Jon Shue made it four in a row. Mike O’Connor did something no one had done before. Logan Frost held off two competitors separated by a single X to win the Tompkins Trophy at 1,000 yards. The 2026 NRA National Championships ran from May into late July and from Ohio to Oklahoma. Here are 16 of the best photos from this year.
Competitors at the 2026 NRA National High Power Long-Range Championship, held May 19-23 at Alliance Rifle Club in Malvern, Ohio. Individual matches were fired prone up to 1,000 yards using Shot Marker electronic targets. The program featured competition for Service Rifle, Any Rifle and Palma Rifle across 13 individual and team matches, with shoot-offs held for NRA trophy matches.
Charles Rowe, Bob Gill, Kim Rowe and Brandon Green at the 2026 NRA National High Power Long-Range Championship awards ceremony.
The Tompkins Trophy podium at the 2026 NRA National High Power Long-Range Championship awards ceremony (l.-r.): runner-up Kim Rowe (1239-78X), winner Logan Frost (1241-61X) and third-place Zevin Linse (1239-58X). The latter two are teammates serving with the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit.
2026 NRA National High Power Rifle Mid-Range Champion Kim Rowe is congratulated by NRA First Vice President Mark Vaughan during the Patriot Minuteman Trophy presentation. The match was held June 2-6 at Oklahoma City Gun Club.
Team USNRT-Rowe won the 2026 NRA Mid-Range Any Sight Team title with a score of 2398-182X. Team members are (l.-r.): Larry Sollars, Jonathan O’Neal, Coach Charles Rowe, Kim Rowe and Captain Brandon Green.
Jon Shue celebrates his fourth consecutive NRA National Precision Pistol Championship after posting a score of 2659-156X to claim the Harrison Trophy by a 15-point margin over runner-up Keith Sanderson, who is standing to his right.
Team Rock River Arms at the 2026 NRA National Precision Pistol Championship at the Cardinal Shooting Center in Marengo, Ohio.
In the State Association Team Match, ISRPA Blue of Indiana with Steven Pardieck, Tom Reardon, Franklin Dessuit and Amber Overton posted a 3311-100X, 85 points ahead of the NYSRPA team. Dessuit, pictured in the foreground and the championship’s High Grand Senior, was also Indiana’s top gun with a score of 862-32X.
Gianna Albright and Aimee Ridinger landed the High Junior team title at the 2026 NRA National Smallbore Rifle Three-Position Championship with a combined score of 2307-93X.
At the 2026 NRA Smallbore Nationals, Mike O’Connor became the first back-to-back NRA Lones Wigger Iron Man Trophy winner after topping the combined prone and three-position leaderboard with an 8683-537X aggregate.
Chief Range Officer Clyde Furr presents the NRA Lones Wigger Iron Man Trophy to Mike O’Connor. Besides the trophy plaque, O’Connor also received an engraved handgun from Walther and a commemorative Daisy Red Ryder BB gun made for the 2026 championship.
Smallbore Three-Position shooters on the firing line at the Cardinal Shooting Center. In the foreground is Victoria Cornett from Circleville, Ohio, competing with the Pickaway Diablos Club.
The official NRA A-23/5 50-yard smallbore rifle target features five bullseyes printed on heavy paper.
This year’s Smallbore Position competitors gather on the range at the Cardinal Shooting Center for a group photo.
The top three in the grand aggregate at the 2026 NRA National Smallbore Rifle Three-Position Championship (l.-r.): third-place Avery Hines, winner Erin Gestl and runner-up Ruby Harris.
The Conventional Prone Grand Aggregate podium with NRA Smallbore Committee Chair Patti Clark (l.-r.): runner-up Ron Wigger, winner Mike Carter and third-place finisher Michelle Bohren.
BONUS
A small sampling of the historic NRA Trophy Collection that was on display at the Cardinal Shooting Center this summer.
