Colorado Multi-Gun LLC
presents the
2008 Steel Safari
June 6-8, 2008
Blue Steel Ranch, Logan, NM
http://www.coloradomultigun.com/steelsafari/




Colorado Multigun's Steel Safari is designed to test a competitor's skills shooting rifle in practical "hunting-type" challenges in the natural terrain using what gear he can carry.

Shooters should expect:

* two day-long field stages each involving movement through approximately 3 miles of rugged desert terrain; each field stage will have approximately 10 shooting stations; each shooting station will have 6 target opportunities

* to locate, range, and engage targets at each station under a time limit

* to carry gear used during the courses of fire

* to engage rifle targets from 200 to 700 yards (few engagements outside this range may be required)

* Standard targets sizes are 6"x12" or 12"x12", but some vary.

* fantastic geographic features for a hike-and-shoot match

* an optional long-range side match with an emphasis on KYL ("know your limitations") and speed, for prizes

* both an "unlimited" and a "light rifle" division.

The Steel Safari has been going on at the Blue Steel Ranch for quite a few years now, but with almost no publicity. This year Colorado Multi-Gun LLC is taking over the match.


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PHOTO ALBUMS FROM FACILITY (LINKS):


FULL DETAILS, RULES, AND APPLICATION AT http://www.coloradomultigun.com/steelsafari/

Registration will be limited to 30 shooters. Prior-year shooters will get preference in the registration queue until January 15th, after which it will be first-come first-served.

I am the match director. If you have questions, please contact me via email or cell phone. While I try to keep up to date on all relevant forum posts, I seem to often miss the notification emails. Thus, email or call my cell if you really need an answer.

Good deal Zak been waiting for you nto post this info Thank You!!

Might need to make a trip to NM if it doesn't fill up.

Late-breaking news: it might also be filmed for a TV show.

Hopefully we will get one or more members of Team Blaster to this event. This match and the SCPRC is same weekend so we may get 2 at 1 or so we havent did planning yet!!

My shit's in. Looking forward to it.

I'm trying to open the registration PDF, however it's not working. However, the announcement link is working properly.

lumberjack1986:
PM sent.

PM replied.

Hope you got it figured out. The link works fine.

Link worked for me.
Form & pmt in mail tomorrow.

Zak, form and payment sent in , Jim

Match is already half full. If you want to shoot this get your app in ASAP.

We already have three sponsors on-board and about $2500 in prizes lined up-- and we've only been working on sponsors for 3 days.

-z

Just an FYI , it looks like the match will be sold out before the end of the month . If you want to get in send your entry in ASAP .

application on the way to ya....

As of this morning, the match is full. Confirmation and wait-list emails will start to go out on the 16th per the quoted text.

-z

Wow. That was quick.

Good Lord... crap.. well... mine will be there tomorrow anyway...

CRAP!! sonofabitch

Update:

Applicants have already or will soon be receiving an email regarding if they made it "in" or if they are on the wait list.

With regard to:

This actually turned out to be moot. No applicant was "bumped" because of a late-applying alumni. In other words, if we had simply taken the applications in the order received, the result would have been exactly the same. All applicants who are currently on the wait-list are there simply because they waited too long to send in their app.

Based on history, we expect a couple people to drop out between now and the match date. People on the wait list will be notified of the opportunity to shoot in the order their applications were received.

Thank you.

Also the Light Rifle category has been discontinued due to lack of applicants.

Zak call me please asap.....i got 3 that want in...all alumni

Scott Boiko 214-850-6882

The way to do this is to have them send in their apps ASAP. Just like before, we confirm spots in the order we receive completed applications with payment.

This is the most fair to everyone and gives us the best chance of filling all available competitor slots for the match.

I might have an extra bed in my room for the weekend. Thurs-Sun. Haven't heard back from supposed roomate yet. Decent motel, it's where everyone stays and is close to the match. ~25 bucks a night. PM me if you're interested.


edit -extra bed has been reserved

UPDATE FOR SHOOTERS:

We're down here just finishing up the last of the match setup. Be aware that it very hot, with temperatures above 95 degrees. Make sure to bring water.

-z

The 2008 Steel Safari is in the books: 27 competitors, three days, 138 scored engagements on steel, 6.5 miles through the desert split by 20 field shooting stations, 95-100 degrees F, winds 10-35 mph.

Some match staff and competitors are still traveling home today. We took 1500+ photos and a bunch of video.

I'll post the results soon, followed by photo, a match report, and some video later on.

Thanks everyone for making this a great match.

-z

got to shoot and compare the Thunderbeast model 30p......very impressive

www.thunderbeastarms.com

I'm still tired, sore, slightly dehydrated and moderately cranky.

Great match.

Sounds like you guys had some fun wish we could have made it!!

And thats different how?

....well fuck......this year...its seems after noon somebody turned on the blast furnace......all i can say is .....THANK YOU!!!..... UKDslayer for the sun block and sun shirts....the brothers Reader, Boltripper and toddacguy and Ed would have wilted ,,,,badly....and its soooooo far away to the clinic

you have a point there

Yes, but at least it was a dry heat. My carcass would have dried out quickly given the humidty. Great match, now if I can just start practicing now for next year!

And we will have the Boltripper montage later!

Great match! Congrats to Zak and crew, and the Wheelers, for making it fun. Good eats too.
Next year I'll stay in a hotel and get some sleep (and air conditioning).

FULL RESULTS
http://www.coloradomultigun.com/steelsafari/ss08results.txt

Partial results quoted below:

Ray Sanchez (RayDog) got "HIGH 308".

Thank you Zack for a well run match, thanks also to the Dave and Lorraine,,,,and the Ladies that over the years have directed the scoreing and scheduleing of departure and collating of scores...

It was a pleasure to shoot next to a supressed " HIGH .308" shooter like Ray Sanchez...he was on,,,,,,looks like only one snake lost his rattler

What? No high .308 for the LR side match? Kidding, it was a great match and I learned alot. I came away from it a better shooter and met alot of cool people. Thanks for letting me in.

+1

I'd like to thank all of our sponsors for helping to make the match possible and providing some great stuff for our shooters:

http://www.coloradomultigun.com/steelsafari/

Magpul Industries
Thunder Beast Arms Corporation
Legacy Sports & John Dustin
U.S. Optics
Surefire
CS Gunworks - Mike Cecil
Kifaru
Sierra Bullets
Lapua
Dillon Precision
Clark Custom Guns
Stag Arms
IOR Valdada
Big American Man - Ray Sanchez


We had reps from Surefire, Thunder Beast Arms, CS Gunworks, Big American Man, and Legacy Sports/J.Dustin Rifles compete in the match. Thanks for coming out, guys!

http://www.coloradomultigun.com/steelsafari/

I'll have some photos posted shortly, and video as soon as we can get it edited together.

Here's a batch of photos to whet your appetites. I followed a set of shooters around on both Saturday and Sunday to get coverage of every stage in the match, which means I couldn't get every shooter on the field courses.

Starting with the Long-Range Side Match on Friday:

Field courses on North Course:

And South Courses: