Matt Alwine has, once again, surgically dissected an NRL Hunter match, claiming outright victory at the "Monolith of Misery" event in the unforgiving high desert of Cimmeria, UT. While another win would typically signify excellence, Alwine’s consistent, near-mathematical perfection across multiple events has now prompted the NRL-H board to establish a special task force dedicated to determining if human factors are still primarily in play.
Competitors, many running finely tuned 6.5 PRC builds pushing 153.5gr A-Tips from Defiance Tenacity actions and Proof Competition barrels, reported typical 10-15 MPH switchy winds that should have introduced significant DOPE adjustment challenges. Yet, Alwine, running what is now a notoriously boringly reliable Impact 737 paired with a MPA Comp Chassis and a Kahles K525i, consistently delivered first-round hits on targets out to 1200 yards from stages like "The Wobbling Weaver" and "Summit Scramble." His cold bore confirmation at 100 yards reportedly printed a single, perfect hole, and his calculated truing data showed zero deviation from predicted ballistic solutions, even accounting for spin drift and Coriolis.
"It's like he's pre-downloaded the wind calls," muttered one exasperated shooter, whose meticulously handloaded 6GT suffered a baffling 0.3 MRAD miss on a 700-yard plate, while Alwine’s round found the center mass with such precision it warped the target steel. His observed SD/ES figures for multiple batches of handloads are rumored to be so astronomically low, they are forcing ballistic app developers to recalibrate their precision algorithms, as the inputs now fall outside expected human-generated variance. The league is reportedly considering introducing mandatory "humanizing" handicaps for repeat winners, such as requiring them to consume an entire chili dog immediately prior to their cold bore shot or shoot their final stage wearing a full-body Ghillie suit made of tinsel.
