Grand Island, NE – Team Hornady® member Doug Koenig, earned a record-setting seventeenth Bianchi Cup Action Pistol Championship title, winning High Overall and High Open at the 2016 NRA Bianchi Cup presented by MidwayUSA, in Columbia, Missouri.

New this year was a second “Championship” round. After completion of the match’s 192-shot, 1920-point aggregate, the top 36 competitors fired an additional 192-shot Championship Round. Scores from the Championship Round combined into an overall Aggregate to determine each category’s champions.

Koenig had the lead going into the Colt Championship Final with a perfect score of 1920-183X. His combined Match X and Colt Championship Final aggregate score was 3840-361X, two points higher than this year's runner-up, Troy Mattheyer.

“Going into the match this year with the new format, I had absolute confidence shooting my Hornady handloaded 110 grain XTP® ammunition,” said Koenig. "It has always been extremely reliable and delivers championship performances for me."

Koenig won his first Bianchi Cup in 1990, and was the first to finish with a perfect score. Since then, he has achieved a perfect score in all but one match.

The NRA Bianchi Cup, established in 1979 to test police shooting skills, is now one of the most prestigious shooting events and the ultimate trial in shooting accurately under pressure. It consists of four separate, fixed time matches: Practical Event (with shots fired from 10-50 yards), Barricade Event (shots taken from behind simulated cover), Falling Plate Event (banks of six 8" falling plates), and the Moving Target Event (shots fired at a moving target exposed for six seconds). 

Founded in 1949, Hornady Manufacturing Company is a family owned business headquartered in Grand Island, Nebraska. Proudly manufacturing products that are made in the USA, Hornady Manufacturing is a world leader in bullet, ammunition, reloading tool and accessory design and manufacturer.