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Bushnell Announces New Elite Tactical XRS II

November 17, 2017 By Tom McHale Leave a Comment

Bushnell Announces New Elite Tactical XRS II

New Bushnell Elite Tactical Delivers Extreme Long Range Precision OVERLAND PARK, Kansas – November 15, 2017 – Bushnell, an industry leader in high-performance optical solutions, announces an enhanced level of precision and performance with a new Elite Tactical flagship riflescope – the XRS II. Delivery of precise rounds at extreme distances requires skills honed through […]

Filed Under: Optics, Sights and Lasers, Shooting Gear Tagged With: Bushnell, long range shooting, optics, press releases

What’s the Distance? The Long Range Shooting Guide, Part 3

July 28, 2017 By Tom McHale 1 Comment

What’s the Distance? The Long Range Shooting Guide, Part 3

This article originally appeared at Ammoland. If you’re at a competitive shoot range, figuring out the distance variable is easy – just look at the match program or ask the guy or girl next to you. In the field, things become slightly more complicated if you’re not in a position where you can pace off […]

Filed Under: Long Range Shooting, Shooting Tips Tagged With: ammoland, burris, Bushnell, estimating range, long range shooting, mils, minute of angle

The Long Range Shooting Guide, Part 2: Mils, Minutes and Math

July 6, 2017 By Tom McHale 2 Comments

The Long Range Shooting Guide, Part 2: Mils, Minutes and Math

This article originally appeared at Ammoland. In part one of the Long Range Shooting Guide, we made the astounding observation that gravity happens. The very picosecond that a bullet leaves the muzzle, it begins it’s slow and inevitable downward death spiral, ultimately ending in a collision with the ground – unless it hits something else […]

Filed Under: Long Range Shooting, Shooting Tips Tagged With: ammoland, long range shooting, Masterpiece arms, mils, moa, Scope Adjustments

The Long Range Shooting Guide, Part 1: Theory

May 29, 2017 By Tom McHale Leave a Comment

The Long Range Shooting Guide, Part 1: Theory

This article originally appeared at Ammoland. Long range shooting is kind of like throwing a baseball from right field to home plate. When you boil down all the complexity, you really only have to worry about two things: how far the bullet falls before it hits the target and how far the wind blows it […]

Filed Under: Long Range Shooting, Shooting Tips Tagged With: 6.5 creedmoor, ammoland, long range shooting, Masterpiece arms

Getting Into Long Range Shooting

April 26, 2017 By Tom McHale Leave a Comment

Getting Into Long Range Shooting

This article originally appeared at Ammoland. What’s hotter than Captain Gastroplasty at a Texas Chili Cookoff? Long range shooting that’s what. While we throw around the term ͞Long Range Shooting like it’s a discrete sport, it’s really a collection of multiple games of varying styles. Sure, they all have extended distance in common,  but beyond […]

Filed Under: Competition, Competitive Shooting, Events, Life, News, Shooting Tips Tagged With: 6.5 creedmoor, long range shooting, Masterpiece arms, nra high power, precision rifle series, Shooting Competition

Gun Review: MPA BA Lite PCR Competition Rifle 6.8mm Creedmoor

September 21, 2016 By Tom McHale Leave a Comment

Gun Review: MPA BA Lite PCR Competition Rifle 6.8mm Creedmoor

You know what I love about the current trend in the shooting industry? Every year, there’s a new sport that’s all the rage. That’s great for growing the collective shooting sports and getting more and more people involved. Heck, it was just a few years back that 3-Gun didn’t even exist. One of the new(er) […]

Filed Under: Gun Reviews, Guns, Reviews, Rifles Tagged With: 6.5 creedmoor, american eagle, gunsamerica, hornady, long range shooting, Masterpiece arms, PRS competition, rifle reviews, rifles

Optics Buying Guide: Using A Laser Rangefinding Scope

September 9, 2016 By Tom McHale Leave a Comment

Optics Buying Guide: Using A Laser Rangefinding Scope

If you intend to reliably hit a target at long range, you have to process a number of steps in short order: You need to determine the exact range to the target. You need to figure out whether you are shooting at an uphill or downhill angle relative to the target. You need to calculate […]

Filed Under: Long Range Shooting, Optics, Sights and Lasers, Shooting Gear, Shooting Tips Tagged With: burris, gunsamerica, laser rangefinder, laser scopes, long range shooting, optics, scopes

Optics Buying Guide: Scope Reticles

September 7, 2016 By Tom McHale Leave a Comment

Optics Buying Guide: Scope Reticles

What’s the last thing you see before you pull the trigger? The reticle! I’ll bet most of us tend to give only passing thought to reticle selection, but there’s a reason that there are somewhere over 96.2 billion reticle designs floating around out there. They’re designed for specific purposes. For example, a thick, course, reticle […]

Filed Under: General Tips, Optics, Sights and Lasers, Shooting Gear, Shooting Tips Tagged With: ar-15, burris, gunsamerica, long range shooting, mil-dot, moa, red dot sights, reticles, scopes

Optics Buying Guide: Hold-Off Reticles vs. Adjustable Turrets

September 6, 2016 By Tom McHale Leave a Comment

Optics Buying Guide: Hold-Off Reticles vs. Adjustable Turrets

I used to play a fair bit of golf in my younger days. One of the reasons I gave it up was the increasing frequency of my travels into other fairways – you know, the ones two counties to the right. I could hit the ball a country mile, but unfortunately, that “mile” was usually […]

Filed Under: General Tips, Optics, Sights and Lasers, Shooting Gear, Shooting Tips Tagged With: .308 Winchester, burris, federal ammunition, gunsamerica, horus, long range shooting, reticles

Optics Buying Guide: Finding Range With A Scope

August 30, 2016 By Tom McHale Leave a Comment

Optics Buying Guide: Finding Range With A Scope

Sometimes it’s good to know how to do things the “old-school” way without all the electronic gadgets and gizmos. For shooting at anything past 200 yards, and even less with some calibers, it’s pretty important to know how far away that thing is. The very nanosecond a bullet leaves the fiery end of your rifle, […]

Filed Under: General Tips, Optics, Sights and Lasers, Shooting Gear, Shooting Tips Tagged With: burris, gunsamerica, long range shooting, ranging, reticles, rifle scopes, scopes

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