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Piney Sportsman’s Club was home the International Bench rest Shooters 600 Yard Missouri State Championship. The match was held over the weekend June 27-28. The shooters form across the Midwest including 4 states began rolling in on Friday sighting in and socializing.
The Missouri state championship is a 2 day event and figured on 16 targets total (8 Light gun and 8 Heavy Gun) We had a total of 21 shooters that shot both days braving the conditions.
Saturday started out mild wind and low mirage. It did not take long for the infamous Big Piney mirage to open up groups and lowering scores. At the end of the day Ryan Hunt came out on top with an overall win in light gun and heavy gun. On his heels were Justin Roberson and Donnie Greer. Justin won Light gun score with a 194 and Donnie Greer shooting amazingly consistently throughout the day. Junior champ went to Rory Jacobs for the day with Jaden Brotherton in sight. Justin Roberson and Hippie both shooting groups under 1 inch in the light gun it was going to come down to the wire.
Sunday started out in normal fashion with lots of discussion and strategy for the days coming events. Andy Ferguson comes out swing sweeping Light gun winning 
group agg. and score. Lanny Branch was shooting great to with a 2.012 group agg. Heavy gun was won by David Ferguson( I guess it does run in the family). Andy hung on for the 2 gun win on Sunday. Jaden Brotherton snunk up on everyone finishing strong and sweeping the junior shooters.
After all the smoke cleared it was to the computer for the State results.
Light Gun overall went to Lanny Branch
Heavy Gun Overall went to Ryan Hunt
Two Gun Overall went to Ryan Hunt
Junior Champion went to Jaden Brotherton
Three Gun went to Rich Elijah
Results in all categories.
LIGHT GUN SCORE
| Lanny Branch | 13 | 381 |
| Bob McCullough | 18 | 378 |
| Andy Ferguson | 9 | 377 |
| Justin Roberson | 7 | 370 |
| Donnie Greer | 16 | 368 |
LIGHT GUN GROUP
| Bob McCullough | 2.36675 |
| Andy Ferguson | 2.393875 |
| Donnie Greer | 2.514 |
| Justin Roberson | 2.5575 |
| Spencer Lamm | 2.6305 |
LIGHT GUN OVERALL
| Lanny Branch |
| Bob McCullough |
| Ryan Hunt |
| Justin Roberson |
| Andy Ferguson |
HEAVY GUN SCORE
| Ryan Hunt | 383 |
| Thurman Ford | 374 |
| Lanny Branch | 371 |
| David Ferguson | 370 |
| Tom Jacobs | 367 |
HEAVY GUN GROUP
| Ryan Hunt | 1 |
| Andy Ferguson | 2 |
| Johnny Powers | 3 |
| Bob McCullough | 4 |
| Ben Peters | 5 |
HEAVY GUN SCORE
| Ryan Hunt | 383 |
| Thurman Ford | 374 |
| Lanny Branch | 371 |
| David Ferguson | 370 |
| Tom Jacobs | 367 |
HEAVY GUN OVERALL
| Ryan Hunt | 9 |
| Johnny Powers | 26 |
| David Ferguson | 28 |
| Andy Ferguson | 31 |
| Lanny Branch | 32 |
TWO GUN
| Ryan Hunt |
| Lanny Branch |
| Andy Ferguson |
| Johnny Powers |
| Bob McCullough |
MISSOURI RESULTS
| Name | LG Score | Rank | HG Score | Rank | LG Group | Rank | HG Group | HG Goup Rank | Match Score | LG Rank | HG Rank | Combined Rank | Overall |
| Ryan Hunt | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 22 | 9 | 31 | 1 |
| Lanny Branch | 13 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 25 | 18 | 32 | 50 | 2 |
| Andy Ferguson | 9 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 31 | 24 | 31 | 55 | 3 |
| Johnny Powers | 13 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 28 | 30 | 26 | 56 | 4 |
| Bob McCullough | 8 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 35 | 19 | 40 | 59 | 5 |
| Donnie Greer | 16 | 8 | 19 | 5 | 17 | 7 | 19 | 9 | 35 | 33 | 38 | 71 | 6 |
| Justin Roberson | 7 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 32 | 17 | 27 | 23 | 52 | 75 | 7 |
| Tom Jacobs | 15 | 7 | 26 | 11 | 19 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 41 | 34 | 42 | 76 | 8 |
| Spencer Lamm | 36 | 17 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 55 | 48 | 41 | 89 | 9 |
| David Ferguson | 41 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 55 | 62 | 28 | 90 | 10 |
| Travis Greer | 19 | 9 | 28 | 16 | 26 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 47 | 45 | 46 | 91 | 11 |
| Steve Wilson | 30 | 13 | 21 | 8 | 22 | 12 | 19 | 9 | 51 | 52 | 40 | 92 | 12 |
| Ben Peters | 19 | 9 | 27 | 13 | 34 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 46 | 53 | 41 | 94 | 13 |
| Jaden Brotherton | 25 | 11 | 27 | 13 | 20 | 10 | 29 | 15 | 52 | 45 | 56 | 101 | 14 |
| Thurman Ford | 34 | 16 | 24 | 10 | 29 | 15 | 24 | 13 | 58 | 63 | 48 | 111 | 15 |
| Rich Elijah | 43 | 20 | 31 | 18 | 27 | 14 | 24 | 13 | 74 | 70 | 55 | 125 | 16 |
| Rory Jacobs | 31 | 14 | 26 | 11 | 40 | 18 | 38 | 18 | 57 | 71 | 64 | 135 | 17 |
| Don Rabun | 32 | 15 | 29 | 17 | 41 | 19 | 42 | 20 | 61 | 73 | 71 | 144 | 18 |
| Carroll Lance | 36 | 17 | 42 | 20 | 37 | 17 | 29 | 15 | 78 | 73 | 71 | 144 | 18 |
| George Miller | 29 | 12 | 41 | 19 | 41 | 19 | 40 | 19 | 70 | 70 | 81 | 151 | 20 |