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HAM Specialist
BCSA (Binghamton, NY) - June 6th, 2026 Match Report
Broome County Sportsmens Association (BCSA) Field Target Match Report
Our first match of 2026 is on the books! Our May match was canceled due to an all day steady heavy rain. This time around, the forecast called for afternoon thunderstorms so the decision was made to just hold the 60 shot rifle match. We did have three 5 to 10 minute showers come through…but the match went on!
Due to prior commitments and weather, we ended with 13 people on hand for this match.
Sight-in:
The course of fire for the rifle match was 10 lanes with 3 targets per lane, 2 shots per target, with the shooting order being left, middle, right. There was also the usual 1 standing lane and 1 kneeling lane. The stats for the 60 shot course are as follows:
The breakdown for the percentage of targets based on difficulty was:
The wind was pretty light and the skies were dark to bright for the match. Add in the 3 passing showers and all bases were covered. Well…except for the higher wind gusts which did appear after the match was finished. As usual, there were targets in light unprotected areas and targets in dark protected areas along with everything in between! Rick Vaeth (Open PCP) and Doug Rogers (Hunter PCP) shared the top score honors with 45s. Karen Reis (WFTF PCP) was next up with a 43 then Nathan Thomas (WFTF Piston) with a 42, The rest of us fell in line behind the leaders and our scores can be seen below.
One quick cold line was called due to a key ring on the target reset bolt being shot off. A quick trip out for a reclip and all was well so the match continued on.
After the conclusion of the rifle match, while the scores were tallied, everyone jumped in and helped pick up and pack away the rifle targets and teardown the canopies. As always, Thank You All, the help is greatly appreciated!
Pictures for the day can be seen here: Click Here For The Match Pictures
Our next scheduled match is July 11th 2026….We’ll see you there!
The Results: Rifle Match Results (60 shot match)
Broome County Sportsmens Association (BCSA) Field Target Match Report
Our first match of 2026 is on the books! Our May match was canceled due to an all day steady heavy rain. This time around, the forecast called for afternoon thunderstorms so the decision was made to just hold the 60 shot rifle match. We did have three 5 to 10 minute showers come through…but the match went on!
Due to prior commitments and weather, we ended with 13 people on hand for this match.
Sight-in:
The course of fire for the rifle match was 10 lanes with 3 targets per lane, 2 shots per target, with the shooting order being left, middle, right. There was also the usual 1 standing lane and 1 kneeling lane. The stats for the 60 shot course are as follows:
The breakdown for the percentage of targets based on difficulty was:
The wind was pretty light and the skies were dark to bright for the match. Add in the 3 passing showers and all bases were covered. Well…except for the higher wind gusts which did appear after the match was finished. As usual, there were targets in light unprotected areas and targets in dark protected areas along with everything in between! Rick Vaeth (Open PCP) and Doug Rogers (Hunter PCP) shared the top score honors with 45s. Karen Reis (WFTF PCP) was next up with a 43 then Nathan Thomas (WFTF Piston) with a 42, The rest of us fell in line behind the leaders and our scores can be seen below.
One quick cold line was called due to a key ring on the target reset bolt being shot off. A quick trip out for a reclip and all was well so the match continued on.
After the conclusion of the rifle match, while the scores were tallied, everyone jumped in and helped pick up and pack away the rifle targets and teardown the canopies. As always, Thank You All, the help is greatly appreciated!
Pictures for the day can be seen here: Click Here For The Match Pictures
Our next scheduled match is July 11th 2026….We’ll see you there!
The Results: Rifle Match Results (60 shot match)
Name | Class | Rifle | Optics | H&N 9.57 | Score |
Rick Vaeth | Open - PCP | Steyr Challenge | Sightron S6 10-60x56 | JSB 13.43 | 45 |
Nathan Thomas | WFTF - Piston | Walther LGU | Bushnell 8-32x40 | AA 8.4 | 42 |
Karen Reis | WFTF - PCP | Thomas | Sightron S6 10-60x56 | JSB 8.44 | 43 |
Stephan Hottenrott | WFTF - PCP | RAW TM1000 | Sightron S6 10-60x56 | JSB 8.44 | 28 |
Greg Shirhall | Hunter - Piston | Walther LGU | Bushnell 6-24x40 | JSB 8.44 | 41 |
Brian Sarama | Hunter - Piston | HW97 | Falcon S40i | JSB 13.43 | 27 |
Doug Rogers | Hunter - PCP | FX Crown | Hawke ED 10-50x60 | AA 10.34 | 45 |
Rich Sarama | Hunter - PCP | FX Crown | Element Helix | FX 10.34 | 41 |
Glenn Thomas | Hunter - PCP | Benjamin Marauder | Hawke Sidewinder | JSB 10.34 | 33 |
Paul Manktelow | Hunter - PCP | AV Avenge-X | Element Helix 2-16 | FX 10.34 | 30 |
Paul Varney | Hunter - PCP | HW100 | Sightron S6 10-60x56 | JSB 10.34 | 25 |
Thomas Wade | Hunter - PCP | Air Arms S500 | Hawke AirMax 8-32 | JSB 10.34 | 23 |
Bill Campbell | Hunter - PCP | Marauder Pistol | SWFA 12x | JSB 13.43 | 16 |
