Stanfill Shoots Flawless 500 to Rule the Krieghoff Masters

Team Remington’s skeet ace runs the table in Savannah while his teammates stack podiums across every gauge.

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posted on May 11, 2026
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Team Remington’s Sheaffer Stanfill shot a perfect 500x500 at the 30th annual Krieghoff Masters Championship to win both the High Over All in the Open division and the High All Around.
Photo courtesy Remington

SAVANNAH, Ga. — Team Remington shooter Sheaffer Stanfill broke all 500 targets put in front of him across four gauges at the 30th annual Krieghoff Masters Championship, leaving Forest City Gun Club with the High Over All in the Open Division and the High All Around—the two trophies that matter most at one of skeet’s marquee stops on the calendar.

More than 300 competitors made the trip to coastal Georgia from April 30 through May 3. None walked out without watching Stanfill’s name sit alone at the top of a leaderboard.

Team Remington’s depth was the other story. Alessandro Vitale finished second in the HAA and Connor Thigpen rounded out the podium in third. Clay Baldwin broke 397 of 400 for third in the HOA, keeping the brand on the dais in nearly every meaningful event.

The Men’s Doubles produced the tournament's cleanest sweep. Vitale, Stanfill and Connor Ball each posted 100 straight before heading to a shoot-off, where Vitale claimed the title with Stanfill second and Ball third.

The individual gauge events told the same story in different colors. Stanfill went perfect in the 20-Gauge Open but lost the shoot-off to Baldwin while Thigpen took third for another Remington 1-2-3. Stanfill then ran a clean 100 in the 28-Gauge Open to take that title outright. In the .410 Open, another shoot-off settled things, with Vitale prevailing and Stanfill finishing third.

“To shoot perfect, 500x500 across all four gauges (12, 20, 28 and .410) is an amazing accomplishment knowing the difficulty and mental strength it takes to be perfect,” Remington Director of Marketing Christian Hogg said. “It is the pinnacle of the sport and a feat very few accomplish and when you combine that with the prestige of the event, that makes it even more significant of a victory.”

See the full results of the 2026 Krieghoff Masters Championship at the NSSA website.

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