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Shooting challenges meet endurance racing
« on: January 19, 2012, 02:40:44 PM »
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About damn time.  Saw a clip on one of the cable shooting shows about it, haven't had a chance to watch yet.  (Gotta love the DVR). 

Orienteering, obstacles, and other challenges, covering like 35 miles in one day plus 5 shooting challenges. 

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Re: Shooting challenges meet endurance racing
« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2012, 08:29:16 PM »
Caught a little bit the other night. Wasn't really paying a lot of attention as I had no forewarning; assumed another "reality" show. It did stir memories of "Delta Force" IIRC the book correctly. Thought Col David Hackworth wrote/co-wrote it, but no mention of Delta Force in Hack's Wikipedia bio. Dunno, but found the book fascinating.


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Re: Shooting challenges meet endurance racing
« Reply #2 on: January 19, 2012, 08:36:22 PM »
Quote from: JamisJockey on January 19, 2012, 02:40:44 PM
https://store.professionalmarksmen.com/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1

About damn time.  Saw a clip on one of the cable shooting shows about it, haven't had a chance to watch yet.  (Gotta love the DVR). 

Orienteering, obstacles, and other challenges, covering like 35 miles in one day plus 5 shooting challenges. 

 :cool:

Holy *expletive deleted*it.  I need to do this.  Ok, uh...probably not 2012, 'cause my shooting sucks.  But I have got to do this.  Srsly.
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Re: Shooting challenges meet endurance racing
« Reply #3 on: January 19, 2012, 10:14:39 PM »
Neat!
Though I wish Biathlon were a lot more popular.
I like cold.
I like X-country skiing.
I like shooting.

Seems the Scandinavians got that one right.
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Re: Shooting challenges meet endurance racing
« Reply #4 on: January 19, 2012, 10:34:38 PM »
Quote from: brimic on January 19, 2012, 10:14:39 PM
Neat!
Though I wish Biathlon were a lot more popular.
I like cold.
I like X-country skiing.
I like shooting.

Seems the Scandinavians got that one right.

They always give it a crappy time slot on TV. But I've watched many of the runs. Got to give it to the men and women that can push that hard and still hit the little target.

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Re: Shooting challenges meet endurance racing
« Reply #5 on: January 20, 2012, 02:04:02 AM »
Ultra-modern Pentathalon.

Combat pistol, rifle, running, swimming and mountain biking.

Contestants carry all weapons and ammo in a water-resistant case for the whole course.
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Re: Shooting challenges meet endurance racing
« Reply #6 on: January 20, 2012, 08:43:49 AM »
Quote from: Matthew Carberry on January 20, 2012, 02:04:02 AM
Contestants carry all weapons and ammo in a water-resistant case for the whole course.
The ammo, sure, but modern weaponry doesn't necessarily need to be kept dry for it to function, does it?

I, too, am interested...
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Re: Shooting challenges meet endurance racing
« Reply #7 on: January 20, 2012, 09:24:24 AM »
Quote from: Jim147 on January 19, 2012, 10:34:38 PM
They always give it a crappy time slot on TV. But I've watched many of the runs. Got to give it to the men and women that can push that hard and still hit the little target.

jim



True that. I do XC skiing and my heart is generally beating like a triphammer after a good hard run. Amazing to me that they can stay on target.
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Re: Shooting challenges meet endurance racing
« Reply #8 on: January 20, 2012, 12:22:27 PM »
Hell throw on an IOTV and run around doing room clearing.
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Re: Shooting challenges meet endurance racing
« Reply #9 on: January 20, 2012, 02:53:03 PM »
The trick to biatholon actually save a womens life once. I can't remember the particulars, but she was an oylimpian.

Anyway, she was out on a training run and was kidnapped by crazy guys out in the middle of nowhere, and she had been shot in the attack. Her training for biatholon includes how to go from high activity to low activity, so when she relized that she was losing too much blood, she was able to calm herself to keep blood lose to a minimum.

Needless to say, our coach used to bring this story up everytime we got to hyped up to shoot slowely.
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Re: Shooting challenges meet endurance racing
« Reply #10 on: January 20, 2012, 03:57:22 PM »
Quote from: wmenorr67 on January 20, 2012, 12:22:27 PM
Hell throw on an IOTV and run around doing room clearing.

IOTV?

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Re: Shooting challenges meet endurance racing
« Reply #11 on: January 20, 2012, 06:48:27 PM »
Improved Outer Tactical Vest. The new and "improved" ;/ version of the IBA body armor.
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Re: Shooting challenges meet endurance racing
« Reply #12 on: January 21, 2012, 12:33:54 AM »
Quote from: Twycross on January 20, 2012, 06:48:27 PM
Improved Outer Tactical Vest. The new and "improved" ;/ version of the IBA body armor.

Not much improvement.  Really sucks when they play politics with our equipment.
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