The 2014 Safari Rifle Challenge World Championships have now
concluded. The event was held in Libby, Montana at the Libby Rod and Gun Club.
Judging by all of the positive feedback from those that attended, the event was
a lot of fun and a great day was had by all! Diizche Safari Adventures was
proud to be a sponsor of this year’s fourth annual event. This year’s sponsors,
in the order they appeared on the reverse of the event T-Shirt, includes:
Diizche
Safari Adventures http://diizchesafariadventures.com/
Montana
Rifle Company http://montanarifleco.com
Skinner
Sights http://www.skinnersights.com/index.html
Champion
Targets http://www.championtarget.com/default.aspx
Mark
Sullivan, Professional
Hunter-Nitro Express Safaris http://www.nitroexpresssafaris.com/
Ruger
Firearms www.ruger.com
Leupold http://www.leupold.com/
Wayne
Jacobsen-American Hunting Rifles http://www.hunting-rifles.com
Tim
Herald-Magnum Hunting Club http://www.magnumhuntclub.com/
Charlton
McCallum Safaris http://www.cmsafaris.com/profe...ters-ph/teambody.htm
Bill Stewart-Red Dirt Elephant
Ivan
Carter, Professional Hunter http://ivancarter.com/
Norma
USA http://www.norma-usa.com/
Hunters
Headquarters http://www.huntersheadquarters.net/
Libby
Rod and Gun Club
The plaque shown above is the generic version that was created
and donated by us to be presented to the First Place-Overall shooter. I am
happy to announce that Andy Larsson from Skinner Sights was the recipient of
this First Place-Overall award. Andy was able to shoot straight while also
having a lot of fun. Congratulations to Andy! We will be providing Andy a new
brass plate for his award so he can display it proudly.
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| Andy Larsson with His First Place-Overall Trophy |
Jay Sheffield was the Match Director for the 2014 Safari
Rifle Challenge World Championships. Jay spent a great deal of time
coordinating all aspects of event planning, logistics, and donation outreach
in addition to the match component. Jay does this each year for the Safari
Rifle Challenge World Championships event. Jay provided a post shoot update
which I have copied below. I hope you enjoy the narrative, photos, and video
link:
Well, the fourth annual Safari Rifle Challenge World
Championships is in the history books and will hopefully be remembered as the
best one yet. We had nearly 60 registered shooters from all over the western
states (is Texas in the west?) and Canada. An army of volunteers working two
ranges, a registration/scorekeeper booth, a raffle booth that drew a name every
5 minutes throughout the day as well as a cook staff to keep us all fed at noon
made me very proud.
So, let it be known that Andy Larsson (owner of Skinner
Sights) is now the reigning champion of the Safari Rifle Challenge 2014! He
narrowly edged out Andy Eff who took second place. For those that missed the
shoot, you will be able to read about it in upcoming issues of Outdoor Life and
Rifle magazines as John Snow and John Haviland were both in attendance. And for
those who can't read, Michael Bane and his crew were also there filming for an
upcoming edition of Shooting Gallery on the Outdoor Channel. More to come
tomorrow, but thanks for all of your continued support, particularly Jeff Sipe
and the staff at Montana Rifle Company and Shawn Joyce of Diizche Safari
Adventures. Both are major supporters and their contributions made this event a
day to remember!
For those that are interested in such things, this was
the course of fire:
2014 Safari Rifle Challenge World Championships
Course of Fire / Stage Descriptions
Muzzle UP and Action OPEN while entering and exiting the
range. Do not pick up brass, it will be gathered for you. Confirm your score
while still on the firing line.
Stage 1 “Sight in at camp with ReVersa Target Stands”.
(Distance 45 yards, round count 2) Starting position is standing with an EMPTY
rifle, action closed, safety off; rifle must be held with both hands in the
firing position and aimed at the target. On the signal, keeping muzzle pointed
safely down range at all times, shooter will retrieve one round, load and fire,
reload one round and fire again. Open action for inspection and keep the muzzle
pointed up when directed to exit the range.
Stage 2 “Montana Rifle Co. Fast Blast”. (Two shooters, 2
rows of jugs, Distance 25, 35, 45 yards, round count 3). Starting position is
standing with 2 rounds in rifle, safety on, finger OFF trigger, low ready
position. On the signal shoot any two jugs, reload ONE round and shoot third
jug. The first shooter to hit all three jugs receives an additional 1 point.
Open action for inspection. Muzzle up to exit the range.
Stage 3 “Diizche Safari Elephant Hunt”. (Distance 25, 45
yards, round count 2). Starting position is standing with one round in chamber,
safety on, finger off the trigger, rifle in low ready position. On the signal
shoot the 45 yard side brain elephant. After firing, move diagonally approximately
5 yards to the marked position, reload with one round and shoot the 25 yard
frontal brain elephant target. Open action for inspection. Muzzle up to exit
the range.
