Cactus Classic in Phoenix Draws Top Benchrest Talent
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The Cactus Classic is a prestigious benchrest competition held every year in Phoenix, Arizona. On March 16-20, many of the nation’s top short-range benchresters came to Ben Avery to vie for glory and prizes. There were some impressive performances at this year’s Cactus Classic, hosted by the Arizona Benchrest Shooters. Top Gun was Larry Costa who won the Two-Gun Grand Aggregate as well as the Light Varmint (LV) 200-yard Agg. Lou Murdica (shown below) won the Heavy Varmint (HV) 200-yard Aggregate. At the shorter range, Larry Baggett won the Heavy Varmint 100-yard Aggregate and Gary Bristow won the Light Varmint 100-yard Agg. For full results, click the link below. To see hundreds of high-rez photos from the match, visit the Berger Bullets Flickr Photo Gallery.
HV 200-yard Aggregate winner Lou Murdica.
Most short-range benchrest shooters load at the range.
Now in his late 80s, Berger Bullets founder Walt Berger is still competing…
Impressive hardware was on display at the Cactus Classic.
Cleaning is part of the routine in the short-range benchrest game.
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Nightforce Optics was proud to sponsor this match!
Here are some highlight pics from our Flickr gallery as well.
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Wayne
Nightforce Optics
Outstanding piece. Readers may want to note that the links that are provided lead to match results, including equipment reports, for this and previous matches shot at this facility. There are lots of good pictures as well. The view through the scope at the top of the article is through one of three Night force scopes that were mounted sided by side on a tripod so that comparisons could be made. I spoke with one of the competitors today and I believe that they were the 12×42 BR, the 15×55 Competition, and the new 42x Benchrest scope. My friend told me that they all looked good as one would expect from Night Force.