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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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) […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
A Look At Kestrel’s New 5700 Elite Weather Meter With Applied Ballistics
Consistent long-range shooting is a game of data, math, and skill. The data part is relatively straightforward and repeatable if you understand the variable and have the right tools. The math can now be handled by ballistic computer software in various smartphones or devices. The skill part? Well, that takes experience and lots of practice. […]