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F-Class Nat'ls Results--Bair, Sauve Win

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Here are the results of the F-Class Nationals. F-Class Team USA Captain Eric Bair won open class with a very consistent three-day performance in challenging winds. Alan Warner, shooting a 7 WSM finished second. Alan had a solid points lead going after Day 2 and many shooters thought he would win. It came down to the last round on Sunday. Both Eric and Alan ended up with an identical 45 X-count.

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Bret Solomon shot well throughout the match to finish third in Open Class, with a 1165-51X. Brett's X-count was the highest of any shooter at the match.

In F-Class, Brad Sauve shot the top score on Sunday to edge Berger Bullets' Shawn McKenna by three points 1128 to 1125. This is Brad's second F-TR Nationals win. Shawn was very impressive in the switchy conditions on Saturday, and Shawn had 27 Xs overall to Brad's 21. John Dink earned third in F-TR class, piloting a Gary Eleseo Tube gun to an 1120-29X. John posted the high X-Count in F-TR class.

Team Berger,Robert Mead, Captain) won the Open Team competition with 1159-33X, with Team Sierra Spindle Shooters,Jeff Cochran, Captain) second with 1137-27. The Team Event featured the first-ever all-womens' team, the "Femmes Fatales" Coached by Jerry Tierney. Jerry told us that "coaching the gals was way more fun than working with a bunch of guys." He added "you guys better watch out--these ladies can shoot."

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U.S. F-CLASS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 2006
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA
OCTOBER 6, 7, 8 2006

TARGET RIFLE,F/TR)
FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY TOTAL
BRAD SAUVE 418 5 424 9 286 7 1128 21
SHAWN MCKENNA 420 11 427 12 278 4 1125 27
JOHN DINK 416 14 423 12 281 3 1120 29
LANE BUXTON 417 9 414 4 277 3 1108 16
MARK WILLOUGHBY 405 5 424 9 271 4 1100 18
WAYNE DOUMA 400 8 420 8 273 3 1093 19
DALE CARPENTER 400 2 412 8 279 5 1091 15
STAN PATE 409 4 402 5 273 3 1084 12
CHUCK NELLER 403 8 413 5 259 0 1075 13
MIKE MILLER 378 7 408 6 281 6 1067 19
JOHN WEIL 381 4 414 2 269 2 1064 8
JACK ROOKAIRD 386 3 407 8 265 3 1058 14
FRANCIS CONLON 375 2 399 4 267 1 1041 7
TIM ERWIN 387 7 385 9 267 0 1039 16
RANDY SCHMIT 362 1 399 5 245 0 1006 6
ALAN CANAVAN 270 2 402 4 268 4 940 10
DARRELL BUELL 406 2 0 0 0 0 406 2

