Berger Southwest Nationals — Match Wrap-Up
This video includes interviews with Walt Berger and tube-gun builder Gary Elesio. This is our final Berger SW Nationals video for 2016, so enjoy the highlights from Ben Avery — see you next year.
The 2016 Berger Southwest Nationals are now history. This was a great match, with an incredible level of talent. There were numerous “big names” on the line, including reigning F-Open World Champion Kenny Adams, 10-time National High Power Champion Carl Bernosky, past National Long-range Champion John Whidden, current National Mid- and Long-Range F-TR Champion Bryan Litz, and Derek Rodgers, who won the F-TR division at last year’s SW Nationals. With a strong performance this week, Derek topped the F-TR field again, securing his second straight SW Nationals F-TR title.
Top Five Shooters by Class
| F-TR Top Five | F-Open Top Five | Sling Division Top Five |
| Derek Rodgers James Crofts Niklas Montin Bryan Litz Ian Klemm |
John Myers Larry Bartholome Jim Murphy Emil Kovan Danny J. Biggs |
Patrick McCann Oliver Milanovic Robert Stekette Nancy Tompkins Tom Whitaker |
In team competition, the Michigan F-TR Team scored a narrow victory over tough competition from the USA F-TR Team and the X-Men. In the F-Open Division, Team Lapua-Brux shot superbly at 1000 yards to capture the Aggregate title, finishing ahead of Team Grizzly and Team Berger. The Ethnic Fringe Team from the UK had strong performances in the Sling Division Team events.
With his 2016 victory, Derek Rodgers has secured back-to-back F-TR titles at the Berger Southwest Nationals. He says he likes his new McMillan F-TR stock. View yesterday’s feature video for a revealing interview with Derek. In that video, Derek discusses the best bullet and powder choices for F-TR.
Members of the winning Lapua-Brux F-Open team were all smiles. They deserved to be proud — they set a new SWN record in the 1000-yard team match. Left to right: Bob Sebold, Pat Scully, Erik Cortina, Steve Harp.
Here is F-Open Winner John Myers of Texas, along with Berger’s F-Open Perpetual Trophy. John is interviewed in today’s video, linked at the top of this story. John’s F-Open rifle is chambered for the 7mm Walker, a .284 Win Improved similar to the .284 Shehane.
Sling Division (Palma rifle) winner Patrick McCann is congratulated by Bryan Litz of Applied Ballistics. Pat has recently returned to competitive shooting after a lengthy hiatus. Pat’s a great competitor who has won the National XTC Championships Twice. Nancy Tompkins lead the “Any Rifle” Sling category. As Forum member Rheurer observed: “No intro needed for the nicest person in the sport.”
Similar Posts:
- Trudie Fay, Derek Rodgers, and Bob Sebold Win at Berger SWN
- Derek Rodgers Sets New 1000-Yard National F-TR Record
- Match Results: Berger Southwest Long Range Nationals
- Conversation with 2010 F-Open Champ, Derek Rodgers
- 2010 F-Class Nationals: Rodgers Wins F-Open, Buxton Wins F-TR
Tags: Berger, Derek Rodgers, F-Class, F-Open, F-TR, John Meyers, Palma, Sling, Southwest Nationals, SWN
Congratulations to all the winners for the great performances!
I have a question concerning the New Record set by Team Lapua-Brux. How can that be a new 1000 yard team range record when the current National 1000 yard team record was set on that range in 2014?
The record was a SWN record not course record
Jeff – it was first listed in the story as a range record, and now as a SWN record only. The record we set was a SWN record as we did not come anywhere close to the amazing 800-45x set by the Long Shots in 2014
Hi Jeff, I believe the SWBN records are ONLY specific to that event. So their could likely be a higher NRA record from another event at another time.
Berger Bullets has been keeping track of their own standing records shot at their match. Search their website for current records.
Thank you all. That makes sense.
Has Berger posted the full results?