Steel Safari
A field precision rifle match where shooters carry their gear and engage steel at unknown distances from natural positions, testing field skill.
The Steel Safari is a field precision rifle match in which competitors carry their own gear across the course and engage steel targets from natural terrain. Distances are not posted, so each shooter must judge range, build a stable position, and make the shot without the structure of a flat firing line. The format favors practical field skills far more than a perfectly controlled benchrest setting.
Success leans heavily on solving each unknown distance problem, often through reticle ranging when a target sits at an unmarked spot in the landscape. Shooters also need disciplined positional shooting and a clear sense of their rifle’s effective range, since targets can sit at the far edge of what a given load can reliably reach.