The 2024 NRA World Shooting Championship, held in Glencoe, Alabama, once again attempted to crown the "best all-around shooter" by forcing highly specialized athletes into a dizzying array of disciplines. While Chad ‘The Calculator’ Remington, fresh off a dominant season on the PRS circuit, absolutely annihilated the long-range precision stages, his methodical approach proved catastrophic in less... nuanced events.
Remington, running his customary Defiance Ruckus action bedded into an MPA Comp Chassis, topped with a Tangent Theta 5-25x56 with the Gen 3XR reticle, delivered a masterclass on the 800-yard paper stage. His 6GT handloads, meticulously sorted for SD/ES under 3fps, printed groups tighter than most could hold on a 100-yard zero confirmation. Wind calls were flawless, truing data confirmed out to 1200, and his cold bore shot, taken after a customary 10-minute barrel seasoning and mental visualization, was dead center.
The wheels, however, began to spin off during the "Speed Steel" pistol stage. Witnesses reported Remington repeatedly checking his Kestrel 5700 Elite for density altitude, muttering about Coriolis effect, and attempting to dial a 1.2 MRAD elevation correction for a 15-yard plate rack. His 1911, usually reserved for dry-fire practice involving intricate trigger manipulation drills, was briefly seen being loaded with hand-sorted match-grade hollow points before an RO intervened.
The nadir came during the "Billet Box Bash," a dynamic shotgun stage requiring rapid engagement of multiple targets. Remington, apparently convinced a cold bore shot was still paramount, requested a 10-minute hold-up, explaining he needed to "settle the barrel harmonics" of his Benelli M2. He was subsequently disqualified. Event organizers later stated that while Remington's 0.2 MOA aggregate in the precision rifle segment was unprecedented, his overall score, adjusted for zero hits in the "Speed Steel" and "Billet Box Bash," placed him just above a spectator who accidentally discharged a water pistol.
