Bianchi Cup Action This Weekend In Columbia, MO
on May 23rd, 2011 at 8:11 AM
(T)he competitive handgun world’s attention will once again be trained the Green Valley Rifle and Pistol Club outside Columbia, Missouri this week as the Bianchi Cup gets underway. Technically, it’s the NRA National Action Pistol Championships, but it’s been known as the Bianchi Cup since 1979 and the trophy to the top shooter – most usually Doug Koenig in recent years- is, you guessed it, The Bianchi Cup.
Bianchi draws shooters from all over the world. Last year, competitors from Australia, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Netherlands, and Switzerland, competed against the United States’ best shooters.
New to the 2011 side matches is the Tactical Carbine Challenge. It’s a paper and reactive steel competition that might give an insight into the NRA’s planned competition for today’s popular modern semiautomatic rifles.
