John Zurek

My work takes me to many large and successful companies. Some of them build airplanes. Some of them make automobiles. And some of them … well, they won’t say what they do. They just smile and change the subject.

For those who’ve followed the developing scores over the past several days, it’s been an exciting competition.

Do you see it?

Look at the top eight scores from today’s Center Fire championship:

Does your Slow Fire ranking predict your overall ranking on that same gun?

Looking back at the scores now with all three relays reported, things look a little different.

In the first relay, James Henderson’s early start at one point back and then dogged persistence combined to earn him a two point edge in the overall 22 championship – but again, that’s only for the first relay. Jim finished at 890-58X, two points ahead of Philip Hemphill and Robert Park at 888-47X and 888-43X.

The 22 caliber National Match Course (NMC) scores are in from the first relay.

It looks like the first relay’s Slow Fire results are posted (see match #135 here.

The scores from the NRA Practice Match are posted (see here and click #111) and Jim Henderson is the winner with an astonishing 891-56x.

Win some, lose some.

I’ve done my share of the latter shooting against some of the best in the country. Indeed, in the beginning I would go home after the Tuesday evening match at the Phoenix Rod and Gun Club and “brag” that I came in sixth, but conveniently leave out the fact that there were only six shooters.