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North High School Bakersfield Notable Alumni Ken Barnes

Ken Barnes won the first of his eight career individual World Championships by taking the .410 bore title in 1966. It was only the seventh perfect score of 100 x 100 shot up to that time with the .410. At the 1967 Western Open Championships, he broke the first perfect 400 x 400 score in history using four gauges at one shoot, and is still the only shooter to do so with pump action shotguns. Between 1966 and 1969, Ken captured eight individual nationwide high averages for the year, five of which were world records at the time. He was the first shooter to carry a 99% all- around average for the year, and again, the only to do so with pump guns. Ken was selected to the Sports Afield Magazines's All-American Team 12 times between 1966 and 1978, and selected team Captain twice. Between 1966 and 1969 he won 12 individual California State titles, including the All-Around four consecutive years. In 1974, Ken won his second world .410 title with his ninth perfect score with the Winchester Model 42 pump gun. . .seven more than anyone else in history. That gun is enshrined at the National Skeet Hall of Fame in San Antonio, Texas. After winning the 12 gauge title in 1975, Ken became one of only five shooters at the time who had won a world title in each gauge. Ken was inducted into the National Skeet Shooting Association Hall of Fame in 1979, and the Bob Elias Kern County Sports Hall of Fame in 1973. He is also a charter member of the California Skeet Hall of Fame. For the last 30 years, Ken's only competition has been at the event named for him annually at the Kern County Gun Club. Born and raised in Bakersfield, Ken was introduced to skeet shooting in 1962 by his friend Pete Lokey, owner of Westchester Bowl. His first registered target shot at was declared lost because he had left his safety on. Ken and his father built and operated the tire store on the Garces Circle in Bakersfield where he is remembered for putting up the "Big Indian" in the 1960's. During the mid 1970's, he managed the gun department at Vincent's Sporting Goods, and then entered the Real Estate profession until his retirement in 2012. Ken feels very fortunate to have the shooting career he had, and credits the support of his family and friends. He and his wife Loretta still live in Bakersfield and are blessed with five children and eight grandchildren.

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