Talented Yank Shines at Canadian Silhouette Championship
American Silhouette shooter Eric Mietenkorte delivered a superb performance at the recent Canadian National Silhouette Championships in Fort Steel, British Columbia. Eric recorded a 1-2-3 Trifecta with 1st Place in Master Standard Rifle, 2nd Place in Master Hunter Rifle, and 3rd place in Master Smallbore Hunter. Eric is coming home with quite the trophy harvest. Other top shooters included Team Lapua members Mark Pharr and Cathy Winstead-Severin.
Erich called this a “target rich environment”…
Eric tells us: “The Canadian National Championships are all wrapped up. Thanks to the Bull River Shooters Association (B.R.S.A.) for hosting an incredible event! What a great [week] of shooting! Such a beautiful range with the nicest people! It was great seeing old friends and making new ones. [There were] definitely some challenging wind and mirage conditions, but lots of great shooting, and I even took home some hardware.” Erich has posted these photos from the event.
Erich was quick on the trigger shooting pigs at 300 meters. He says “I love hearing that clang from hitting the steel.” Click speaker icon to hear audio.
6.5mm Chamberings Favored for Centerfire (High Power) Silhouette
The 6.5mm caliber seems to be the “sweet spot” for High Power Silhouette shooters. Erich says: “I use the .260 Bobcat (6.5×250) wildcat. Most still use the .260 Remington and 6.5×47 Lapua.” Other popular chamberings for High Power Silhouette include the 6.5 Creedmoor, 6mmBR, 6mm Dasher, 6×47 Lapua, and 7mm-08.
One wicked cool paint job — the Fighter Plane graphics on Erich’s smallbore rifle drew admiring glances.
Here Erich spots for fellow American shooters Mark Pharr and Cathy Winstead-Severin of Team Lapua.
The Cranbrook Daily Townsman News did a nice story on the Championships, complete with this informative video.
Fort Steele in British Columbia is a beautiful venue. Stunning scenery all around…
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what cartridges or calibers are used here?
I use the .260 Bobcat (6.5×250). Most still use the .260 remington and 6.5×47 Lapua. Other calibers for high-power include the 6BR, 6 Dasher, 6.5 creedmoor, 6×47 Lapua, 7-08. Smallbore uses .22LR
thynk you.
did i missed this in original article?
EDITOR: We added the info to the article after Erich posted his reply.
Hi Erich,
What brand of action is that in your .22?
Cheers.
Chris,
My .22 is a Sako Finnfire P94S. I have a Lilja RF 53 barrel cut to 24″ and I mounted an Anschutz 1712 trigger (5109) to it. So I have the extremely fast lock time of the Sako with the trigger of the Anschutz.
Very nice, couldn’t make out the action brand but thought it must be pretty stout to hang a barrel like that off it.
All the best from “Down-Under”.