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The flagship event of the National Pistol matches is the President’s 100 Pistol Match. This year 417 pistol competitors walked up to the firing line with their pistol boxes in hand and a dream in their hearts.
The course of fire occurs in three stages.
The first stage is slow fired at 50 yards
the second two stages are fired timed and rapid respectively at 25 yards for a total of 40 shots a possible score of 400 with X’s.
John Bickar, 48 of Menlo Park, CA clenched the win with a score of 384 –13X, edging out Jonathan Shue, who trailed by just two points. Bickar shot the match with his mother, Judy’s hardball pistol, as he did the previous two years. The field was very competitive with just 10 points separating the top 10 competitors. The cut score for making the President’s 100 this year was 342 with 1X.
John Bickar accepts his President’s 100 first-place award from Gary Anderson, marking his third consecutive win.
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The course of fire occurs in three stages.
The first stage is slow fired at 50 yards
the second two stages are fired timed and rapid respectively at 25 yards for a total of 40 shots a possible score of 400 with X’s.
John Bickar, 48 of Menlo Park, CA clenched the win with a score of 384 –13X, edging out Jonathan Shue, who trailed by just two points. Bickar shot the match with his mother, Judy’s hardball pistol, as he did the previous two years. The field was very competitive with just 10 points separating the top 10 competitors. The cut score for making the President’s 100 this year was 342 with 1X.
John Bickar accepts his President’s 100 first-place award from Gary Anderson, marking his third consecutive win.
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