DAF Action Rifle Team

03/25/2026

Congrats LT!

A fantastic last couple weeks for 1LT Edwards as he not only won the Orange Blossom Regional, but followed it up with another win at the Talledega Spring Classic. Great shooting Eli Edwards!

03/13/2026

Stage 12 from Clays Cartridge Company Classic in Oklahoma.
Great match with great people with looking great for the camera.

Stage 12:
Engage two target arrays from the prone position.
Shooter will engage large target on near array then large targt on far array alternating back and forth and progressing through each rack hit or miss. Shooter will start port arms with mag in and bolt back.

03/12/2026

NRL Hunter Games Match in Mountain Home Idaho TSgt Cody Leeper shot in Factory class and came out with the overall win only dropping 2 points on the day.

03/10/2026

Major Chinisaz and Staff Sergeant Freeman represented the team at the annual Moons Out Action Rifle Night Vision Match. The competition consisted of ten challenging stages designed to test a wide range of action rifle and night vision shooting skills, including physical obstacles, vehicle engagements, close-quarters battle, and long-range precision.
Major Chinisaz competed in the Finish TST Division and secured 2nd place overall out of 176 competitors.

03/09/2026

MSgt Thornton on Stage 2 at the Clays Cartridge Company Classic match in Oklahoma!

Stage 2:
Engage 3 Target arrays from 3 different barrels. Shooter will engage left, middle and right arrays from the first barrel. From the second barrel engage only the middle array and from the third barrel engage only the left array. Shooter must shoot from all three barrels, but may choose when they use each barrel.

03/06/2026

This past weekend MSgt Thornton went out to Clays Cartridge Company Classic in Leedey, Oklahoma. Known to be one of the most difficult matches within the and walked away with Top Mil/LEO while having fun with old and new faces and experimenting with a new cartridge. Get out and compete!

11/17/2025

Major Chinisaz took the overall and PCC division wins out of 173 competitors at the SC State IDPA match in Charleston SC!

11/04/2025

Major Chinisaz and SSgt Freeman participated in the National Capitol Region Marine Co**se Marksmanship Competition. The competition tested competitors with stock military weapons in Action Pistol with the M18, and Service Rifle, Action Rifle, and Precision Rifle with the M16A4. Major Chinisaz topped the match with a Silver Medal in Action Pistol and a Bronze Medal in Rifle.

09/12/2025

Happy to announce the additional 4 members of Provisional Long-Range Action Rifle Team for 2026!
Major Ali Chinisaz
TSgt Cody Leeper
SSgt Kendon Freeman
SSgt Ethan Jones

08/16/2025

For those within the DAF currently competing in the Action Pistol Sports!

08/10/2025

Geared up for the weekend part 2! Another quick look at MSgt Thornton’s gear!
Precision Rifle Series home range
Rifle Build
Chassis: MasterPiece Arms Matrix Pro
Action: Impact Precision Shooting LLC 737R
Trigger: Triggertech Diamond
Barrel: 26”, 7.5 Twist
Bartlein Barrels, Inc MTU contour
Custom Rifle Barrels CRB contour
Scope: Zero Compromise Optic 840 MPCT1X Reticle
Rings: Hawkins Precision Heavy Tactical Rings
Muzzle devices:
Hawkins Precision Updraft Brake
Thunder Beast Arms Corporation Magnus-S RR suppressor with Armageddon Gear suppressor cover

Magazines: Gray Ops CNC AW Dasher mag

6 Dasher
Bullets: Berger Bullets 109 LRHT
Brass: Alpha Munitions
Primer: CCI 450
Powder: RL 15.5
Velocity: 2830 FPS

Other gear:
Armboard: WieBad.com H.A.P.
Level: MDT Sporting Goods Send-it Gen2
Bipod: MDT Sporting Goods Double-Pull Ckyepod
Bags:
Rear Support Bag
Armageddon Gear OG Gamechanger with Spex-Lite fill
Positional Bag
Armageddon Gear Schmedium Gamechanger with heavy fill

Gunsmith: Harless Precision
Cerakote: Sullivan Coatings

This post is not an endorsement, but a listing of what the shooter uses for competition of which they have free will to pick and choose what gear they run.

08/10/2025

Huge congrats to our fellow rifle team on this accomplishment!