The purpose of the “Shooter Spotlight” is to help shooters get to know their fellow competitors a little bit better. We cover a wide range of shooters from “Marksman to Master.” This is the 48th interview in the series.
The 2010 3P and Prone NRA National Champion, Shane Barnhart. Photo by Erik Hoskins.
The 2010 Camp Perry Prone Podium. Photo by Erik Hoskins.
Where do you call home?
Home right now is Phenix City Alabama. But I was born an raised in Ashley Ohio. GO BUCKS!
How long have you been shooting?
I have been shooting competetively for almost 22 years now.
How did you get involved in shooting competitively?
I got involved in shooting through my father. He used to shoot and then got me started when I was ten. There were no clubs around where I grew up so if not for him I would not have accomplished what I have in shooting.
What is a little known fact about yourself that your fellow competitors might not know?
I don’t think there is anything the shooting community doesn’t know about me. With the Ohio folks I grew up shooting with it’s pretty much impossible to keep things secret. What that really says is that Paul Gideon, Garald Wise, Rick Sarver, Kevin Nevius and Greg Drown are a lot like an old ladies sewing circle.
What do you consider your finest shooting achievement.
Well I have quite a few that I am proud of. Most recently would be doubling up at Camp Perry. Other than that being the youngest to ever make the Dewar Team, setting a world record with four other team mates in CISM, and also just being able to be in the USAMU for the past eleven years ranks right up there as well.
What is your favorite pre-match meal?
I don’t have a pre match meal, I usually don’t eat anything right before a match. I’m not much of a breakfast guy. But the night before a competition you can’t go wrong with a medium rare steak.
What is your favorite post match drink?
If I said anything other than an ice cold beer would you believe me?
Do you have a favorite shooting range?
Well I have to say there is a 300 meter range in Lienz Austria where you shoot into a mountain side that also has a waterfall right down beside the targets that is my favorite. Its really the most beautiful range in the world. I also like Perry, well not so much the range but the fact that when I come on to that range I know I am the person to beat there. The friends and fun make it a great place as well. It’s also nice because the atmosphere is so much more relaxed than the international stuff.
Do you have any short term and/or long term goals?
Well short term goals right now are to just keep improving, long term is the Olympic medal of course.
What shooting skill are currently focussing your energy on?
Right now I’m just trying to relax a little after a long and hectic season. A little vacation and then picking it back up and going full speed ahead come September.
Thanks Shane for sharing a little bit about yourself with the pronematch.com community!
