High Power National Championship — The Guns of Camp Perry
We are already half-way through the NRA High Power National Championship and SSG Shane Barnhart of the USAMU remains atop the leaderboard, with a score of 1193-64X out of a possible 1200 points. Barnhart shot a 595-28X during Sunday’s Navy Cup, Coast Guard Trophy, and Army Cup matches. Barnhart currently holds a three-point lead over second place SSG Brandon Green (1190-58X), the defending High Power National Champion. Like Barnhart, Green shoots for the USAMU. Kenneth Lankford leads the “any sight” (scopes allowed) division with 1191-54X.
High Power Hardware: The Guns of Perry
We thought our readers would like to see some of the ultra-accurate rifles campaigned by High Power competitors at Camp Perry. Both bolt-action and self-loading rifles are popular. Among bolt guns, Tubb 2000s and Eliseo tubeguns are popular. Semi-auto AR platform “Space Guns” offer some advantages (particularly during rapid-fire and for standing position), and are favored by many of the top marksmen. Many Camp Perry High Power competitors are also shooting less exotic AR service rifles.
Here is your current leader, SSG Shane Barnhart, with an AR Space Gun. Note the side charging handle and tall iron sight set-up.
Tubb 2000 with a shortened handguard, and custom hand support bracket forward of mag well.
The modern AR Space Gun, scoped version. Note the side charging handle, and absence of forward assist. A block fitted under the handguard helps with the standing position. The scope is mounted on a “piggy-back” rail that extends forward of upper receiver’s built-in rail.
Tubb 2000 rifle, left-hand version. Note how the butt-plate is adjusted for cant, angle, and drop.
Look carefully — it appears that a separate fore-arm section is duct-taped to the red free-floated handguard. Perhaps this AR owner experienced some wiggle, and that’s why he seems puzzled?
A countdown timer is attached directly to this shooter’s Tubb 2000 rifle.
This Service Rifle competitor shows how to get some “R & R” between relays.
All Photos courtesy NRA General Operations.
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Are there any mid-range F-Class shooters there?
Barnhart’s rifle is definitely very cool looking but I assume it’s a 223 Rem, and in the last day or so since the bulletin posting, Barnhart’s taken a pretty good hit on his 600 yard scores. 223 Rem is great for 600 with calm conditions but it’s no match against the 6mm’s at that distance and I suspect (maybe rightly or wrongly) that’s some of what’s going on (i.e. the 6mm’s came on strong at 600).
What makes you assume that it’s a 223 other than his 600 yard scores? The USAMU has been fielding rifles in the match class in other-than NATO calibers for a few years. I doubt they’d send him to Nationals with a sub-par caliber. As reference of non-traditional calibers for a military team, Gallagher was shooting a Tubb 2000 in 260 Rem for the AMU sometime back.
However, your assumption could be correct based on a record of poor decision making of the US .gov
His AR is a 6mm variant.