EAGLE CREEK, Ore. — Nine years running, the outcome at the Oregon State High Power Championship has carried the same name at the top. Team Berger’s James Fox won the 2026 edition of the NRA Registered Tournament June 27-28 at Douglas Ridge Rifle Club, claiming the Oregon State High Power Open Championship title for an unprecedented ninth consecutive year and his 11th overall state title.
Hosted by the Oregon State Shooting Association and governed by current NRA and CMP rules, the championship drew many of the nation’s top high power shooters to the 40-competitor field. Competitors squared off over a demanding two-day schedule built around two 800-point regional course-of-fire matches, with the 1600-point Oregon Open Championship aggregate—the title that carries the George Clapp Perpetual Challenge Trophy—combining all eight individual matches. A CMP Excellence-in-Competition (EIC) match rounded out the program.
Saturday’s firing tested competitors at 200 yards in slow-fire standing and rapid-fire sitting or kneeling before moving back to 300 yards for rapid-fire prone, then repeating the sequence. Sunday shifted to 600-yard slow-fire prone across two 20-shot matches, with scoring conducted on Shotmarker electronic targets and NRA classification rules sorting the field. Between weather, position changes and the grind of eight matches in two days, the format rewards precision, consistency and endurance in equal measure.
Fox delivered on all three counts. He swept the event, capturing the Overall Championship along with the Standing, Sitting and Prone Rapid Fire aggregate titles, and added top honors in the CMP EIC match for good measure.
His equipment list will interest handloaders and factory shooters alike. Fox ran Berger .223 Remington 77-grain OTM Tactical ammunition alongside handloads built on Berger .22-caliber 80.5-grain Target bullets, Lapua .223 Remington cartridge cases and Vihtavuori N140 powder—a recipe that held X-ring accuracy from the 200-yard line all the way back to 600.
There’s little time to celebrate. Fox’s season continues at the CMP National High Power and Long-Range Championships, scheduled for July 21-30 at Camp Perry in Port Clinton, Ohio, where he’ll face the deepest field of the year.
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