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Michelle Gallagher is the winner of the Sierra Trophy Match, which was conducted during the 2019 NRA National High Power Rifle Long-Range Championships this month at Camp Atterbury. Her score was 796-46X, which was 14 points ahead of the runner-up, PV2 Kade Jackovich in the X-count.
The Sierra Trophy winner boasts the highest combined score from four 1,000-yard matches, shot with a Palma Rifle (chambered in .308 Win. with iron sights). The four components of the Sierra Trophy aggregate are the Remington, Mustin, Andrus and Doc Aiken Trophy Matches.
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In addition, Gallagher finished second overall in the Andrus Trophy Match, which is a 20-shot event fired at 1,000 yards with a Palma Rifle. You can see her shoot-off group in the picture above.
Fittingly enough, Gallagher was using a load with Sierra Bullets in her Palma Rifle. The exact bullet is No. 2156, a .30 Cal 155-grain Palma MatchKing.
“Every shot is a combination of so many things—position, ammo [and] wind. It’s reassuring to have confidence in the quality of the same great bullets I grew up shooting,” said Gallagher, via the Sierra Bullets Facebook page.
Finishing second in the Sierra Trophy Match results was PV2 Kade Jackovich, a member of the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit’s Service Rifle Team. His score was 796-32X.
Rounding out the top three, and also three points behind Jackovich was Oliver Milanovic with 793-48X.
As for the category awards, High Senior was awarded to Keith Hoverstad with a score of 792-32X. And, High Grand Senior went to Kenneth Doll, who tallied a score of 765-21X.
Photos by Sierra Bullets/Facebook.
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