2024 CD MATCH ANNOUNCEMENTS

Online registration for 2024 CD events is open NOW.

http://competition-dynamics.com/

The big change for 2024 is that we shuffled around the Team Safari schedule so it’s now in September, and we moved the SAC a couple of weeks earlier than last year. Also, in order to keep shooting at Blue Steel Ranch, it is imperative that we get high attendance numbers at the Steel Safari and the Team Safari.

2024 EVENT DATES

STEEL SAFARI June 7-9, Logan, NM
BURRIS OPTICS TEAM CHALLENGE June 20-23, Douglas, WY
TEAM SAFARI Sept 5-8, Logan, NM
SNIPER ADVENTURE CHALLENGE Oct 10-13, Benson, AZ

STEEL SAFARI: The Original Hike And Shoot Match. The Steel Safari is the archetypal “hike-and-shoot” long-range rifle match. It tests a wide spectrum of skills involved in getting to a shooting location, identifying targets, and engaging long-range rifle targets with only one shot each. Some of these skills include target recognition, ranging, wind doping, ballistic data management, marksmanship under field conditions, non-standard shooting positions, rudimentary trail skills.

BURRIS OPTICS TEAM CHALLENGE: A hard team match! This match is an extreme test of practical field shooting of rifles, carbines, and pistols, and supporting activities. Two-man teams will be required to navigate rugged desert / mountainous terrain, recognize, locate, range, and engage challenging rifle targets from compromised shooting positions, communicate with their partner and the range officer (RO), and do it under time constraints.

TEAM SAFARI: This is a team “hike-and-shoot” rifle match for long-range rifle, semi-auto “carbine,” and pistols. It will test a 2-man team’s ability to locate, range, and engage practical targetry spread in the terrain using both weapons systems. Some of the skills involved include target recognition, ranging, wind doping, ballistic data management, marksmanship under field conditions, non-standard shooting positions, rudimentary trail skills. You can think of the Team Safari as a Team version of the Steel Safari. This match is much easier physically than the TBTC and is more on-par with the Steel Safari.

SNIPER ADVENTURE CHALLENGE: The Premier Tactical Adventure Race. You and your partner will undergo tests involving: land navigation; practical shooting with long-range rifle, carbine, and pistols; fieldcraft; problem solving; and other related tasks. Two-man teams will be required to navigate 30-60+ miles on foot to complete the course. Along the way, there will be a series of tasks to accomplish to gain additional points. These tasks may include: shooting problems with long-range rifle, carbine, and pistols; problem-solving; physical challenges; fieldcraft; communication; target recognition; memory; and other tasks. We are now in our second year at our new Arizona venue — last year it was very challenging and this year we are also moving to the 48-hour format we used in ’21 and ’22.

Please go to the CD web site for match info and registration http://competition-dynamics.com/

We are also looking for RANGE OFFICER volunteers for all of these matches. Please see our Here’s an overview of our Range Officer (RO) Program and then contact zak@competition-dynamics.com if you’d like to volunteer