OPEN CLASS
FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY TOTAL

ERIC BAIR 439 19 439 17 295 9 1173 45
ALAN WARNER 443 19 440 19 286 7 1169 45
BRET SOLOMON 433 19 437 22 295 10 1165 51
JOHN BREWER 425 15 441 17 294 9 1160 41
JON COWEE 430 16 435 19 294 17 1159 52
JIM MURPHY 433 15 432 19 294 10 1159 44
LARRY BARTHOLOME 430 20 437 16 292 8 1159 44
GERALD TIERNEY 437 15 430 8 292 10 1159 33
ANDREW MCCOURT 434 15 432 8 289 11 1155 34
JEFF COCHRAN 434 12 429 15 290 4 1153 31
SHIRAZ BALOLIA 429 11 431 15 292 7 1152 33
BOB PASTOR II 442 24 421 13 288 8 1151 45
CHARLES BALLARD 433 20 425 11 292 10 1150 41
JAMES CONWAY 432 16 425 11 292 14 1149 41
JEFF TRAYLOR 428 13 429 13 290 10 1147 36
VANESSA WARNER 428 12 428 12 291 8 1147 32
ROBERT BOCK 433 18 429 17 284 9 1146 44
ANDY AMBER 434 14 423 12 286 5 1143 31
JOHN BRUCE 428 15 424 12 290 5 1142 32
MARILYN K SOLIS 430 12 427 13 285 4 1142 29
LARRY TAITE 417 11 439 14 286 4 1142 29
GARY CHILDS 417 9 439 19 284 7 1140 35
ROBERT MEAD 427 13 425 10 287 8 1139 31
DES PARR 429 17 421 14 288 10 1138 41
DON NAGEL 428 8 416 10 294 7 1138 25
STU HARVEY 432 17 423 6 278 6 1133 29
MARK DELUIA 423 9 423 13 287 5 1133 27
GARY NOBLE 424 12 424 11 282 9 1130 32
RON HERMS 423 15 420 13 286 4 1129 32
LARRY KAHLE 421 14 420 11 288 7 1129 32
PETER WHITE 433 20 414 17 281 5 1128 42
JOHN CAMPBELL 429 10 412 4 287 4 1128 18
STEVEN IKEDA 414 8 423 13 289 6 1126 27
JOHN VANMARTER 425 9 418 12 282 7 1125 28
FELIX JR SOLIS 420 9 431 8 273 6 1124 23
CHRIS CUTHBERT 406 10 432 13 284 8 1122 31
CORY HISSONG 424 13 419 11 279 6 1122 30
ABE KLAVAN 415 12 424 6 283 2 1122 20
CHERYL CURRENT 422 6 423 13 274 3 1119 22
THOMAS PRICE 429 12 409 6 281 2 1119 20
TED CONWAY 415 13 423 9 280 5 1118 27
LUIS BERNARDEZ 413 4 428 9 271 4 1112 17
BRENDA HILL 422 14 424 10 265 5 1111 29
RANDY PIKE 419 5 417 6 275 3 1111 14
GORDON SPENCER 417 7 410 12 279 8 1106 27
ERIC JOHNSON 392 5 420 9 283 7 1095 21
PAUL SELBY 407 7 407 7 280 3 1094 17
STEVE ZOCK 407 5 411 7 272 2 1090 14
ROY WEST 408 5 416 7 259 4 1083 16
JIM GALLANT 380 12 399 7 290 8 1069 27
WALLY LAURSEN 392 3 403 3 274 3 1069 9
WARREN FOX 390 5 359 2 269 1 1018 8
HEINZ VOLLENWEIDER 291 9 425 12 292 9 1008 30
CARLO MICHELOTTI 333 1 353 3 251 3 937 7
HOWELL MORLEY 394 5 256 4 261 4 911 13
GREGG WALLACE 347 2 280 0 258 2 885 4
D. BUELL 0 0 430 11 294 7 724
JOHN SIGHTER 0 0 412 12 0 0 412 12
 
Looks like some very good shooting was accomplished! See quite a few familiar names on the list too. Congrats to all! :thumb:
 
I'm transcribing my interview tapes today, and I will be working on a complete report with some Video. It was an excellent event, with the finish coming down to the wire in both Open and F-TR class. Conditions were VERY challenging, especially on Saturday when the wind was strong and very switchy in the later relays. Maybe people got "burned" by vertical coming off the berms.

Most of the shooters felt that Alan Warner had demonstrated the merits of the 7WSM. He had a pretty big points lead after Day 2. But it definitely had more recoil.

Here compare Alan shooting his 7 WSM,necked-up 270 WSM brass)

Alan: http://accurateshooter.net/Video/alan7swm.avi

with a 6.5-284 shot free-recoil:

6.5-284: http://accurateshooter.net/Video/65284vid.avi

Open Class Winner Eric enjoys his win:

ericcigarx440.jpg


Shooters at the 900yd line on Saturday:

Photo Link: http://accurateshooter.net/People/fcnc900yd.jpg
 
Thats my girl Cheryl Current from NM. I have yet to meet a better person on or off the range.

Many congrats to all.
 
I have met both of them guys! Alan is my gunsmith...humm...makes me think maybe I should go 7 WSM instead of 6.5 VAIS or 6.5x55 SE.

Dammit ALAN!

Both of Eric and Alan are two of the nicest chaps you'll meet!

RHINOUT!
 

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