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Shooter Profile
Montie Sims
By Tony Monzingo
Page 16 of the November 2009 issue
Home: Temple, Texas
Age: 61
Years shooting sporting: 13
Most notable shooting accomplishment: Tied for high score in 5-Stand event at 1999 National Championship; three-time NSCA All-American and captain of 2009 Veteran team
Shotgun: Winchester Super-X 1
Ammo: 1 oz. at 1,235-1,250 fps
Hobby: Doing his own stock work with fine maple wood
Favorite clubs: Lone Star in Glenrose, TX, and Rock Creek in Grandview, TX
Favorite annual events: Browning/Briley Mardi Gras and World Sporting Clays Championship
You are retired, 58 years old, piloting an ultra-light airplane, and suddenly fall from the sky, crashing into the ground with such force that you suffer potentially life-threatening injuries, including compound fractures of the leg, a broken arm, broken ribs, and pelvic injuries that require a full month in the hospital and then three months in a wheelchair. What do you do now? If you are Montie Sims, who had been shooting sporting clays for nine years, had reached Master class, and made the NSCA Veteran All-American team the previous year, you start shooting clay targets from your wheelchair. Texas is famous for producing more than its share of larger-than-life characters, but Montie sticks out even in this idiosyncratic state. A railroad locomotive engineer for 32 years, he discovered sporting in 1996 when he was invited to participate in a corporate event. Not long after his introduction, he participated in his first registered event in Sweetwater, Texas. The sport was still in the toddler stage in 1996, with few proven instructors available, so Montie’s shooting style and technique was largely self-taught. He recalls that he asked many questions of shooters who appeared to be better than he was and says that most were eager to share information about the new game and what worked for them. Montie quickly moved up through the ranks to Master class. In 1999, he tied for HOA in the 5-Stand competition at the National Championship in San Antonio with the likes of Bobby Fowler, Scott Robertson, and Anthony Matarese Jr. Montie said the resulting shoot-off was a career high point, especially when he was able to hang in there with the big dogs and finish as runner-up.
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