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The team ruck match is a , 2 man team match built to challenge and develop skill for all shooters. You may shoot this match as a competitor or come with the intent to learn new skills ( Skill Builder Division ). Map reading, foreign weapons, room clearing, combat casualty care and many more applicable skills will be utilized or learned. Find a teammate, get your rifles and packs ready. This will be a great time for any level of shooter . Shooters will cover 3.5 miles of ground across 3 or 4 separate hikes and compete in 6 different shooting stages ( approximately 30 rounds each ). All of thges are designed to build team working skills.

The concept of the combat rifle match is to create a match that is combat practical and to focus on the principals of not just speed, accuracy and precision, but also on the importance of cover as well. It doesn’t matter how fast or how accurate you are, if you don’t place yourself in an advantageous place on the battle field, you will lose. We hope to build a competition that doesn’t just build on fundamentals but doubles down as real-world training. Keep in mind, safety has to take priority over tactics in a match setting like this. An example of this would be running your rifle empty and not reloading until the next shooting position. In battle, you would always keep your rifle as close to capacity as possible.

The starting position of every stage will be 2 hands on the weapon, weapon slung, and all gear secured (stowed, snapped, buckled or strapped). The RO (range officer) will inform you of any alternative starting positions. The reason for this is so shooters will train deploying their equipment on the clock. Shooters should do their best to try to start each stage in the same condition. For example, a shooter should not fold their bipod legs down if they previously started with them up. The goal is to not skip steps in a "react to contact" scenario. We don't care about your starting condition, and we encourage you to exper