I've been trying to work on the website when I can lately and create some new articles to keep things fresh, which hasn't been easy between the baby on the way and work. However I have managed to finish up another article which has unfortunately taken longer than I expected. I realeased the first part of this series a while back and made an announcement but I thought I would send out an update because of the new article. These articles are focused primarily at guys that are just getting into tactical precision rifle shooting and will hopefully answer some of their questions and guide them toward making informed decisions.
Starting Out In Tactical Precision Rifle Shooting Part 1
This article will go into choosing a rifle, an optic, and the basic necessities before going out and hitting the range. It will cover topics such as caliber selection, optics selection, and a few choice accessories while tying in some other articles that are on the website.
Starting Out In Tactical Precision Rifle Shooting Part 2
This new article goes into selecting some proper cleaning and maintenance gear for the rifle as well as some thoughts on common shooting accessories. This article talks about packs, chronographs, data books, and many of the other things that make the shot possible. Like Part 1 it also ties in some articles that have been posted but pertain to the content of the article to hopefully help new guys better understand.
Additionally I've added a couple of new data book pages to the Library. Two of them are just new mil relation charts that are based on the Allegheny Sniper Challenge charts that I created a couple of years ago. These are geared more towards shooting steel rather than people so the sizes only go up to 33" but it should cover most of the common targets from MGM, LV Steel, Big Dog, and others that we normally use. These pages replaced the older mil relation chart that I had up before.
The other pages are something new that I came up with after I came back from a match and was thinking about how my data book could've been a little more efficient in a few stages. During the match there were times when I was finding myself flipping between field sketches, reticle hold over diagrams, and other info getting ready for a shot. So when I got home I started thinking about how I could effectively combine three pages into one to make a little easier. Well this is what I came up with and it's currently up in the Target Sheets section of the the website.
Front:
The front is a modified field sketch page that works for making either hasty range cards or a detailed sketch.
Back:
The back combines some aspects of a target data sheet and reticle hold over sheet together. That way after I make a hasty sketch or range card I can flip it over and make a reticle diagram that I can quickly reference for time sensative stages. I can also use the target section as a sort of abreviated target sheet for plotting shots on multiple targets.
Right now there are only two versions of the pages, one with a mildot reticle and IPSC targets on the back and one that is blank on the back so that the shooter can draw in their own diagrams and targets. That might change later on down the road but for the time being it is what it is.
Thank you for reading and I hope it helps some guys out. Have a good one.
TM
Starting Out In Tactical Precision Rifle Shooting Part 1
This article will go into choosing a rifle, an optic, and the basic necessities before going out and hitting the range. It will cover topics such as caliber selection, optics selection, and a few choice accessories while tying in some other articles that are on the website.
Starting Out In Tactical Precision Rifle Shooting Part 2
This new article goes into selecting some proper cleaning and maintenance gear for the rifle as well as some thoughts on common shooting accessories. This article talks about packs, chronographs, data books, and many of the other things that make the shot possible. Like Part 1 it also ties in some articles that have been posted but pertain to the content of the article to hopefully help new guys better understand.
Additionally I've added a couple of new data book pages to the Library. Two of them are just new mil relation charts that are based on the Allegheny Sniper Challenge charts that I created a couple of years ago. These are geared more towards shooting steel rather than people so the sizes only go up to 33" but it should cover most of the common targets from MGM, LV Steel, Big Dog, and others that we normally use. These pages replaced the older mil relation chart that I had up before.
The other pages are something new that I came up with after I came back from a match and was thinking about how my data book could've been a little more efficient in a few stages. During the match there were times when I was finding myself flipping between field sketches, reticle hold over diagrams, and other info getting ready for a shot. So when I got home I started thinking about how I could effectively combine three pages into one to make a little easier. Well this is what I came up with and it's currently up in the Target Sheets section of the the website.
Front:
The front is a modified field sketch page that works for making either hasty range cards or a detailed sketch.
Back:
The back combines some aspects of a target data sheet and reticle hold over sheet together. That way after I make a hasty sketch or range card I can flip it over and make a reticle diagram that I can quickly reference for time sensative stages. I can also use the target section as a sort of abreviated target sheet for plotting shots on multiple targets.
Right now there are only two versions of the pages, one with a mildot reticle and IPSC targets on the back and one that is blank on the back so that the shooter can draw in their own diagrams and targets. That might change later on down the road but for the time being it is what it is.
Thank you for reading and I hope it helps some guys out. Have a good one.
TM
