MARENGO, Ohio — Jon Shue shot a perfect 300-25X in the .22 team match at the 2026 NRA National Precision Pistol Championship, and his team still lost. That’s how tight the open club race got at the Cardinal Shooting Center this week, where Zero Lapua held off Shue’s Springfield/Cabot squad by 15 points, 3479-140X to 3464-144X, behind Keith Sanderson, John Zurek, Travis Jorgenson and Jason Hedrick under Team Captain Dave Lange. Rock River Arms took third at 3350-100X.
The biggest team number of the week belonged to the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit, though. USAMU Blue won the service division at 3491-142X, a dozen points better than anything the civilians put up. Greg Markowski, High Service winner in the individual championship, led the squad with an 882-36X, and Ryan Adams was a hair back at 880-40X. Jason Gregoire and Walker Buckman rounded out the team. USAMU Grey was second at 3414-100X and the Army Reserve took third with 3339-84X.
The state association division belonged to Indiana. ISRPA Blue’s Steven Pardieck, Tom Reardon, Franklin Dessuit and Amber Overton put up a 3311-100X, 85 points clear of New York’s NYSRPA team. Ohio’s ORPA was third and Illinois State Pistol fourth. Dessuit, the championship’s High Grand Senior, was Indiana’s top gun with 862-32X.
In the two-person match, Wes Fleming's 874-33X carried Accuracy X to the title at 1727-58X alongside Alan Toler, with Kimberly Hobart-Fleming as captain. ISRPA White was second at 1672-39X and Ultradot third at 1664-35X.
So the week ends with a question worth carrying into next summer: the Army brought the biggest team score to Marengo, and the civilians brought the national champion. Round two is a year out.
The 2026 NRA National Precision Pistol Championship ran July 4-8 at the Cardinal Shooting Center. Next on the NRA National Championship calendar is the Smallbore Rifle Championship, back at the Cardinal Center July 19-28.
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