T-Class Support & Backup Weapon 2025
National Champion
Team Vice National Champion
Sightmark Competition Team
Stoiadin “Tony” Vladimirov
🇧🇬
Bulgaria
Competition Shooter
IPSC Optics | IPSC Rifle Open | T-Class SBW | Tactical
“The most significant achievement is always the next one.”
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About
Built Through Discipline
He first saw IPSC at 16 at an exhibition. He was hooked instantly — but patient enough to wait until the time was right.
Tony Vladimirov didn't rush into the sport. He completed his education, built stability, and stepped onto the competition stage in 2018 fully prepared.
What followed was a steady, disciplined climb, from local podiums to Top 10 in Bulgaria IPSC, National Champion and Team Vice National Champion of T-Class SBW, team gold at the Atomic Champions Cup, and a growing presence on the international stage.
His approach is simple: do the right things, perform well, and let the scoreboard follow.
Tony Vladimirov · Track Record
Competition Highlights
A steady climb from local competition to national titles, team victories and multi-discipline performance.
IPSC Atomic Champions Cup — Serbia
1st Place Team
Production Optics
Top 10 — IPSC Optics Bulgaria
Top 10 National Ranking
IPSC Optics
CZ — Sellier & Bellot Cup Handgun
3rd Place
Optics Division
First Podium — Local Match Bulgaria
3rd Place
First Competition Podium
IPSC Rifle Open Division
Active Competitor
Rifle Open Division
Story
From Curiosity To Competition
The Beginning
Tony first encountered IPSC at the age of 16 during an exhibition. The concept of competitive shooting captured him immediately. But the sport is expensive, and Tony was practical — he finished his education, secured a stable position, and spent the time in between visiting local ranges and renting guns to keep building his feel for shooting. When the moment was right, he entered competition properly. That was 2018. He has not slowed down since.
The Early Years
Tony started in T-Class Support and Backup Weapon categories and IPSC Rifle before expanding into Pistol competitions in the Production Optics division in 2021. His first equipment was deliberately modest — a CZ P-10C OR, a budget striker-fired duty pistol. With it, he consistently outperformed competitors running far more expensive setups. The lesson was clear early: training matters more than gear.
Finding His Game
The biggest shift in Tony's performance came when he learned to relax and shoot on the move. Early on, like most competitors, he chased faster splits. The real breakthrough was understanding that shooting sooner — not faster — combined with efficient movement, is what produces results. His mentor Alex “Kouzi” Koussev was instrumental in that development, alongside influences from Ben Stoeger, Eric Grauffel, Christian Sailer and others in the international shooting community.
The Competitor
Tony is methodical, self-critical and analytical by nature — qualities he considers essential to improvement. He dry fires daily, trains live once a week, and increases his live-fire frequency in the weeks before major competitions. He arrives at international matches a day early, avoids alcohol for a week beforehand, and limits conversation before the first stage to stay in the zone. He prepares for success deliberately and consistently.
Beyond the Range
Tony is also a passionate hunter — one of the few areas of personal time that competes with shooting for his attention. He values the shooting community deeply, describing it as open, welcoming, and the source of some of his most lasting friendships. International competitions, he notes, are a wonderful opportunity to combine family time with time spent with friends from across the sport.
What It Takes
Humility. Respect. Analytical thinking. And the discipline to focus on basics long after most people have moved on to flashier things.
Track Record
Performance Is Built Before Match Day
Tony treats consistency as a system — daily technical work, regular live fire, physical preparation and equipment redundancy designed to remove unnecessary variables when competition starts.
2025
T-Class SBW
National Champion + Team Vice National
Champion · two-day day/night format
Top 10
IPSC Optics Bulgaria
National ranking achievement
15–30 min
Daily Dry Fire
Technical practice every day
150–250
Rounds Per Week
Regular live-fire training
2–3×
Fitness Per Week
30–45 minute training sessions
10,000
Round Standard
Red dot replacement interval
with a pre-zeroed backup ready
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What It Takes
Humility
Respect
Analysis
Discipline
Fundamentals
“Basics, basics, basics. Safety is always first. Train the fundamentals, get proficient with them — and then train them more.”
Optics
Competition-Proven Sightmark
Tony's choice of optics is rooted in a philosophy that runs through everything he does: reliability at a price that makes sense. In competitive shooting, electronic sights will eventually fail — the question is whether you can afford to have a pre-zeroed backup ready when they do. With Sightmark, Tony can.
“With Sightmark, I get the reliability I need to perform at a price that allows me to buy multiple units without breaking the bank.”
IPSC Optics
Sightmark Mini Shot M-Spec M1 V2
PHX Phoenix Drake 9×19 · Tony's current IPSC Optics competition setup.
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T-Class SBW
Sightmark Mini Shot M-Spec Solar Enclosed M4
PHX Phoenix Predator 9×19 · enclosed solar optic for Tony's T-Class SBW setup.
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T-Class SBW · Rifle
Sightmark Strikon VMP 1-4×22
Sabatti SAR 14.5 AR-15 · paired with the Mini Shot M-Spec Solar Enclosed M4 on a 45-degree mount.
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