Shooting Wire

San Antonio, Texas - Doug Koenig, shooting as a member of Team Smith & Wesson Pro, won his thirteenth title at the Sportsman's Team Challenge event in San Antonio, TX this past weekend.

Koenig's team started off the match with a record score of 591 in the preliminary round - nearly forty points ahead of the second place team. In the finals, Koenig's team again shot the top score of the day and won the championship. Koenig's showing this year, in his words, came about because of "...my sponsors. Yes, my sponsors. The time that I get to train is because of the support from my sponsors throughout the year."

This was Koenig's seventh victory in a row at the "STC." The Sportsman's Team Challenge is a three gun event that calls for a host of skills in pistol, rifle and shotgun. The event drew ninety-six teams and continues to grow as the match organizers close in on the one hundred team goal that has been set.

Koenig has won national and world championships in pistol events, shotgun events, and rifle events. A professional shooter, Koenig has dominated competitive pistol shooting for the last fifteen years. He has won fifteen Masters International Championships, three World Speed Shooting Championships (Steel Challenge), an IPSC World Championship, three World Action Pistol Championships (holds World Record Score), thirteen Sportsman's Team Challenge Championships, a World All-Around Championship, and eleven National Action Pistol Championships (Bianchi Cup).

Equipment List for Doug Koenig:

* Doug's gun sponsor is SMITH & WESSON - a company that is renown in the firearms business and is one of the world's most recognizable brands.
* Doug's optical sight is from LEUPOLD & STEVENS - the maker of optics that is renowned for unchallenged ruggedness, absolute waterproof integrity, and vastly superior optical quality.
* Doug's speed holster is from SAFARILAND - producer of some of the finest and most innovative products for law enforcement, competitive shooting, and military industries.
* Doug's bullets are supplied by HORNADY - the largest independent producer of bullets in the world.
* Doug's ammunition is from BLACK HILLS AMMUNITION - makers of the highest quality ammunition available.
* Doug's brass is from STARLINE - makers of the highest quality brass cases.
* Doug's hearing protection is from WALKER'S GAME EAR - the shooting and hunting industry pioneer in hearing protection.

Koenig's other sponsors include:

* TRUGLO - the makers of the world's most advanced lines of fiber optic sights.
* CRIMSON TRACE - the Lasergrips that "...provide you with instant and overwhelming advantages you wouldn't otherwise have..."
* MOSSY OAK - makers of the best concealable camouflage in the world.