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The NRA Annual Exhibits takes place at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center during May 17-19, 2024 in Dallas, Texas. Drop by our booth 8518 and come say hi!

Jake Stine of Team SK had an impressive showing at the 2024 Conard Bernhardt Cup Silhouette Championship in Pe Ell, Washington, connecting with 75/80 targets to win Standard Rifle discipline, and 148/160 securing 2nd place overall in the Grand Aggregate. Congrats Jake!!

The highly anticipated 32nd annual championship was hosted by the Pe Ell Sportsmen’s Club on April 27th and 28th.The NRA registered championship had competitors from all over the US and Canada shooting four, 40-round smallbore (22LR) relays. Two relays each of Standard Rifle and Hunter Rifle disciplines are totaled to award the Grand Aggregate winner. For each relay, shooters engage ten chickens at 40 meters, ten pigs at 60 meters, ten turkeys at 77 meters and ten rams at 100 meters, all from offhand position.

Fellow SK teammate, Erich Mietenkorte, brought home a 3rd place finish in the Grand Aggregate.

Jake joined our team in 2022 and he trains with SK’s Standard Plus and Rifle Match ammo for Smallbore silhouette.

The SK Junior Cup was held for the fifth time 23-24 March at the Walther Arena in Berlin-Altglienicke, Germany. A hundred young shooters from all over Germany competed during the event, which consists of team and individual junior and youth matches for .22 lr rimfire pistol and rifle (3 position and prone). The Berlin-Brandenburg Shooting Association was the most successful team, individual results are displayed below. We want to thank all of the shooters, our partners and others who make this event possible!

25M PIST. 60 JUNIOREN M/W / 25 meter pistol, Juniors

1. SCHALLUS, Arne
2. FIJALKOWSKI, Marc Leon
3. MALSCH, Max

25M PIST. 60 JUGEND M/W / 25 meter pistol, Youth

1. WERNECKE, Lucy
2. BöHMER, Lydia
3. OBENAUS, Fabian

KK 3X20 JUGEND M/W / 3 x 20 .22lr rimfire rifle, Youth

1. PETTER, Joshua
2. MERKL, Eva
3. BRTSCHITSCH, Riana

KK 3X20 JUNIOREN M/W KK 3X20 JUGEND M/W / 3 x 20 .22lr rimfire rifle, Juniors

1. ZIEGLER, Antonia
2. RUPPEL, Maja
3. PüSCHEL, Enya

KK LIEGEND JUGEND M/W / .22lr rimfire rifle prone, Youth

1. PETTER, Joshua
2. MUND, Maleen
3. WINKLER, Romy

KK LIEGEND JUNIOREN M/W / .22lr rimfire rifle prone, Juniors

1. SCHERL, Laura
2. MöLLER, Lenja
3. LIPINSKI, Lina

What’s the best thing about shooting sports? According to SK Team members Erich Mietenkorte, Jake Stine and Kaitlin Benthin, it’s all about family. We couldn’t agree more!

Come and visit us at Die Hohe Jagd & Fischerei – exhibition at stand 10-0633! The show runs from 22nd to 25th February 2024 at the Messezentrum in Salzburg, Austria.
Read more: https://www.hohejagd.at/

SK Ammunition, known for producing top-quality. 22 LR rimfire ammunition, will feature the complete product line during the 2024 SHOT Show at The Venetian Expo and Caesars Forum in Las Vegas, NV, January 23-26.

Founded in 1829, we have a 195-year history of making high-quality .22LR ammunition trusted by competitive shooters, biathletes, and accuracy enthusiasts around the world. Known for our high precision, absolute reliability and quality, SK has become the go-to choice for many new PRS and NRL22 entry-level competitors.

“SK’s Passion is leading to many competitive shooters’ success,” commented Morgan Joy-Twenter, Director of Communications. “In 2023, we watched SK Team shooters win over 20 matches, including one being crowned the North American Silhouette Smallbore Champion. Target shooters of any skill level will gain a competitive advantage without breaking the bank by shooting SK.”

Shooters and retailers are invited to visit booth #11227 to view and learn more about SK’s eight different rimfire rounds: Semi-Auto Rifle, Long Range Match, Rifle Match, Biathlon Sport, Standard Plus, Pistol Match, Pistol Match Special and High Velocity Match.

The 2024 SHOT Show will be held at the Venetian Expo and Caesars Forum, January 23-26, with the Exhibit Halls open 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM, Tuesday through Thursday and 8:30 AM to 4PM on Friday.

