Sedalia, MO – Congratulations to Team SK’s Jake Stine for bringing home a second-place finish at the 2024 Lapua Monarch Cup. Stine, who was the 2023 Cup Champion, competed in both legs of the Monarch Cup; the U.S. Nationals, and the Mexico Nationals. The two-match aggregate determined the Lapua Monarch Cup North American champion.

The Lapua Monarch Cup is comprised of two premier Smallbore Silhouette shooting matches hosted in United States, and Mexico. Competitors earn points from each match within their respective classification (Master, AAA, AA, & A), providing all shooters an opportunity for over $100,000 in cash and prizes. Lapua’s Monarch Cup is recognized as the “must-attend” event of the silhouette shooting world.

Stine’s 2nd Place Monarch Cup finish was comprised of two top 10 finishes in each event. A 2nd place during the NRA National Smallbore Silhouette Championships where he tied (and lost in a shoot-off) with first place finisher Marko Nikko. And, where he finished 7th Place in the Mexico Nationals this past month.

Smallbore Silhouette shooting is a fun and challenging shooting discipline that has competitors taking aim at a variety of steel chickens, pigs, turkeys, and rams. Shooters, standing and unsupported, take aim at four banks of silhouettes at increasing distances, shooting 40 targets in all. For every silhouette knocked down, the competitor earns one point. Smallbore Silhouette competitors are shooting at distances of 40, 60, 77, and 100 meters, while High Power Silhouette distances are 200, 300, 385, and 500 meters.

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