYTHING about PFT at the Yegua Airgun Club.

Yegua Airgun Club Pistol Field Target Summary Rules:

1. Air pistols only.
2. The maximum caliber is 0.25.
3. No pistols over 20 foot-pounds energy.
4. Barrel length limited to 14 inches.
5. No butt stocks.
6. Air pistols with “hangy tanks” are not allowed.
7. No slings.
8. Lead or lead alloy pellets only.
9. Scopes maximum of 12 power.
10. No lasers.
11. No range finding devices.
12. Seats up to 6 inches high allowed.
13. No shooting stix or mono/bi/tri-pods (excepting Junior Competitors).
14. Open sights and red dot sights are allowed, but will compete with scopes if there are not enough shooters to make a separate open sights class.
15. Time limits may be enforced.
16. Knee pads, sand bags and pistol fore stock mounted knee risers are not allowed.
17. Junior Competitors are allowed.
18. No spotters or coaching allowed.
19. Any shooting position is allowed so long as the pistol is fully supported by the competitor (other rules apply, see detailed rules).
20. All competitors must sign a waiver each calendar year.
21. All competitors must attend the match safety briefing or get a safety briefing from the Match Director or Marshal.