Tacoma/Sniper King

[llboers]

TRRC hosted the Washington State 10 shot UNL. on Sat. The Sniper King 10 shot double 200 yards on Sun. and the Washington State 5 shot UNL. On Monday. This weekend’s competition is the highlight of unlimited shooting in the NW. The weather was pretty typical for this time of year. Tom Dickson came out on top on Saturday shooting a possible world record .2056 Grand AGG. Saturday’s results:

Unlimited 10 shot 100 YDS. Unlimited 10 shot 200 YDS. Unlimited 10 shot Grand

1- Tom Dickson .2006 1-Tom Dickson .2106 1-Tom Dickson .2056
2- Steve Kostanich .2040 2- Rick Graham .2267 2- Rick Graham .2310
3- Larry Boers .2058 3- Jeff Yost .2626 3- Larry Boers .2342
4- Jeff Yost .2254 4- Larry Boers .2626 4- Jeff Yost .2440
5- Rick Graham .2352 5- John Parrish .2989 5- Steve Kostanich .2922

Sundays Unlimited 10 shot matches are both shot at 200 YDS, and are for the oldest trophy awarded in benchrest, the “Sniper King“ . The trophy was started in 1943 and has been passed down every year since then. It is awarded to the best 10 shot group at 200 yards in the year. Saturdays 200 yard and the two aggs on Sunday counted towards this years trophy. Tom Dickson’s .312 shot on Saturday had the lead going into Sundays event… Sunday’s results:

UNL 10 shot 200 YDS AM UNL 10 shot 200 YDS PM 200 + 200 YDS Grand Agg.

1- Steve Kostanich .2364 1- Larry Boers .2369 1- Larry Boers .2510
2- Jeff Yost .2571 2- Rick Graham .2835 2- Jeff Yost .2724
3- Larry Boers .2651 3- Jeff Yost .2877 3-Steve Kostanich .2932
4- Denny Andrews .2865 4- Tom Dickson .2948 4- Tom Dickson .2964
5- Tom Dickson .2979 5- Mark Walker .2970 5- Mark Walker .2987

…Steve Kostanich’s great group of a .254 would end up taking the crown for this years
“Sniper King“. All hail the King!! Great shooting Steve!

Monday brings us to the Washington State 5 shot UNL match:


UNL. 5 shot 100 YDS. UNL. 5 shot 200 YDS. UNL. 5 shot Grand


1- Larry Boers .1584 1- Jeff Yost .1504 1- Steve Kostanich .1706
2- Mark Walker .1616 2- Steve Kostanich .1663 2- Larry Boers .1717
3- Steve Kostanich .1748 3-Larry Boers .1849 3- Jeff Yost .1849
4- Eric Stanton .2014 4- Mark Walker .2178 4- Mark Walker .1897
5- Jeff Yost .2194 5- John Parrish .2189 5- Rick Graham .2333

Washington State Unlimited 2 gun
L.E. “Sam” Wilson Memorial Trophy

1- Larry Boers .2029
2- Jeff Yost .2145
3- Steve Kostanich .2314
4- Rick Graham .2321
5- Mark Walker .2774

 

[John Parrish]

A lot of good shooters shot some nice groups in pursuit of the Sniper King Trophy. For most of the match, it looked like Ton Dickson would be the next Sniper King. But Steve Kostanich stepped up and shot a dandy (one of Steve's favorite words) group to claim the title. Congratulations Steve!
Congratulations also to Larry Boers for taking the 2-gun agg. He's been shooting very well this year.

John

 

[RJG]

Larry has been shooting well… and this time he had to shoot one day of it from Tacoma’s infamous bench #1! Bench 1 has been known to give some shooters (me) fits , but Larry showed us how it is done! Congrats to King Steve!

Rick Graham

 

[llboers]

Thanks John and Rick. I knew it was going to be a challenge working across the range and ending up on bench 1. I made up my mind not to worry about it. I have seen that bench be good and some times real frustrating. I guess sharing the bench with Del Bishop may have helped. It was good to see him shooting again. Looking forward to next months match.

May be someone can give me a tip on posting. I entered the results but when submitted it pushed all of the columns together. It makes it real hard to look at. Maybe next time I'll just submitt a PDF file.

Larry Boers
Every shot makes someone happy!