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Team Berger’s James Fox Wins California Service Rifle Championship

Berger’s James Fox won the 2023 California Service Rifle High Power Championship with Berger Ammunition. Fox had a Grand Aggregate score of 1282-48X. The 2023 California Service Rifle High Power Championship was hosted by the Coalinga Rifle Club in Coalinga, CA, April 1-2nd. With two days of shooting, Fox finished 1st place on day one with a score of 792-33X, and first again on day two with a 490-15X. In High Power Service Rifle, competitors test their skill in four stages: 200yd Slow-fire Standing, 200yd Rapid-fire Sitting (or kneeling), 300yd Rapid Prone, and 600yd Slow-fire Prone. “The California State Service Rifle Championship was the start [...]

Dustin Flint of Team Berger Wins 2023 Spindletop Silhouette Championship

Dustin Flint of Team Berger won the Spindletop Regional Smallbore Silhouette Championship for the third year in a row with a championship score of 139/160. The 2023 Spindletop Regional Championship was held at the Golden Triangle Gun Club in Beaumont, TX, April 1-2. Saturday’s course of fire was (2) 40-shot relays in the standard rifle division, where Flint scored 36/40 and 33/40. Leading into Sunday, Flint was tied with fellow shooter Erich Mietenkorte for the Grand Aggregate. Flint was able to secure a 70/80 in the hunter rifle division, giving him the win. For each relay, shooters engaged ten chickens at 40 meters, ten pigs [...]

Team Berger’s John Mullins Wins Arizona State High-Power Silhouette Championship

Team Berger’s John Mullins won the 2023 Arizona High Power Silhouette State Championship by taking first place in both Standard Rifle and Hunter Rifle divisions, March 11-12th. The 2023 Arizona State High-Power Silhouette Championship was hosted by Hassayampa Rifle Silhouette Club at the Ben Avery Shooting Facility in Phoenix, AZ. Competitors shot 40-round Standard Rifle and Hunter Rifle matches on both Saturday and Sunday. For High-Power competition, shooters engage ten chickens at 200 meters, ten pigs at 300 meters, ten turkeys at 385 meters and ten rams at 500 meters with centerfire rifle cartridges. “Great weekend of shooting with changing winds and Berger Bullets gave [...]

Berger Sponsors US F-Class Team

Berger, manufacturer of the highest quality bullets and ammunition for competitive long-range shooters and sportsman, is proud to announce their sponsorship of the 2023 United States F-Class Team competing at the 2023 F-Class World Championships in South Africa. The 2023 F-Class World Championships are being held at the Genl Wet Shooting Range in Blomfontein, South Africa March 21st through April 1st. Competitors from around the globe will compete in both F-Class Target Rifle (F-TR) and F-Open divisions battling for the prestigious title of World Champion. The U F-Open and F-TR teams are comprised of over 60 members coming from 25 different states. The team members [...]

Berger Bullets Attending 2023 IWA Outdoor Classics

Berger, manufacturer of the highest quality bullets and ammunition for competitive long-range competitive shooting and hunting, will be exhibiting at the 2023 IWA Outdoor Classics in Nuremberg, Germany, March 2-5. IWA visitors are encouraged to stop by Booth #515 in Hall 7 to view Berger’s match grade rifle bullets and ammunition while learning about Berger’s expanded line of Elite Hunter ammunition. Berger’s new ammunition is available in the following offerings: 6mm Creedmoor 108 Grain Elite Hunter, 6.5 Creedmoor 140 Grain Elite Hunter, 6.5 PRC 140 Grain Elite Hunter, and 300 PRC 245 Grain Elite Hunter. The 2023 IWA Outdoor Classics will be held at [...]

Team Berger’s Justin Skaret Wins at Southwest Nationals

Congratulations to Team Berger’s Justin Skaret winning the Sling Division of the 2023 Southwest Nationals. Skaret scored an impressive grand aggregate of 1233-50X to take the top place finish. Fellow Berger teammate, Amanda Elsenboss finished in third. Skaret’s match scores are as follows: Palma 800, 900, and 1,000-yds – 442-17X 1,000-yd Iron Sights Aggregate – 396-17X 1,000-yd Any Sight Aggregate – 395-16X The Southwest Nationals was held February 15-19th at the Ben Avery Shooting Facility in Phoenix, AZ. Hosted by the Desert Sharpshooters Rifle Club, the Southwest Nationals is the “must-attend” event for competitive long-range shooters around the world. The Southwest Nationals features F-Open, [...]

Berger’s Dustin Flint Wins Louisiana Highpower Silhouette Championship

Team Berger’s Dustin Flint scored a 93 X 120 at the 2022 Louisiana Highpower Silhouette Championship to secure the championship title for the second consecutive year! Taking place on October 15th and 16th at the “Bucky” Murdock Farm in Zwolle, Louisiana the two-day match featured two 40-shot relays on Saturday and one 40-shot relay on Sunday. In High-Power Silhouette competition, chickens are at 200 meters, pigs at 300 meters, turkeys at 385 meters, and rams at 500 meters. "The Louisiana Highpower Silhouette State Championship is one of the highlights of the shooting season every year. I really love this match and I'm happy to [...]

Improved 375 caliber 407 Grain ELR Match Solid Bullets

We are happy to announce our new and enhanced 375 Caliber 407 Grain Extreme Long Range Match Solid bullets. We have taken our already record-breaking bullet design and improved upon it by lengthening the major diameter 0.125" while shortening the minor diameter by approximately the same amount. After extensive live-fire performance testing in controlled environments, including testing done by Extreme Long Range (ELR) competitors and elite military operators, we determined that this new design will grant our ELR shooters numerous loading benefits while the bullet retains the same performance capabilities in flight and on target. Our R&D team shared the following benefits of this design [...]

Meet Berger’s New Export Sales Manager, Daniel Salazar

We here at Berger are happy to announce that we have brought on Daniel Salazar as our new Export Sales Manager. Daniel not only has 20+ years of experience working with international companies, but he is an international competitive shooter himself! As someone who has competed in multiple countries, he understands international demand in a way that will truly help to build the Berger brand throughout the world like never before. Daniel, who recently achieved Master class designation, is a rifle silhouette competitor. Highlights of his competitive shooting background include: International, Metallic silhouette shooting experience in Mexico, Canada, and UAE National smallbore rifle AAA champion [...]

Team Berger’s John Mullins Wins AZ State Silhouette Championship

Congratulations to Team Berger's very own John Mullins for taking the win this year at the 2022 Arizona State Lever Action Rifle (LAR) Silhouette Championships! John won the Rifle Cartridge LAR with a score of 74/80, the Pistol Cartridge LAR 69/80, and the Smallbore Cowboy Rifle categories 76/80, giving Mullins the overall 3-Gun Aggregate win. John shared with us that “After three days of shooting the Arizona State Lever Gun Championships and winning, I can’t wait to get back to the range to shoot some more of the Berger 6mm 115 VLDs. I use 6mm Berger Bullets for High Power Silhouette competitions out to 500 [...]