Additional Zombie Run Info....

We have put out the course of fire for the shoot, the stations and the round counts. It is on the website at www.battleroadusa.com and you can take a look at it to get an idea of how the course will run. The round count is high.

The round count for this event will be 177 rounds of pistol ammunition and 150 rounds of rifle ammunition (that’s the round count if you shoot the course without a single miss). So make sure you have plenty of ammo and bring all your rifle and pistol mags.

If you run your mags dry you will need to prep them on the run. I know some folks might balk at the high round count, but it is not done just to burn up your ammo. We have been to several different types of these shoots, and one of the things we always wanted from them, was to be able to shoot more.  :)

Some of it is due to the Battle Road philosophy on shooting in survival type situations. If you ever find yourself in the position of having to fire your weapon in yours, or another's defense, you should be shooting until the threat is down and out of play. That might be more than a single round, or even a double tap. It might be three, four or even five rounds. Use this event to do some shooting with that fancy rifle or pistol.

One last thing, the round count and course description is not all set in stone, and may even get tweaked all the way until the day of the shoot. If this is going to freak you out, this might not be the event for you.  :)

 I wanted to list a few more things. There will be several obstacles along the course, at, or between the stations and you will most likely be in contact with the ground, on hands, knees even elbows, in some of the obstacle scenarios. I would strongly advise using gloves and knee pads.

A lot of the ground in different places along the trail is covered with spear grass, and grass burrs right now. If it has not all rotted off by run time, the spears may give you grief if you are wearing low cut shoes. They pile up on your socks at your ankle and it will be like a really good ant bite as the spear digs in your ankle. Grass burrs will give grief too. So I would recommend some over the ankles shoes or boots to keep out the spears and burrs.

As mentioned in the course of fire, there will be integrity items along the trail to keep runners honest. I know that everyone who will be attending will be honest, that is just the way that gun culture folks are. Honest, ethical, moral and friendly. Especially "Run and Gun" type folks. But, as they say in a lot of competitive events, if you are not cheating, your not trying. So this just helps keep folks on the trail. There will be cans along the trail, and some will have some 550 cord in them, and some will not. You will not know until you look in the can.

If it has 550 cord in it, you will need to take one (one only) and attach it to your gear. (We might have a key ring set up by run time for attaching the cord). You will need to have all the items we put out or you will get DQ'd at finish.

There will be porta jons at the start line and a couple of other places maybe. If you are not in the woods area, use the porta cans. No one wants to see/hear/smell your biological functions. If you are in the woods fine, but no paper messes please, make whatever goes on neat and clean. Like it was your own property, or better than, if need be.

Make sure you give us your shirt sizes on the prereg form, if you do not, you get whatever shirt size happens to be in the "no shirt size given" box. We will have extra shirts and maybe some hats and sweat shirts and hoodies available for purchase at the admin area. Please feel free to buy several to make your friends jealous.

That is all for now. I will post more tomorrow. Thanks Guys!

Scout-