During the first weekend in October, Rio Salado’s Multigun team will be hosting the 5th annual “Red Oktober: Cold War” action rifle match.
In 2024, you can look forward to the same successful format as last year, with stages designed specifically for the weapons of the Cold Warrior. There will be 8 challenging run-n-gun rifle-only stages with targets ranging from 1 meter to 300 meters, plus a vendor demo area. Ammo count is expected to be around 250 rounds, and bimetal ammo WILL be allowed.
If you believe you’ll be staff for the match, contact Gary PRIOR to registering.
Competitors will shoot the whole match in one day – Saturday or Sunday. There will also be limited slots for competitors wanting to shoot with staff on Friday.
Prize bags will be distributed by random draw as each squad rotates through the vendor demo area (must be present to win) and trophies will be awarded according to division participation, plus there will be a “High Cold Warrior” award for the top iron sight shooter overall. All competitors will want to plan on returning Sunday afternoon for the award ceremony when we will be giving away a number of additional firearms and other cool, high-value items by random draw – again, must be present to win.
The match will be run under IMA-ROCW rules (Time-Plus with Points). Equipment divisions will be as follows:
• ComBloc Irons: Any autoloading rifle derived from a Cold War-era Warsaw Pact/Eastern Bloc weapon. Iron sights only (no optics of any kind). Magazines limited to 30-rounds loaded.
• Free World Irons: Any autoloading rifle derived from a Cold War-era NATO/Western Bloc weapon. Iron sights only (no optics of any kind). Magazines limited to 30-rounds loaded.
• Battle Rifle Irons: Any autoloading rifle derived from a Cold War-era battle rifle. Battle rifle calibers only. Iron sights only (no optics of any kind). Magazines limited to 20 rounds loaded.
• ComBloc Open: Any autoloading rifle derived from a Warsaw Pact/Eastern Bloc weapon. No other restrictions. If you want to use optics, this is the division for you.
The match fee is $235, payable at time of registration. A full refund (minus a $5 third-party processing fee) will be issued for withdrawal requests received via Practiscore prior to 11pm MST on August 15th. After this deadline, no refunds will be issued. If you do not squad yourself by September 15th at 11pm MST, you will be squadded wherever we have room.
After registering and paying, competitors will be able to squad immediately on a first-come-first-served basis. If your preferred squad slot does not look like it is available, please sign up and email Stephanie (stephanie@riomultigun.com) with your specific squad request – we will do our best to accommodate you.
WAITLIST: If you are coming off the waitlist, you’ll have 2 days (48 hours) to pay before your slot will be given to the next shooter on the waitlist.
STAFF: If you are a potential staff/RO for the match, please contact Gary prior to registering to receive confirmation and staff sign-up link – do not register here
QUESTIONS?
Registration/Stats: Stephanie – stephanie@riomultigun.com
Sponsors: Neil – neil@riomultigun.com
Staff: Gary – gary@riomultigun.com
Anything Else: Richard – richard@riomultigun.com
