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eam USA won the 2026 IPRF Centerfire World Championship, and Americans won all seven individual divisions. But the title isn't the whole story. Tyler Hughes, Chief Instructor at Max Ordinate and a former Marine Scout Sniper, breaks down the results from the world's top precision rifle match and what they mean for your own shooting.
THE MATCH
The 2026 IPRF Centerfire World Championship was shot September 24 to 27, 2026 at Gravestone Precision Shooting in Lipan, Texas. 278 shooters, 20 stages of 10 rounds each (200 possible impacts), a 105-second par time, and targets out to about 925 yards. Each division shot two days with a rest day in between.
NATIONS TITLE (best four Open scores per country)
1. United States: 743 of 800 impacts (92.875%)
2. Australia: 718 (89.75%)
3. United Kingdom: 708 (88.5%)
4. Norway: 698 (87.25%)
5. South Africa: 688 (86%)
That's three straight centerfire Worlds nations titles for Team USA: 2022, 2024 and 2026.
DIVISION WINNERS AND PODIUMS (scores out of 200)
Open: 1. Austin Buschman (USA) 191, 2. Joe Pask (UK) 189, 3. Luke McKennie (Australia) 185
Limited: 1. Chad Heckler (USA) 171, 2. JC Robertson (South Africa) 169, 3. Kyle McCormack (USA) 165
Factory: 1. Keith Rudasill (USA) 192, 2. Matthew Caruso (USA) 183, 3. Daniel Bertocchini (USA) 175
Ladies: 1. Kate Estes (USA) 175, 2. Solveig Engvoll (Norway) 166, 3. Lauryl Akenhead (USA) 163
Junior: 1. Dylan Bailey (USA) 182, 2. Luke Anderson (Canada) 180, 3. Reagan Stahmer (USA) 178
Senior: 1. Lee Pettross (USA) 179, 2. Dale Rhoads (USA) 174, 3. Jason Aulwes (USA) 164
Mil/LEO: 1. Kahl Harmon (USA) 191, 2. Sam Trevino (USA) 184, 3. Logan McGinnis (USA) 179
THE TITLE ISN'T THE WHOLE STORY
- The top score of the entire match didn't come from Open. Keith Rudasill shot 192 in Factory.
- Kahl Harmon won Mil/LEO with 191, the same score as Open champion Austin Buschman. Harmon was tied with Hunter Zwiers at 93 at halftime, then shot 98 of 100 in the second half.
- Two of the top three scores in the combined standings came from shooters outside Open.
- Buschman cleaned 14 of 20 stages, the most in the field. PrecisionRifleBlog credits him with the 2022 and 2024 Worlds titles as well.
- Luke McKennie (Australia) and Jeff Guerry (USA) both shot 185. McKennie took Open bronze on the tie-breaker stages.
- At halftime, Joe Pask (UK) was tied for the Open lead with Buschman and Morgun King. PrecisionRifleBlog's prediction model had ranked Pask 14th in Open before the match. He finished second.
- Americans took 16 of the 21 individual medals. The other five went to the UK, Australia, South Africa, Norway and Canada.
SOURCES
Official results: ImpactScoring, match 8871 (impactscoring.net/match/results?id=8871)
PrecisionRifleBlog halftime analysis and predictions (precisionrifleblog.com)
USPRA, 2026 World Championship match details (usprecisionrifle.org)
TRAIN WITH MAX ORDINATE
Max Ordinate trains civilian, law enforcement and military precision riflemen at our facility in Lucerne Valley, California. Remaining 2026 courses: Precision Rifle 1, Precision Rifle 2, LE Basic Sniper and LE Advanced Sniper.
The 2027 training schedule releases Sunday, October 4. Find it at maxordinate.com.
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