2026 CD MATCH SCHEDULE

Online registration for 2026 CD events will open on Monday Dec 29th at 0600 MTN.

http://competition-dynamics.com/

2026 EVENT DATES

We are back to all “Traditional Dates” for CD events for 2026!

STEEL SAFARI June 4-7, 2026 at Logan, NM
BURRIS OPTICS TEAM CHALLENGE June 25-28, 2026 at Douglas, WY
SNIPER ADVENTURE CHALLENGE Sept 3-6, 2026 at Douglas, WY
TEAM SAFARI Oct 15-18, 2026 at Logan, NM

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. For 2025 we are rescinding the rule that prohibited night-vision devices in the SAC. We will post more about this on the SAC page shortly.

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

NOTE ON PRIZE TABLES
The demand for prizes from companies and the prize table culture has gotten kind of out of control. As such, we are de-emphasizing the prize table aspect, though we still have some good stuff to give away. Please come if you want to shoot a challenging field match, comradery with some of the best people in the shooting community, bragging rights, and a great time. CD’s intent has always been to put on matches that “we’d like to shoot” and keep them as pure of spirit as possible. If you are in the industry, or have friends who work at gun companies, maybe see if you can bring some prizes. Like always, if anyone would like to volunteer time to help out with the prize stuff, please shoot me an email.

Thanks and we’ll see you in the field in 2026!