Chills1994 Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 I found this on another forum: http://competition-dynamics.com/24-hour-sniper-adventure-challenge-2012/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 "Approximate maximum target distances: rifle 1200 yards; carbine 500; pistol 100" and it's two days long, don't forget your tactical climbing gear, and night vision equipment is not allowed! That is some cool stuff, specially the 100 yard pistol shots. Last time I shot a pistol at that range was with a TC Contender at an IHMSA match. It seems that just completing that match would be an accomplishment in itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punkin Chunker Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 •Tests may include basic lock picking, pad locks, combo locks and hand cuffs. Also knots. What, no waterboarding? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chills1994 Posted December 21, 2011 Author Share Posted December 21, 2011 Ssshhhh! You weren't supposed to tell! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
want2race Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Sounds like Ranger School tasks thrown into SFAS. Pretty cool. I've shot standard poppers at 100 with both Glocks and 1911. It's suprisingly easy...when you're well rested, not in a hurry, not shooting for score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbrowndog Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 a round thru a lock circumvents just fine!!!!! if actual lock picking is required you have effectively eliminated 90% of your competitors. trapr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chills1994 Posted December 22, 2011 Author Share Posted December 22, 2011 if you were to poke around youtube, you will find all sorts of videos on how to pick locks. at least they make it look surprisingly easy. I'm with you there though...what does lock picking have to do with "sniper like related fieldcraft"? or a shooting contest? my guess is that you make it to a way point, and have to open a box that has written instructions of what target or targets you have to engage from that location and/or it is the directions to the next way point. I'm thinking traveling through some states with what could be construed as lock picking tools when you are not an actual licensed locksmith is frowned upon, even moreso when you're carrying some sort of arsenal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chills1994 Posted December 22, 2011 Author Share Posted December 22, 2011 maybe the winner of this contest gets an all expenses paid year long trip to Kandahar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
want2race Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 (edited) I carry a basic lock pick set every day. It's just one of those things that's in my bag. I've rekeyed military 200 series locks. Yes, the guy at the gun show made it look easier than it is but with practice it's not that hard for basic locks. I still can't get hockey pucks open though. I've made my own picks out of hacksaw blades but they are a little thick for doors, I use them for larger padlocks. Edited December 22, 2011 by want2race Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-JQ- Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 not shown in the movies...but if you hit a lock with lube first it picks a whole lot easier. At least there is something in a sniper match that I can help with now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinistralRifleman Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Crap I never put enough experience points into lock picking. Any rogue or theif class characters interested in joining my quest party for this send me a PM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stlhead Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 I emailed Zak to get more info on the lock picking thing and it sounds like you can pick up a couple of extra points for completing the side tasks like picking locks and such, but that the land nav and shooting would determine the winners of this match. I would put my points toward orienteering and moving fast over land at night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan 45 Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Anyone have a real quiet helicopter I can borrow???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Anderson Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Anyone have a real quiet helicopter I can borrow???? Only way I'd shoot this is if the FN Team loaned me the Raptor. 3 miles maybe, 30 I'll pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chills1994 Posted December 23, 2011 Author Share Posted December 23, 2011 I did SERE in the mountains of Colorado. We did land nav at night. What we were not taught, however, was how to compensate for hilly terrain in terms of your pace count. On the map, it might look like just 6 kilometers, straight from point A to point B, but with all the climbing up and down hill it was more like 9 km's. There was one night we were so...SO! past our pace count we thought our compass man had been reading the wrong heading. Then we heard another group of evaders coming through the brush. "hey, you guys way past your pace count like we are?" "YEAH!" We stayed on our original heading and finally found the next partisan camp. It was unsettling to think that we had over shot the partisan camp and that we should turn back around instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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