{"id":13880,"date":"2012-03-29T02:11:56","date_gmt":"2012-03-29T07:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/?p=13880"},"modified":"2012-03-29T02:11:56","modified_gmt":"2012-03-29T07:11:56","slug":"taran-butler-team-benelli-win-big-at-superstition-mountain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/taran-butler-team-benelli-win-big-at-superstition-mountain\/13880\/","title":{"rendered":"Taran Butler &#038; Team Benelli Win Big at Superstition Mountain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13881\" title=\"2059687\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/2059687.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"166\" \/>ACCOKEEK, MD (March 29, 2012) -Team Benelli 3-Gun Team member, Taran Butler enjoyed an impressive win this weekend at the nation&#8217;s annual Superstition Mountain Mystery 3-Gun-his 11th in a row at this competition. Competing with a field of nearly 200 top 3-gun shooters, Butler, Grand Master shooter, 6-time Fort Benning Tactical and Open Champion and five-time USPSA Multi-Gun National Tactical Champion, led the pack taking first place in the Tactical Scope (T\/S) division.<\/p>\n<p>Also winning the T\/S Division was Katie Harris, who took top honors as Lady Champion and placed 2nd in Junior&#8217;s. Other Team Benelli top finishers in the T\/S Division were Chris Sechiatano (14th) and Ben Fortin (15th). Kurt Miller took 6th place in the Tactical Limited Division (T\/L) and Tony Holmes placed 4th in the Open Division.<\/p>\n<p>Hosting more than 350 shooters, the 2012 Superstition Mountain Mystery 3-Gun match was held last weekend at the Rio Salado Sportsman Club in Mesa, Arizona. Considered the longest running and most popular 3 Gun match in the world, Superstition Mountain marked the beginning of the season for the 3-Gun Nation (3GN) Tour.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I had a great weekend, winning my 11th title in a row at Superstition Mystery Mountain 3 Gun Championship,&#8221; said Butler. &#8220;Without Benelli&#8217;s support I wouldn&#8217;t have been able to achieve what I&#8217;ve done.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Benelli is a world leader in manufacturing quality semiautomatic shotguns and rifles that are known for their ultra-reliability and high-performance standards.<\/p>\n<p>For the latest news and product information visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.benelliusa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.benelliusa.com<\/a> .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ACCOKEEK, MD (March 29, 2012) -Team Benelli 3-Gun Team member, Taran Butler enjoyed an impressive win this weekend at the nation&#8217;s annual Superstition Mountain Mystery 3-Gun-his 11th in a row at this competition. Competing with a field of nearly 200 top 3-gun shooters, Butler, Grand Master shooter, 6-time Fort Benning Tactical and Open Champion and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":13881,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[116],"tags":[2382,583],"class_list":["post-13880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bloggers","tag-superstition-mountain","tag-taran-butler"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13880\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}