The First annual sawmill swat challenge
PRESENTED BY HUXWRX SAFETY CO.
OFFICIAL TEAM INFORMATION AVAILABLE BELOW AND HERE: CLICK HERE
The First Annual Sawmill SWAT Challenge coming 30/31 July ⚔️
Get ready to compete at the incredible Sawmill Training Center — with its Grand Re-Opening on 11 April after a year of major upgrades… and we’re still not done.
This is what you’ve been asking for:
Live fire. On the clock. No subjectivity.
25 law enforcement teams will battle it out for cash, prizes, gear, and bragging rights in a competition built around performance, precision, teamwork, and pressure.
Schedule:
29 July – Registration / Zero Ranges
30 July | Day 1 – 5 Stages
31 July | Day 2 – 2 Stages / Top 5 advance
Then 2 more Stages / Top 2 selected
Final Stage – Winner takes it
Details and registration open 25 March
$500 per team — and every dollar goes back onto the prize table
Interested in becoming a vendor? Please complete this form and we will connect with you:
https://www.sawmillttc.com/2026swatchallenge#swatvendor
Want your brand in the middle of the action?
Be a Stage Sponsor and lock in premier range placement and strong brand visibility.
Or.. be part of Vendor Village, colocated with the team staging area and main briefing area.
We’ll have food onsite and professional content coverage all event long.
Then don’t leave — stay and throw down at THE PATRIOT GAMES on 1/2 August, featuring a Law Enforcement Hero Division 🫡
Let’s go.⚔️
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Official Team Information
Stages 1–5 and Gear List Now Available
Registered teams may now download the official competitor packet for Day 1 of the 2026 HUXWRX National SWAT Competition.
The packet includes:
Complete descriptions for Stages 1–5
Stage-specific scoring procedures and penalties
Rifle and pistol ammunition requirements
Individual operator equipment requirements
Team equipment requirements
Frangible-ammunition information
Shipping and event logistics
Stages 6–10 will not be released in advance and will be briefed during the competition.
DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL TEAM PACKET HERE
The document identifies the first five stages as Rural Sniper Rescue; Strength, Speed, Precision; Movement to Contact; Sawmill City Run-N-Gun; and Fit to Fight.
Competition Schedule
Wednesday, July 29
Team Check-In and Zero Range
Teams may check in, confirm equipment, and access the designated zero ranges beginning at 1:00 PM.
Thursday, July 30 — Day 1
Stages 1–5
All registered teams will complete five stages testing precision shooting, physical readiness, breaching, movement, communication, casualty evacuation, and team performance.
Friday, July 31 — Championship Day
Stages 6–7: All teams compete
Stages 8–9: Top five teams advance
Stage 10: Top two teams compete in a winner-take-all final
The current page already reflects this advancement format, so this section primarily improves readability and presentation.
Day 1 Stage Preview
Stage 1 — Rural Sniper Rescue
A precision-rifle-initiated team assault combining long-range engagements, coordinated movement, close-range shooting, medical triage, and casualty evacuation.
Stage 2 — Strength, Speed, Precision
Operators complete a physical work sequence before transitioning directly into rifle and pistol engagements, followed by a team casualty recovery.
Stage 3 — Movement to Contact
A timed team movement incorporating manual breaching, use of cover, coordinated bounding movement, and rifle-to-pistol transitions.
Stage 4 — Sawmill City Run-N-Gun
A hostage-rescue scenario conducted through Sawmill City incorporating ladders, breaching, interior engagements, target discrimination, and hostage recovery.
Stage 5 — Fit to Fight
Operators negotiate selected obstacles and a loaded carry before completing two consecutive rifle-and-pistol courses of fire.
Full procedures, scoring and ammunition requirements are contained in the official team packet.
Required Equipment
Teams should arrive configured for their normal mission profile—not as tactical athletes.
Each operator must have a ballistic helmet, eye and ear protection, gas mask, plate carrier with front and rear ballistic plates, gun belt, holster, individual first-aid kit, pistol, slung rifle, and at least three magazines for each weapon.
Each team must also have access to:
Two assault ladders
One ballistic shield
Five breaching tools
Communications capability
A method for transporting a medical casualty
Frangible 5.56 and 9mm ammunition will be supplied. Complete equipment and ammunition requirements are provided in the downloadable packet.