Build your hand
You get seven rounds. Call a card, hit it, and it’s yours. Your best five cards make your hand.
Central Utah1,000-yard precision rifle match
Build your hand
at 1,000 yards.
Shoot Lucky is a 1,000-yard precision rifle match scored like a hand of poker. Seven rounds, five cards, five shooters to a table.
Limited seats. Date and location announced soon.
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Shoot smart. Shoot clean. Shoot lucky.
1,000yards downrange
7rounds per hand
5cards make your hand
5shooters per table
How it works
You don’t get dealt a hand.
You shoot one.
Every shooter fires at the same poker target from 1,000 yards. You call a card, and if you hit it, it goes in your hand. Seven rounds, and your best five cards are your score.
Read the wind
At 1,000 yards, wind and mirage move your bullet more than anything else. Pick the card you need, make your wind call, and send it.
Take the table
Five shooters compete at each table. The strongest hand earned on target wins, and a natural hand always outranks a Joker-assisted hand. Every shooter fires on the same Birchwood Casey poker target, with all 54 cards, Jokers included, printed in the same spot on every target. You call your cards and earn them with your hits.
Three names from the
Old West card table.
The theme comes from three men who were as well known at the card table as they were with a gun. We borrowed the names and the look. The match itself is about wind calls and clean hits at 1,000 yards.
1851 – 1887
John Henry
“Doc” Holliday
Dentist · Card player · O.K. Corral
A Georgia dentist who graduated in Philadelphia in 1872, moved west for his health, and made his living at the card table. He stood with the Earps at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone in 1881.
1853 – 1921
William Barclay
“Bat” Masterson
Lawman · Sportswriter · Frontier legend
Elected sheriff of Ford County, Kansas, at 23, by three votes. He spent his last years writing about boxing for the New York Morning Telegraph and died at his desk in 1921.
1837 – 1876
James Butler
“Wild Bill” Hickok
Lawman · Scout · Frontier legend
Army scout and frontier lawman. He was shot from behind at a poker table in Deadwood in 1876, and the aces and eights he was said to be holding became known as the dead man’s hand.
Portraits: public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (Doc Holliday, Bat Masterson, Wild Bill Hickok).
Next match
Date and location
coming soon.
We’re locking in the next Shoot Lucky match now. Registration will open after the date and range location are confirmed.
Match details are on the way
The date, exact range location, entry fee, equipment list, scoring rules, and registration details will be posted here.
Shoot Lucky · 1,000 yards
Registration opens soon.
Registration opens once the date and range are confirmed. Check back here for the announcement.
Shoot Lucky is a skill-based marksmanship competition. Every card is earned by a hit on target, and there is no wagering of any kind.
Before you step to the line
Questions
Who is Shoot Lucky built for?
Competent rifle shooters who are comfortable working at distance and want a precision match with a strategic twist. It is a competition, not an introductory rifle class.
What equipment will I need?
A dependable rifle and ammunition combination you have verified at distance, plus normal eye and ear protection. We’ll email the full equipment list when you register.
When will registration open?
Registration will open after the match date and range location are confirmed. The signup form and full entry details will be posted here.
Will payment be required to register?
Payment and entry instructions will be announced with the confirmed match details.