Category Archives: National Records

Criterion barrels don’t just win matches. They set national records too! A number of Criterion customers have set or tied national records with our vintage military and pre-fit barrels. Feel free to review their stories below.

Bayside High School NJROTC Team Sets F-Class National Record with Criterion Pre-Fit Barrel

Team Loader Monkey wasn’t the only squad setting national records with Criterion pre-fits at the 2017-18 Port Malibar Rifle & Pistol Club Snowbird Mid-Range Regional. The Bayside High School NJROTC Team set a national record of their own with a 2262-39X Expert Record Score (National Mid-Range Team Course – Any Sights, Four Man Team). Junior shooters […]

James Root & Team Loader Monkey Set New High-Power National Record with Criterion Barrel

Setting an individual national record takes some serious dedication, skill, and practice. Assembling an entire team skilled enough to set a national record requires even more coordination, teamwork, and discipline. Criterion shooter James Root and the rest of Team Loader Monkey (Chris Whitney, Jack Abrams, and Nathan Abrams) fired an aggregate score of 2313-102X in […]

Bob Petillo Sets Police F-Class National Record With Criterion Barrels Bighorn Pre-Fit Build

Less than one year after participating in his first F-Class match, Bob Petillo set an F-Class National Record in the Police category with his Criterion pre-fit rifle build. Currently using a 28” Bull contour barrel chambered in 6.5×284 Norma, Bob is currently using a handload recipe featuring Berger 140gr. Hybrid Match bullets seated to a […]

Mark Stout Sr. Joins Son as National Record Holder Using Criterion M1 Carbine Barrel

We’ve all heard the phrase “Like father, like son”. This commentary certainly rings true when it comes to national M1 Carbine records. In 2015 Mark Stout II set a junior national record for the M1 Carbine at the Camp Perry National Matches using a Fulton Armory-built carbine featuring a chrome lined Criterion barrel. Victor Betzold […]

Charlie King Ties F/TR National Record With Criterion Barrel

In April of 2016 Charlie King tied the Senior record score of 200-15x in 300 yard F/TR competition at Catawba Valley Rifle and Pistol Club, the same venue of David Mark Honeycutt’s record-setting F-Class performance two years prior. Charlie was introduced to rifle competition after retiring five years ago. In 2014 he participated in his […]

Criterion Barrels Shooters Announce Two Additional National Record Setting Performances

After our announcement in March that a free barrel would be awarded to any competitor that sets a national record with a Criterion barrel, shooters Mark Stout II and Rob Spurrier stepped forward to share details regarding their recent national record setting performances. Last year Victor Betzold set a national record in the M1 Carbine […]

Criterion Barrels Inc. Publicly Announces Free Barrel Offer For National Record Holders

Criterion Barrels Inc. (CBI) has long maintained an internal policy of supporting top shooters throughout the firearms industry by offering a free barrel to any shooter who sets or ties a national record with a Criterion product. Over the last few years a number of F-Class and vintage military competitors have benefitted from this program, […]

Victor Betzold Dominates National Matches with Record Setting Criterion Barrel

Each year Criterion Barrels donates more than a dozen barrel certificates to help support national and regional rifle matches held by the Civilian Marksmanship Program. This year one shooter proved so overwhelmingly dominant in National Match competition that he was awarded not one, but four barrel certificates for his performance in various CMP Games events. […]

F/TR National Champion Sets National Records with Criterion Barrel

Samantha Huhtala has proven herself a world class competitor using a 28 inch Criterion barrel chambered in .308 Winchester. Scoring an impressive 1228-28x with 215 gr. Berger bullets, Samantha recently became the 2013 High Junior F Class T/R National Champion. On top of her brilliant performance at Nationals, Samantha has four pending national records which […]

Not Just Beginners Luck: Lockhart Now Has Three Pending National Records

In early fall 2011, during her first ever F-Open Class match, Michele Lockhart shot a winning score of 450-22x with her Criterion pre-fit. Since then, she has set a total of three national records—all in her third match ever at the 2011 Tennessee Mid-Range State Championship. On the first day of the competition, Michele shot […]