Stage 4 “Nitro Express Safaris Crossing Buffalo”.
(Distance 40 yards, round count 2). Starting position will be standing with 2
rounds in the rifle, safety on and finger off of the trigger, low ready
position. On the signal a crossing buffalo with a gallon jug “lung” will start
across in front of you. If you burst the jug with the first shot you will earn
10 points, if you burst it on the second shot then you will only receive 5
points. Open action for inspection, muzzle pointed up when exiting the range.
Stage 5 “Champion DuraSeal Challenge” (Distance 20, 40
yards, round count 2) Starting position is standing with 2 rounds in the rifle,
safety on, finger off the trigger, low ready position. On the signal, shoot the
hanging three inch DuraSeal ball at 20 yards then shoot the four inch DuraSeal
diamond spinner at 40 yards. Shooter earns 10 points per hit. Open action for
inspection, muzzle up to exit the range.
Stage 6 “Crocodile DuraSeal Brain Shot” (Distance 75
yards, round count 1) Starting position is shooters choice of standing offhand,
standing with sticks, kneeling, or seated on the bare ground. One round in
chamber, safety on, finger off the trigger, muzzle pointed down range. On the
signal fire one round into the RED DuraSeal “brain” causing it to spin and you
will earn 10 points. Hits anywhere else are scored as a miss. Action open for
inspection, muzzle up to exit range.
Stage 7 “Nitro Express Safaris Charging Buffalo”
(Distance 40 and 15 yards, round count 2) Starting position is standing, 2
rounds in rifle, safety on and finger off the trigger, low ready position. On
the signal, the 15 yard buffalo will begin its charge. You must FIRST shoot the
gallon water jug at 40 yards and then shoot the charging buffalo with your
second shot. 10 points for a burst jug and actual points earned on the Champion
target placed over the buffalo brain. Open action for inspection, muzzle up to
exit the range.
Stage 8 “Diizche Safari's, Save the Tourist”. (Distance,
crossing at 25 yards. Round count 1). Shooter will load and chamber 1 round,
engage safety and place rifle on the table. Shooter will then take a seat in
the chair 5 yards away from the table. On the signal, the leopard starts and
the shooter will move forward, pick up rifle and shoot the crossing leopard,
firing one round into the Champion paper target placed over the leopards’ lung
area before it gets to the tourist. Points earned will be the actual number
scored on the paper target, body hits will be scored as a miss. Open action for
inspection, muzzle up while exiting the range.
Stage 9 “Montana Rifle Company Charging Jug
Shootout” (Two shooters, Distance; charging from 15 yards, round count 2,)
Starting position is standing with 2 rounds in rifle, safety on, finger off the
trigger, low ready position. On the signal a cart with 3 hanging jugs charges
the two shooters. Shooter on left shoots left jug for 10pts, shooter on right
shoots the right jug for 10pts. Once your jug bursts, you may then engage the
center jug. Shooter that bursts the center jug earns 10 more points. In case of
a tie on middle jug, both shooters will fully load their rifles, safety on, low
ready start position. On the signal, each will engage the 50 yard jug placed in
front of them. First shooter to burst their jug earns 10 points. Open action
for inspection. Muzzle up to exit the range. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsWN0_la3OU
Stage 10 “ReVersa Targets Precision Shoot”. (Distance 25,
35, 45 yards, round count 3). Starting position will be standing with 2 rounds
in the rifle, safety on, finger off the trigger, low ready position. On the
signal, shoot the 25 and then 35 yard clay birds in the ReVersa Target holder.
Transition to the kneeling position, load one additional round, remain kneeling
and shoot the 45 yard clay bird. You earn 10 points for each clay target hit.
Open action for inspection, muzzle up to exit the range.
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| Bringing Water Jugs to the Shoot |
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| Registration |
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| Ron Petty of Norma USA and Jeff Sipe of Montana Rifle Company |
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| Stage 4-Nitro Express Safaris Crossing Buffalo |
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| Wayne Jacobsen of American Hunting Rifles Interviewed by Michael Bane |
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| Stage 3-Diizche Safari Elephant Hunt |
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| John Snow of Outdoor Life Magazine & Jeff Sipe |
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| Gene Gordner Checking Out the Raffle Table |
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| Stage 9-Montana Rifle Company Charging Jug Shoot |
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| Shooting Birds in the ReVersa Target Stands |
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| Stage 8-Diizche Safari, Save the Tourist |
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| John Snow (L) and John Haviland (R) Looking at Gene's Old Guns |
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| The Montana Rifle Company Booth |
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| Stage 6-Crocodile DuraSeal Brain Shot |
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| Participant Shirt-Front (Sponsors on Reverse) |
If
you would like more information about participating in next year’s event, tentatively
planned to be held July 2015, be sure to send an email to the attention of
Jay Sheffield at:
