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Shooters take aim at Side Match 1 "Crazy Quail." Competitors are handed a box of shells and a Browning semi-automatic 12-gauge, and after a short safety brief, the clays began to fly.
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Greg Jordan is the first two-time winner of the NRA World Shooting Championship. He previously won the match in 2017.
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The 2018 NRA World Shooting Champion, Tim Yackley, finished in second place behind Greg Jordan this year. He finished the match with 79.52 percent of all the available points.
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Bruce Piatt shooting the Lapua Practical Rimfire Challenge state. In his hands: the Ruger Precision Rimfire rifle with Bushnell optic. Piatt previously won the NRA World Shooting Championship in 2015, and is this year's NRA Bianchi Cup National Action Pistol Champion.
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Four shooters having a pre-stage discussion. Pictured are (l. to r.) Mark Itzstein, Tony Holmes, Chris Cerino and Lanny Barnes.
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Professional shooter and Olympic Biathlete Lanny Barnes prepares for the Lapua Practical Rimfire Challenge stage. Barnes is the 2019 NRA World Shooting Championship High Lady.
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Lanny Barnes and Chris Cerino inspect the firearms prior to shooting the Lapua Practical Rimfire Challenge stage. At the NRA World Shooting Championship, all guns and ammunition are provided to shooters.
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The legendary Jerry Miculek has been attending the NRA World Shooting Championship every year since its inception in 2014.
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The multi-talented Carl Bernosky sighting-in prior to shooting the Lapua Practical Rimfire Challenge state.
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Andrew Yackley was the 2019 NRA World Shooting Championship High Junior.
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There were two stages featuring Sporting Clays action, using Crazy Quail throwers. Both Stages 1 and 2 featured Mossberg International Silver Reserve II Super Sport 12-gauge shotguns.
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The shotgun component matches of the 2019 NRA World Shooting Championship proved to be a hit with both young and old shooters.
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For Stage 2 "Crazy Quail Sporting Clays B," competitors were split into pairs and shot at two clays at a time, shooting 12 birds total.
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Mark Yackley, the patriarch of the famed Yackley shooting family, is pictured here shooting clay birds at Stage 2 "Crazy Quail Sporting Clays B."
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There were a lot of White Flyer clay birds used between all the stages this year at the NRA World Shooting Championship.
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This competitor is preparing to take aim during Stage 6 "NRA Precision Pistol." In his hands is the Devil Dog Arms 1911 Standard pistol.
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Shooting the Smith & Wesson M&P Pro Series rifle for Stage 3 "3-Gun."
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For the shotgun portion of Stage 3 "3-Gun," competitors used a Benelli M2.
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The 3-Gun stage had competitors engaging targets in a forest setting. It was a fan-favorite.
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Side Match 1 "Crazy Quail" was loads of fun, with six competitors at a time facing multiple streams of clay birds.
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Browning semi-automatic A5 Stalker 12-gauge scatterguns were used at Side Match 1 "Crazy Quail."
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Taking aim at Stage 1 "Crazy Quail Sporting Clays A." Here, competitors engaged 12 clay targets at two stations for a total of 24 targets.
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Stage 5 "NRA America's Rifle Challenge" was a condensed version of the popular NRA ARC AR-15 game. This stage had shooters engage 11 targets with two shots each for a total of 22.
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Stage 7 "Falling Plates" featured one of the NRA Bianchi Cup National Action Pistol Championship events. Shooters used the SIG Sauer P320 X-Five full-sized pistol. (Read our review of the X-Five Legion.)
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A junior competitor shooting Side Match 2 "Metal Madness." In her hands is a Tippman Arms .22 LR rifle.
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We first brought you the story of Metal Madness back in 2017, and with their new mobile range, word is spreading around the country about this exciting rimfire sport.
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Stage 8 "Cowboy Action" had competitors using the Henry Big Boy Classic (pictured) and the Ruger Vauero Bisley revolver.
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John Scoutten of the Shooting USA television show is pictured here shooting Stage 9 "USPSA." The pistol in his hands is the Walther PPQ Q5 Match, a popular pistol for practical shooting competitions.
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Stage 4 "Biathlon" had competitors replicating the Olympic Biathlon event by hauling two full ammunition cans (twice) before engaging 10 steel plates with Mangum Research MLR22AT rifles topped with Leupold optics. The plate racks were 50 yards away.
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The awards ceremony on Saturday evening was well-attended, with a BBQ dinner provided by the National Rifle Association of America and match sponsors.
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