Tod Soeby has been shooting all his life, but the Walhalla, N.D., man really started making a bang in 2008, when he began competing in rifle matches sponsored by the International Benchrest Shooters.

This form of shooting was performed with a single shot rifle, and the practitioner strived for precise shot placement into the bullseye of a 25-ring target, from a distance of 200 yards. His first ...