Congratulations to Team SK member, Jake Stine on winning the 2023 Texas State Smallbore Championship with a grand aggregate score of 106 x 120.  Stine was recently crowned the North American Smallbore Rifle Silhouette Champion by winning the 2023 Lapua Monarch Cup Championship, a three-nation competition featuring matches in Canada, USA, and Mexico.

In rifle silhouette the winner of the grand aggregate is required to demonstrate consistency and discipline to master the two different rifle types: Hunter and Standard Rifle. These two sub-sections of silhouette, though similar, do test different skillsets. It is the rare marksman who can place near the top with both rifles.

The 2023 Texas Smallbore Silhouette State Championships were held on November 11-12^th at the Bayou Rifles Gun Club in Houston, TX. The two-day match had shooters taking aim at steel targets consisting of 10 chickens at 40 meters, 10 pigs at 60 meters, 10 turkeys at 77 meters, and 10 rams at 100 meters. “Having Jake as a member of Team SK and training with SK’s Rifle Match has truly allowed us to showcase how SK’s passion can lead to an individual’s success, commented Geoff Esterline, SK’s Marketing Director. “We’d like to congratulate Jake on a very successful 2023 competition shooting season!”

Congratulations to Team SK’s Jake Stine winning the 2023 Lapua Monarch Cup and being crowned the North American Silhouette Champion! Jake competed in all three legs of the Monarch Cup; the Canadian Nationals, U.S. Nationals, and finishing with the Mexico Nationals. The three-match aggregate determined the Lapua Monarch Cup North American champion.

The Lapua Monarch Cup is comprised of three premier Smallbore Silhouette shooting matches hosted in Canada, United States, and Mexico. Competitors earn points from each match within their respective classification (Master, AAA, AA, & A), providing all shooters an opportunity for over $100,000 in cash and prizes. Lapua’s Monarch Cup is recognized as the must-attend event of the silhouette shooting world.  

Jake ’s Monarch Cup victory began by winning the Canadian Nationals with a score of 110 of a possible 120, then third place in U.S. Nationals, and completed the high aggregate by finishing 6^th Place in the Mexico Nationals.

Top three competitor scores were as follows:

• Jake Stine                       323
• Gabriel Villareal              321
• John Mullins                   319

“Without using the high quality ammunition that SK produces, this accomplishment would have never been possible,” Jake commented. “SK’s passion has truly led to my success.”

Smallbore Silhouette shooting is a fun and challenging shooting discipline that has competitors taking aim at a variety of steel chickens, pigs, turkeys, and rams. Shooters, standing and unsupported, take aim at four banks of silhouettes at increasing distances, shooting 40 targets in all. For every silhouette knocked down, the competitor earns one point.  Smallbore Silhouette competitors are shooting at distances of 40, 60, 77, and 100 meters, while High Power Silhouette distances are 200, 300, 385, and 500 meters.  

SK sponsored the 2023 Idaho State Steel Challenge Championship and these junior competitors won! We love seeing the next generation out at the range! 

In a showcase of precision marksmanship, Team SK member Erich Mietenkorte won the Washington Smallbore Silhouette State Championships held at the Pe Ell Sportsman’s Club on August 26^th and 27^th.

The two-day state championships had competitors shooting two, 60-shot relays in both Standard Rifle and Hunting Rifle categories.

On Saturday, shooters competed in Standard Rifle, which allows .22 caliber rimfire rifles up to 10-lbs 2oz without any trigger pull-weight regulation (other than it being safe). Sunday, Hunting Rifle relays were fired with rifles limited to 8-1/2 lbs and a minimum two-pound trigger pull. All stages are fired from the offhand position with each match consisting of 15 chicken targets at 40 meters, 15 pig targets at 60 meters, 15 turkey targets at 77 meters, and 15 ram targets at 100 meters.

Mietenkorte fired a 56/60 and 54/60 on Saturday, and a 53/60 and 54/60 on Sunday, even with the tricky wind conditions and out of character high temperatures.

The Washington Smallbore Silhouette State Championship’s results were as follows:

Smallbore Standard Rifle 

State Champion – Erich Mietenkorte 110×120
2nd Place – Eric Boos 101×120
3rd Place – Paul Davis 98×120

Smallbore Hunter Rifle 

State Champion – Erich Mietenkorte 107×120
2nd Place – Eric Boos 105×120
3rd Place – Paul Davis 102×120

“My training ammunition of choice is SK Rifle Match and Long Range Match,” stated Mietenkorte.  “SK is the only ammunition I trust to give me the feedback I need in my training sessions and is a huge part of my success.”