Comments on: Horner Wins Trijicon World Shooting Championship

By: Robin Taylor

Robin Taylor — Thu, 16 Oct 2014 21:00:38 +0000

Daniel Horner is an expert pistol shot in all senses of the word — including accuracy. If Horner suggests there’s a problem with the equipment, he’s to be taken seriously.

By: WoodWorker

WoodWorker — Thu, 18 Sep 2014 20:08:03 +0000

Wonder why they didn’t have a benchrest match included with a world championship?

By: DParrish

DParrish — Thu, 18 Sep 2014 20:05:21 +0000

I have to agree with the match being heavily biased toward speed over accuracy. The only events that were not scored on speed were .22 smallbore and the F-Class event. So you have two accuracy events and 10 speed events. I thought shooting was about accuracy, guess I was wrong. This whole World Championship must have been organized by the speed shooters. Kind of a joke. Don’t know why Trijicon would want to sponsor something that is not about accuracy.

By: Bitter Grapes

Bitter Grapes — Wed, 17 Sep 2014 22:14:54 +0000

Correction, that was a 100 yard smallbore target shot at TWENTY FIVE yards.

By: Bitter Grapes

Bitter Grapes — Wed, 17 Sep 2014 22:14:12 +0000

So the first three visible misses shot during bullsey(by the world champion) were because of the gun? As far as “equally weighted”, only someone horrible at math could say it with a straight face. Precision events were scaled to a per cent average (i.e. smallbore was 15 shots on a 100 yard smalbore target at 100 yards, total of 150 points…multiply by 2/3 and get your percent score). This resulted in a score range of 85-100%. Same with F-class (500 yard)…10 shots for score, resulting in scores from 88-99%. Speed event scores were based on multiples of the fastest shooter…and scores ranged from ZERO to 100%. How that’s equally weighted I don’t know.

By: Steve-o

Steve-o — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 21:49:41 +0000

….”But Bullseye is so hard, can’t we just skip it???”

By: Ed Furber

Ed Furber — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 20:24:44 +0000

I can’t believe they canceled the Bullseye pistol segment. What type or reputable match changes the course of fire half way through the competition? Everyone knew exactly what events were included in the competition, to include the .45 cal 1911 with 230 grain hardball. It’s stated in the match program. My congratulations to a great soldier, Daniel Horner! But the match ethics of Peacemaker Range and it’s owner/organizer are questionable. The facilities were less than what you would expect for a ‘world class’ event. The best move Trijicon could make for next year is a new venue and organizer. Thanks again to Trijicon for the $100,000 in prize money.

By: Kirk

Kirk — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 04:15:07 +0000

Dan, you heard 100% wrong. I was at this match. The bullseye match was dropped due to the pistols going down. Lesson learned by Colt, don’t bring brand new pistols to a match with out first running a few boxes of ammo through them to break them in and wear off the burs. And Daniel probably did “whine” about the match bc the way the rules were written a gun malfunction did not rate an alibi, therefore he could have lost a world championship due to a weapon malfunction. And no high level competitor wants to win or loose bc of something like that. We have too much respect for each other. Daniel is an outstanding shooter, not a whiner.

By: Dan Hobart

Dan Hobart — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 20:31:21 +0000

Yes, you could have a weakness in this years World Cup. It was the bullseye match in which some competitors complained that they couldn’t handle the 230 grain hardball. As a result the bullseye match was scratched.The overall winner was one of the whiners. The match is now tainted by politics.