2011 THUNDER BEAST TEAM CHALLENGE

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2011 THUNDER BEAST TEAM CHALLENGE

Competition Dynamics and Thunder Beast Arms Corporation present The
2011 THUNDER BEAST TEAM CHALLENGE
Nov 4-6, 2011 at the Blue Steel Ranch in Logan, NM
This match is an extreme test of practical field rifle shooting and its supporting activities. Two-man teams will be required to navigate rugged desert 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. This will be a physically-demanding match!

The THUNDER BEAST TEAM CHALLENGE is a non-standard contest that examines practical rifle skills, including target recognition, range estimation, wind doping, trail skills, and marksmanship. The competition is designed to test a 2-man team's skills shooting rifle and carbine to their effective ranges at practical targets in the natural terrain using what gear they can carry.

Match duration: 3 days
Goal of 8 stages total
3 long (hour+) field stages involving significant movement while engaging carbine and rifle targets
Additional assault-style stages with carbine targets, movement of 100-400 yards
Two night stages for carbine, rifle
Rugged desert terrain with natural hazards
Locate, range, and engage targets under strict time constraints
Significant movement while on the clock
Local altitude of 4000'
Carry gear all used during the courses of fire
Carbine targets: contact distance to 400 yards
Rifle targets: generally 150-800 yards
Unknown, various, and non-standard target sizes
Almost all targetry will be reactive armor steel plate
Approx round count: Long-range rifle: 150, carbine 300 (combined)
Cost: $585 per team.
The match is being run by COMPETITION DYNAMICS, whose staff has a proven track record of running leading-edge, safe, and fair practical/field matches for over ten years. Zak Smith is the match director, and Jimmy Holdsworth is the Assistant Match Director. The Thunder Beast Training Group instructor cadre is providing assistance with match labor and range-officer duties.
REGISTRATION and MORE INFO

FULL MATCH DETAILS, RULES, SCHEDULE, LOCATION, INTEL, AND REGISTRATION ARE
AVAILABLE ON THE COMPETITION DYNAMICS - 2011 THUNDER BEAST TEAM CHALLENGE WEB SITE, HERE
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The THUNDER BEAST TEAM CHALLENGE will be held at the Blue Steel Ranch [BSR], also known as the site of the Steel Safari match. The BSR is located very near to Logan, NM. It is a private ranch turned shooting range, with some of the best geography for field shooting available anywhere.


TEAM MEMBER 1 - LONG-RANGE RIFLE SHOOTER

Team member 1 uses a Long-Range Rifle on the long field stages and the night stages, and a "Tactical Division" carbine on the gully assault stages.
TEAM MEMBER 2 - CARBINE SHOOTER

Team member 2 uses a "Tactical Division" carbine on all stages.

[Zak Smith]

Hey,

I just posted some new stage information here
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