Al Barnhart

SHOOTER

Al spent 4 years in the Navy in the late-70s as an Aircraft Engine Mechanic and worked on F14 Tomcats at Pacific Missile Test Center in Oxnard, California. This is where he became interested in shooting. Al spent his early shooting career in handgun silhouette winning a Michigan championship in 1985 in standing class.  He started shooting F-class in 2006. Al is an F-class midrange and long range High Master.  

He began shooting team events with the Michigan F-TR team in 2013.  With the Michigan team, he has won numerous Gold, Silver and Bronze medals including, a Bronze medal at the 2013 F Class World Championships in the Rutland Cup.  Al’s highest individual award was the overall F-TR win at the 2015 Sinclair East Coast Full Bore Nationals. He achieved his highest shooting accomplishment by being named to the US F-TR team.

Al likes all sports but is an avid fan of MOTO GP and Football. 

He is a 30-year veteran of the printing industry, and now works his dream job as a Lab Technician at Applied Ballistics LLC.