So, these latest posts gave me a rabbit hole to dive into over the last few days. Especially the talk about Lowlight going to a Rex Defense seminar on Denver, Co.
So, I searched, found the thread, listened to the podcast. Frank spent quite a bit of time with caveats about how this was not a slam on Rex Tibor. More than anything, it was a critique of presentation and areas of concentration.
My first and most important book, to me, was the Long Range Shooting Handbook by Ryan Cleckner. And I have seen him recently on the "Believe the Target" podcast. But I have also seen his NSSF videos and some others. And so, I appreciate is method and it sounds like, from what Frank was saying, his method is similar. Figure out your DOPE, stick with it, shoot tactically. I could be wrong, I don't know Frank and I have not read any of his books and I should before I fully commit to that statement. So, don't hold me to it.
I find Cleckner's advice wholly practical. In service in the 1st Ranger Battalion 75th Ranger Regiment as both a sniper and later, a sniper team leader, her shot an Army M24 in .300 Win Mag. Out to 600 yards, he could dial distance and then hold the reticle to left or right edge of target into the wind direction and get a shot. Because that was the goal. Get a shot in a 20 in by 24 in zone out to 600 yards. And most of his engagements were quite a bit less. Same for Sgt Nicholas Irving in the 3/75 with his Knight Arms SR-25 (Army MK 11 MOD 0 in 7.62 x 51 mm NATO.)
When Cleckner was asked if he could split the X at 1,000 yards, he would answer probably not but he will hit a 10 inch spread if he has a 1 MOA rifle.
Listening to Frank talk about sniper school and dry fire practice, which reminds me of what I do at home and even the first few trigger pulls at a range, reminds me of that. Concentration is on the fundamentals of shooting, not the minutae of a fraction of an inch on some very small and minute changes in loads.
Then, again, I am not shooting a mile. I am deer hunting out to maybe 300 yards max, most times, quite a bit less than that. And if I ever win the draw for mule deer at Cap Rock Canyon SP, then I might be actually shooting 200 to 300 yards in the high plains desert.
If I am just a deer hunter, what am I doing here at SH? Learning whatever I can, sharing and loving memes, of course. And now and then, ticking people off and getting some grief. All in a day's work.
I have also been a teacher in my career and specialty, which is not precision shooting or sniper stuff. So, I know the challenges of teaching but I also know how to succeed in it against odds. And that has to do with being able to "read" the student, rather than just bombastically blathering on because you are the teacher, the "Expert." I have helped students and it started with me stepping back and analyzing them rather than getting uppity because I was not respected or felt I was not getting enough attention. Anyway, that is a long story for another time for people with insomnia.
What I have noticed, especially on YouTube, is that personalities will always clash. So will the rest of us restless natives.
This Krieger guy, no telling who exactly he is and the website offers no info. And you will not find out. So, he could be shining people on. Or, he could be a retired spook from one of the alphabet agencies and learned to insulate himself. In which case, why would he open himself for review here?
Anyway, it seems that he has given up the ghost.