07/03/2026
Competitive shooting lost the equivalent of MJ or Babe Ruth yesterday evening. There have been others who dominated in certain disciplines such as Whidden in Long Range and Bernoski and Green in course. But David was a force in all of that and in other diaciplines besides NRA highpower for a long time. He was a nice guy that would always talk to you of you have questions. As a new shooter having read his book he had that aura that when he showed up you knew you were around greatness. Was he perfect no, and there are the stories that we all know. But he was extremely competitive and did what he had to win which in glorified in other sports. He is the undisputed GOAT of the sport because of his versatility and total championships. Carl with his raw, unmatched mechanical perfection was the Wilt Chamberlain that Tubb could never beat and had 10 championships, but David had more, and had is Long Range championships. John Whidden is the ultimate specialist the Steph Curry as you might say dominating Long Range and shifting the paradigm of the sport, but yet he doesn't have the across the course. Brandon Green is the modern ear mega-shooter much like Lebron going on the road and dominating over seas, and winning national titles, but in the small sub 50 shooter era. It is a different era than when Tubb won. Is there some questions to his titles yes. The big WHAT IF, had Bernoski not quit for awhile or been able to finish, would David have won so many in course? We will never know. If this would have been able to happen it would have lead to a Magic/Bird situation which looking back would have been an awesome. But as in other sports father time and physical ailments prevented this from happening. Also with rule changes allowing optics and starting in position it is a completely different game, than the days of iron sights and starting from standing. It lends to the great discussions as you have in other sports. But he did help the sport incredibly and inspired people to shoot.
God speed David.