2023 Pyramyd Air Cup

By Tom Gaylord

The 2023 Pyramyd Air Cup will be held at The Cardinal Center—616 State Route 61, Marengo, Ohio on August 24-27 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Cup was last held in 2019 and was suspended for Covid and the aftermath. This is the world’s largest gathering of both airgun competitors and the public.

Here’s your chance to watch world-class champions competing for cash prizes that now rival competitions like the Bianchi Cup. No wonder competitors attend from multiple European nations, South Africa and all over the United States, including Hawaii.

A century ago the world struggled to get the .22 Hornet to group 10 shots within one inch at 100 yards. Today extreme benchrest competitors shooting .30-caliber air rifles put more shots into smaller groups at that distance!

The public will be shocked to see air rifles costing $5,000, mounting scopes costing $3,000 and ancillary gear running the tab over ten grand. But when the first prize is $20,000 people will travel halfway around the globe to compete.

Field target shooters use inclinometers to measure the angle of some of their shots, so targets in trees and gullies don’t cause distance issues.

These field target marksmen and -women humble law enforcement snipers as they try to keep all their shots within half a pellet’s diameter of each other. That’s 0.09-inches at 55 yards while shooting from the seated position!

Pyramyd Air, the world’s largest airgun retailer, will have several public ranges where attendees may shoot the latest and greatest airguns for free. In fact, the entire Pyramyd Air Cup costs nothing to attend. It’s 4 days of inexpensive worldclass fun for the whole family.

For more information visit https://www. pyramydaircup.com

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Field target shooters try to keep their shots within half a pellet diameter at 50 meters.

Turkey Shoot - Open to the Public.

West Point Rod and Gun Club

42950 SR 518 Lisbon, OH 44432

36-inch barrel max length, no choke restriction No Scopes or rest

$2.25 per (8) rounds and money

(2) round $3.50 total to shoot all $25

Sunday's Sign Up at 11:30 am.

September 25- May

No shoot on major holidays.

2nd Annual Arizona NRA 3P Air Rifle State Championship Competition

Submitted by Dan P. Palmer, Match Director Reporter’s Work Sheet

The Cactus HS AFJROTC Precision teams from Glendale, Arizona won 1st and 2nd place for the second year in a row. The Cactus AFJROTC precision team scored 2,199.3-82. The Cienega HS NJROTC Sporter teams 1 and 2 from Vail, Arizona won in the 1st place categories of Veteran and New Shooter with scores of 2,164.6 and 2,029.1. The Kofa HS MCJROTC Sporter teams 1 and 2 from Yuma, Arizona won 2nd place categories of Veteran and New Shooter with scores of 2,140.4 and 2,027.2. The Fontana HS MCJROTC Sporter Team 1 from Fontana, California won 3rd place in the veteran category with a score of 2,138.7 and the Tombstone HS USAJROTC Sporter team 2 won 3rd place in the new shooter category with a score of 1,914.7.

Twenty-three of the sixty-three (63) cadets competing this year were female shooters. Ariana Cherry from the Cactus AFJROTC Precision Team 1 won individual 2nd place and Gracelynn Kastler from the same school was awarded 3rd place individual. The second through sixth place Sporter veteran individuals were earned by female shooters and the 1st and second place Sporter new shooter individuals were earned by female shooters.

Maddox Falcon from the Cactus HS AFJROTC Precision Team 1 completed a personal record score of 590.8-32 and Ariana Cherry from the same team shot a personal record of 576.0-24, which were the highest scores achieved during the competition.

In the Sporter Veteran category Raymond Tevlin from Vail-Arizona was awarded 1st place individual with a score of 564.7, Yaira Castro from Fontana, California was awarded 2nd place individual with a score of 553.9, and Ashley Padilla from Fontana, California earned the 3rd place individual with a score of 548.9.

In the Sporter New Shooter category Zoe Mitchell from Vail, Arizona was awarded 1st place individual with a score of 533.4, Sophia Cassabaum from Vail, Arizona won 2nd place, and Broderick Johnson from Vail, Arizona won 3rd place individual.

We are hoping that next year’s event will bring in more teams throughout the state of Arizona and from the surrounding states. This match was one of two 3x20 entry competitions to be considered or invited to compete in the 1st Annual Arizona

NRA 3P Air Rifle Western Regional Championships on January 7 and 8, 2023. The first entry match was held on October 8, 2022 and it was the 2nd Annual Arizona NRA 3P Air Rifle JROTC State Championship.

All of our competitions are held at the Ben Avery Shooting Facility within the air gun in-door range. The event was co-sponsored and sponsored by the USFT-Youth Shooting Sports Program (YSSP), the Arizona Rifle and Pistol Shooting Association (ARPSA), and the NRA Day events. When teams arrive for the competition they are given NRA Day t-shirts, firearm safety rule cards, and the NRA Marksmanship Qualification Program (MQP) booklets, and some teams that are the first two teams to register get additional gifts from Crosman, such as key chains and stickers.

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Photo Left: Cactus AFJROTC Precision Showing Off Trophies

Photo Top Right: Sporter Vet 1st Place IndividualRaymond Tevlin

Photo Bottom Right: Cienega

NJROTC Tm1 Sporter Vet Champions

The 27th Annual NRA National Gun Collectors Show

The 27th Annual NRA National Gun Collectors Show was held at the Westgate Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada on January 20th & 21st, 2023. Hosted by Morphy’s Auctions of Reading, PA and the National Firearms Museum, the show boasted $10,000 in prize money for winning displays.

Bryan L. Bossier, Sr. of Louisiana took home the E. Andrew Mowbray Trophy for Excellence in Exhibitry with his remarkable collection entitled, Winchester Model 1895. The Last of the Classic Lever Action Rifles.

Multiple awards from $500 to $4,000 are given annually to the displayers who share their collection and knowledge with the visiting public. The 28th Annual National Gun Collectors Show will be back in Las Vegas at the Westgate on January 26 & 27, 2024. For information on displaying or attending the Annual NRA National Gun Collectors Show please contact Cheryl Goyda at 877-968-8880 ext. 755 or via email at cheryl.goyda@ morphyauctions.com.

CAPTION: NRA Museums Director Philip Schreier presents Brian Bossier Sr. with the 2023 E. Andrew Mowbray Trophy for Excellence in Exhibitry at the 27th Annual NRA National Gun Collectors Show.