Thayne Simmons Wins Extreme Benchrest 2023

Thayne Simmons won the headline Pro Class 100-Yard Extreme Benchrest 2023 competition. Shooting a Red Panda air rifle, he scored an impressive 232 7X. Here we see Thayne Simmons with his prize, which included a $7,000 check, plus an expense-paid trip to Daystate in England to collect the Daystate Air Rifle of his choice.

100 Yard Extreme Benchrest Pro Class Results.

1. Thayne Simmons 232 7X
2. Fady Kiwan 231 3X
3. Jeffrey Hernandez 228 6X (Jeffrey was the 2022 EBR winner)

100 Yards Extreme Benchrest Sportsman Class Results.

1. Fred Phillips 221 7X
2. Augie Sotelo 207 1X
3. Steve Govedich 206 3X

One Gun Challenge Results.

The One Gun Challenge rewards the competitors who use the exact same air rifle for competition in (almost) all courses of fire in the EBR event. Almost? Well, yes, not including Big Bore, of course!

1. Fady Kiwan 765.4
2. Steve Govedich 762.4
3. Ziad Abou-arraj 754.2

Speed Silhouette Open Class Results.

This class is “anything goes”! Magazines are loaded and installed before firing commences. Semi-autos are included, too. Here the class was won by Ethan Butterfield, a design engineer at Velocity Outdoors, shooting a Semi Automatic Marauder.

1. Ethan Butterfield 18.81 seconds
2. Lauren Parsons 24.40 seconds
3. Claudio Flores 27.28 seconds

Speed Silhouette Pro Class Results.

1. Caleb Dickenson 48.82 seconds
2. Tom Adams 49.18 seconds
3. Greg Suave 66.58 seconds

Speed Silhouette Sportsmans Class Results.

1. Cindy Alexander 75.55 seconds
2. Martin Martin 81.42 seconds
3. Hector Leal 89.37 seconds

50 Yards Benchrest Unlimited Class Results.

1. Erwin Segerman 719 19X
2. Dillon Trelaor 708 17X
3. Steve Govedich 708 14X

50 Yards Benchrest Spring Class Results.

1. Tony Turchetta 457
2. Tony Pellegrino 455
3. Tony Star 436

Extreme Field Target Extreme Class Results.

1. Caleb Dickenson 39
2. John Bagakis 37
3. Art Womack 35

Extreme Field Target Sniper Class Results.

1. Greg Suave 35
2. Mont Shosted 32
3. Martin Martin 31

Extreme Big Bore Open Class Results.

1. David Stevenson 170
2. Scott Hull 145
3. Caleb Dickenson 130

Extreme Big Bore Production Class Results.

1. Holden Ivy 170
2. Claudio Ulloa 160
3. Peykan Bayramı 145

Steel Scramble Competition Results.

1. Francisco Eizayaga 410.2
2. Timothy Gillingham 400.2
3. Pete Papathenetrios 308.5

Congratulations to all the competitors. Particularly the winners!

In particular, congratulations to Thayne Simmons, in 2023 he has won the three top US airgun benchrest competitions, all with the same air rifle. That’s the Rocky Mountain Shoot, the Pyramid Air Cup and now Extreme Benchrest!!!