Long Range Shooting Archives

Observing a plate rack at ~650 yards though the Leupold Mark 5HD 5-25x56 rifle scope with PR2-MIL reticle

Leupold Mark 5HD 5-25×56 Rifle Scope with PR2-MIL reticle review

BigJimFish reviews the Leupold Mark 5HD 5-25x56 rifle scope, a scope with excellent competition / hunting crossover and the new, pro shooter designed, PR2-MIL reticle

Accuracy Ballistics Long Range Shooting Precision Rifles

Going Inside the Numbers

Many shooters attempt to create hit data (Data On Prior Engagement) utilizing a ballistic chart of pre-printed data points based on the basic ballistic solver parameter inputs; bullet diameter, bullet weight, muzzle velocity, ballistic coefficient, yada yada yada. I get it. It can be done, but it is neither predictable nor repeatable because you are working the problem from the wrong end. Don’t start with solutions. Start with problems.

Long Range Shooting Marksmanship Precision Rifles

Redefining “Length of Pull”

A classroom full of eager students sits bright-eyed on Day One of Precision Rifle One. Theories and terms are bouncing off the walls. Some are innovative, cutting edge and some have been around since our Granddad took us on our first squirrel hunt. But they are all relevant. Especially those that have been pounded into us but we never took the time to fully understand, like “Parallax”. Got it. Heard it mentioned a thousand times and pretty sure I’ve got it figured out… but do you? We move to the range to do some scope tracking and half the class experiences parallax for the very first time. That is when the light truly comes on.

Vudoo V-22 with Proof Carbon Barrel, Atlas CAL Bipod, and Zero Compromise ZC420 in a Grayboe Phoenix stock looking pretty in the snow

Gear Reviews Long Range Shooting

Grayboe Phoenix Ultralight Composite Stock Review

BigJimFish Review of Grayboe Phoenix composite rifle stock for precision Remington 700 pattern rifles. Grayboe makes a molded epoxy and fiberglass non-directional alternative to traditional hand lay up composite stocks and the Phoenix is their new, feature rich, ultralight, adjustable, model.

Ballistics Long Range Shooting Sniper Rifles

Alternate Range Weaponized Math

By Ted Hoeger, @Jack Master Weaponized Math developed by Marc Taylor of Sniper’s Hide Training has changed the way we gather data for our rifles. Doping your rifle has never been so easy. Getting on the shooting line with just your rifle, ammunition, simple calculator and Weaponized Math Worksheet arranged by Frank Galli will put …

Vudoo Gun Works Custom Rifles and the V-22 700 Footprint .22lr Action Review

BigJimFish reviews the Vudoo Gun Works V-22 action. A rimfire action for the .22lr designed to fit a Remington 700 footprint and to take those triggers. He also examines the quality of design, workmanship, and performance coming out of the Vudoo shop with data from 7 different Vudoo rifles.

Accuracy Ballistics

The Modern Wind Rose.

By Ted Hoeger “@Jack Master” Gone are the days of doing long mental math on the shooting line or in the field. Ballistic calculators have advanced shooting to a new level that make things easy on the brain. The only downfall to a ballistic computer is being able to adjust to changing wind direction and speed …

Scope Tracking Test Results 2020

In the Field Scope Tracking Test As many shooters have read in the Sniper’s Hide Forum, or have heard on the Everyday Sniper Podcast, during our precision rifle classes we removed and test scopes for tracking. The genesis behind this was twofold, first, we used to only accomplish this in our PR 2 class, and second, …