World Rimfire Championship 2024 (WBSF)

[PedroS]

Held at Valencia, Spain, from 9th to 14th September

End of 1st Team day competition. Tomorrow, after the dust has settle down, all will be decided.
Then 2 days of Individual competition will follow.

Portugal did well with a two podium finishes possible.

 

[tonykharper]

Held at Valencia, Spain, from 9th to 14th September

End of 1st Team day competition. Tomorrow, after the dust has settle down, all will be decided.
Then 2 days of Individual competition will follow.

Portugal did well with a two podium finishes possible.

Great shooting Pedro, looks like you guys are off to a good start.

TKH

 

[PedroS]

2nd and last day of Team competition.

Conditions were much worse with wind gusts around 45Km/h.

We managed to stay ahead, and, in fact, shooting in the wind shows all about BR rimfire shooting.

So, at the end we (Luís Pereira, Ricardo Serápio and myself) took the 1st place, becoming WBSF Team World champions, for the 2nd time in a row!

Congrats to Luciano Viviani (Italy) for the best score of the day - 250 21x

Tomorrow starts the 1st Individual competition day.

 

[tonykharper]

2nd and last day of Team competition.

Conditions were much worse with wind gusts around 45Km/h.

We managed to stay ahead, and, in fact, shooting in the wind shows all about BR rimfire shooting.

So, at the end we (Luís Pereira, Ricardo Serápio and myself) took the 1st place, becoming WBSF Team World champions, for the 2nd time in a row!

Congrats to Luciano Viviani (Italy) for the best score of the day - 250 21x

Tomorrow starts the 1st Individual competition day.

Congratulations to you and your team. You guys did it twice in a row shooting against some very tough competitors. Fantastic performance.

TKH

 

[Bill Collaros]

Yep definitely Team Champions of the World, well done Portugal

 

[PedroS]

Today started the Individual competition.

At the end of 1st day the results are as follow (pictures)

I did 2 mistakes in the last day's card, and... dropped 2...

Portugal with 3 shooters on the 10 first.

Tomorrow will be the 2nd day and all will be decided.

 

[tonykharper]

Today started the Individual competition.

At the end of 1st day the results are as follow (pictures)

I did 2 mistakes in the last day's card, and... dropped 2...

Portugal with 3 shooters on the 10 first.

Tomorrow will be the 2nd day and all will be decided.

Those scores are incredible. You guys are killing it. These scores are being shot at meters. 250 21X back to back and a 250 23X card. It doesn’t get much better than that.
TKH

 

[PedroS]

Sorry for the late update, but after the Gala Dinner, was the trip back home...

And this 5th WBSF Worlds Championships came to an end.

Didn't recover my previous 2 points lost, but as I never gave up, on the last card, the no mercy gusty winds, made me jump from 6th to 3rd place overall.

Congrats to the new World Champ Etienne Laboute from France.

Next WBSF Champs will be in 2026, Italy.

 

[tonykharper]

Sorry for the late update, but after the Gala Dinner, was the trip back home...

And this 5th WBSF Worlds Championships came to an end.

Didn't recover my previous 2 points lost, but as I never gave up, on the last card, the no mercy gusty winds, made me jump from 6th to 3rd place overall.

Congrats to the new World Champ Etienne Laboute from France.

Next WBSF Champs will be in 2026, Italy.

Congratulations to the new World Champ Etienne Laboute, France.

Congratulations to Team Portugal and congratulations to all the competitors. That was a very high-level competition.

The scores were outstanding. The game has stepped up at the World level.

Perhaps there has been an advancement to rimfire accuracy around the world.

Hope to see some of you guys and gals over here for the Triple Crown next year.

TKH

 

[PedroS]

Tony, things are aligning, and yes, I do believe being there next year.
And thanks for the kind words.

 

[stiller]

Looks like a lot of good shooting. Some day I need to travel out of the US and try something like this. I am not sure, but I think Etienne was shooting a 2500X gun smithed by GAC in Italy?? Is there an equipment list that goes with this at any time? Anyway, congrats to all the shooters and maybe we will see some of you at the Triple Crown next year in Bristol, VA USA.

 

[PedroS]

Jerry, you are right, Etienne shot with a 2500X by GAC.
There is no gear list, thought.

If you happen to came this side of the pond let us know so we could provide some comps scheduled around that time.

Next TC could happily see 3 of us.