Columbia Falls, Mont. (Ammoland.com) – PROOF Research®’s Weapons Test Specialist, Greg Hamilton, and Nightforce team member, Sean Murphy, repeated last year’s top honors in the Tough Man Challenge at the Grunt Style Vortex Optics Mammoth Sniper Challenge, held at Fort Gordon, Georgia, Jan. 7-10, 2021. By Dec. 2020, 104 teams had registered for the elite event and by the second day of the four-day event, only 70 teams remained. This marks two years in a row the team takes home top honors in the Tough Man Division and three years in a row they finish with the highest overall score.
The PROOF Research/Nightforce team competed in the Tough Man Division of the Mammoth Sniper Challenge in which Greg and Sean had to cover over 30 miles of timed rucks in three days carrying everything they needed for shooting, eating, clothing changes, and camp gear. The stages were all shot blind, with limited information provided on the course of fire to be shot. Each of the stages tested a variety of field shooting skills for individuals, as well as how the team worked together to maximize points on a given stage. They each shot about 100 rounds of rifle and 50 or so pistol on 11 stages. The field was extremely competitive this year, and the points race came down to the final few stages to determine the winner.
Using a PROOF Research high-fiber content, cut-rifled composite competition barrel, the team was confident that no matter the environmental conditions or challenges, their rifles’ accuracy never wavered. With fully kitted rifles weighing around 13 lbs., the lightweight PROOF barrels were an added benefit to
