Military Sniper contest appears on Outdoor Channel

[Paladin]

http://www.armytimes.com/news/2007/01/ATsniper070130/

Sniper contest appears on Outdoor Channel

By Gina Cavallaro - Staff writer
Posted : Tuesday Jan 30, 2007 15:36:48 EST

The contest to find the best military sniper in the world took place at Fort Benning, Ga., three months ago, but enthusiasts can re-live the challenge by tuning in to their TV sets.

The sixth annual International Sniper Competition will be featured in a 30-minute documentary on The Outdoor Channel at 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. EST on Wednesday and at 1:30 a.m. EST on Thursday.

In its programming schedule at outdoorchannel.com, the documentary is listed under Shooting USA and the show description states that “it is no longer the sniper waiting in the bushes to take the perfect shot. It is the chaos of combat recreated on the ranges at Fort Benning,� the Georgia post home of the Army’s sniper school.

Twenty-six teams from the Army, Marine Corps and Air Force, and service members from Canada, Great Britain and Israel took part in the October competition.

The Army took the five top places in the six-day event.

A two-man team from 3rd Battalion 75th Ranger Regiment — Staff Sgt. Joe Lynch and Staff Sgt. Michael Rach — took first place at the contest, and were each awarded custom-made rifles and pistols and other prizes.

Sponsored by the Army Sniper School, the competition challenged the teams to test their skills with scenarios that match today’s real-world missions for snipers on the battlefield, said a Fort Benning press release.

[O6nop]

Well, we get teased about this event to be on TV and then find that post was made today but all the airings are over with. Will it be aired again?

[Paladin]

Well, we get teased about this event to be on TV and then find that post was made today but all the airings are over with. Will it be aired again?

The original link has some video and photos from last year.

There was a showing this afternoon (Thursday, 1:30 ET). Don't know when it will be on again, but the show, Shooting USA, looks like a good one:

http://outdoorchannel.com/showinfo.cfm? ... ShowID=642

[KBCraig]

I saw one of these on TV once. One of the scenarios was especially challenging: the firing position had a narrow horizontal slit, which required the rifle to be held sideways!

Think about the scope setting recalculations that had to be done for that one!

[GlockenHammer]

I record this on a regular basis. Members here should also check out Personal Defense TV on the same channel. It includes segments from Clint Smith, Masaad Ayoob, Valhalla, etc.

On the same channel, I also record Shooting Gallery and American Rifleman (the NRA sponsored show). In my area, all of these get first run of the week on Wednesday evenings and then repeat at other times. PDTV will be shown again Saturday at 7am.