Corbin Slugs Sweep the Big Bore Podium at RMAC 2026

We said we were coming for Big Bore. We meant it.

When we posted our Big Bore Prep piece ahead of RMAC 2026, we weren't making noise for the sake of it. We'd put in the work — new .308, .357, and .457 slug designs, weeks of live-fire evaluation, and a clear-eyed understanding of what Hobble Creek Canyon demands from a projectile. The goal was the podium. The result was the sweep.

Ryan Jacobsen took 1st. Steve Ott took 2nd. Todd Hatfield took 3rd. All three shooting Corbin slugs.

The Conditions Didn't Make It Easy

Wild winds and high heat defined the day. Canyon wind at Hobble Creek is unpredictable on a calm afternoon — on a day with gusting, shifting thermals, it becomes a full-time variable that separates competitors who've done their preparation from those who are figuring it out in real time. Add high-altitude summer heat affecting air density and trajectory, and you have conditions designed to expose every weakness in your equipment and your preparation.

Ryan, Steve, and Todd didn't just survive those conditions. They dominated them. And the one thing they had in common — across different platforms, different caliber classes, and different shooting styles — was Corbin slugs.

That's not a coincidence. That's what consistency does.

Why Consistency Wins in Tough Conditions

Canyon winds and heat cycles don't punish randomly. They punish inconsistency. When a slug's dimensions vary from shot to shot — even by fractions of a millimeter — those variations translate into unpredictable flight behavior exactly when you need predictability most. A shot that's slightly off-weight or asymmetrically formed behaves differently in a crosswind than a perfectly swaged slug does. In match conditions, those differences show up in your score.

Corbin slugs are hydraulically swaged to bore-matched tolerances. The forming pressure is consistent across every slug because it's delivered by a hydraulic press, not by hand, not by a system that drifts or fatigues. The alloy is controlled. The geometry is confirmed before the slugs ever leave the facility. When the wind shifts and Ryan, Steve, or Todd needed to trust their dope and hold, the slug did exactly what it was supposed to do.

That's why the podium went the way it did. Not luck. Preparation and precision.

What This Means Going Forward

Three spots on the Big Bore podium to go with our PRS sweeps means one thing: Corbin slugs work. At the hardest venue in the sport, in the worst conditions of the event, against the best competitors in the country — they work.

We're already iterating on what we learned at RMAC 2026. Every competition gives us real-world data that feeds back into slug design. What the .308 did at distance, how the .357 performed in wind, what the .457 showed us about long-range behavior in thermal conditions — all of it goes back into the process.

Photo to follow — stay tuned.

If you're building a Big Bore competition program and want to talk slug selection, caliber options, or weight configurations for your platform, reach out. We know what just worked at 450 yards in a canyon with wild winds. We're happy to help you get there too.

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