To: ALL MEDIA
For Immediate Release
October 7, 2008
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Simi Valley's Taran Butler
Wins National Shooting Title
Princeton, LA — Simi Valley’s Taran Butler won the Tactical Division title at the United State Practical Shooting Association’s MultiGun National Championships held October 3-5 at the Shootout Range in Princeton, Louisiana. The match drew nearly 120 competitors from 28 states and included some of the very best shooters in the world.
Butler dominated the match winning five of the 12 stages and leading in overall points on eight. In the end his overall score of 1279.9417 outpaced second place shooter and fellow Golden State resident Keith Garcia of San Ramon by almost 77 points.
Rounding out the top five were Garcia in second with 1203.0133, Phil Strader of Owasso, Oklahoma in third shooting 1198.7144 and Chad Lofton of Smithdale, Mississippi and Robert Romero of Hoschton, Georgia placed fourth and fifth with 1112.8110 and 1110.8013 respectively.
In MultiGun competition, shooters negotiate courses of fire, or stages, utilizing a pistol, a rifle or a shotgun to engage a variety of targets including paper, steel and moving targets. Matches often require competitors to use all three types of firearms on a single stage.
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Note to Editors: Photos of Taran Butler are available in the USPSA Online Media Center. The photos should be credited “Courtesy of USPSA.”
About USPSA: The United States Practical Shooting Association is a non-profit membership association and the governing body for the sport of Practical Shooting in America. USPSA has over 17,000 members and more than 350 affiliated clubs which host weekly matches throughout the country providing recreational shooters with the opportunity to test and refine their shooting skills in a safe, competitive environment. USPSA is also the US Region of the International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC), which is comprised of approximately 67 nations. For more information, visit www.uspsa.org.
