New to long range. From Colorado

[jpop8807]

Hello Everyone,
I'm Josh, currently residing in Pueblo Colorado. I am a 10 year infantry vet, who never got to do any cool long-range stuff. I managed to shoot distinguished on my Bradley as a Specialist and got stuck mechanized most of my career. I finally am starting to get into the longer-range precision world. I bought a howa 1500 in 308 20in heavy barrel off of one of my old soldiers who wasn't doing the best financially after getting out. I called my dad up an old 18 series with a bravo 4 identifier, I told him about my purchase. He told me good luck falling down this rabbit hole. Oh, boy was he right. I purchased a vortex pst 2 mrad, from what I read is a best bang for your buck optic on a few websites. I had my gunsmith set everything up. I finally got it semi-zeroed with cheap pmc ammo. I went shooting at Cheyenne mountain shooting complex for the zero. The guy next to me noticed me sucking lol. He gave me a few pointers, and suggested I join this website. That it has the most subject matter experts on anything long-range/precision. I will say I loved it. Something about working a bolt, zeroing, it was just like this peaceful harmony. I can see this will become addicting. I look forward to learning and gaining knowledge from you all, and hopefully attending a shooting course one day to help me learn more.

 

[HOOFER]

There is only room for one josh here….. bout time for another josh fight/get together.


Welcome. I’m up in Denver finishing out my 20 teaching Cadets to do army stuff. Been on here since 2007

There is online training available here. And the best advice I have for you is just read. Read. Read. And shoot shoot shoot


Josh

 

[CSTactical]

Welcome!

 

[BLEE]

Howdy, from NW Louisiana

 

[jpop8807]

There is only room for one josh here….. bout time for another josh fight/get together.


Welcome. I’m up in Denver finishing out my 20 teaching Cadets to do army stuff. Been on here since 2007

There is online training available here. And the best advice I have for you is just read. Read. Read. And shoot shoot shoot


Josh

Lmfao.
That's awesome, I used to live with my ex in Aurora. I bought a house in the Springs when I was in, but recently took a security gig down at the Pueblo Chemical Depot. Oh yes I have been reading my butt off, there is so much knowledge in long-range shooting. From the advice, I read many suggested start with a 223 bolt gun just for practice to learn dopes and fundamentals. Then this 308 kind of fell in my lap. My dad told me to buy several different 20rnd boxes to see what my gun likes. Boy that got pricey, good thing I just sold my house LMFAO. I definitely need some face-to-face instruction one day. M4 through 25mm cannons I've always seemed to learn better hands-on.

 

[jpop8807]

Welcome!

Thank you

 

[Fx51LP308]

Welcome from Tampa Bay, FL!

 

[jpop8807]

Howdy, from NW Louisiana

When I left Florida (I'm originally from Panama City) to drive to Ft. Hood. I stopped everywhere I could in Louisana for food. Man I think I gained 10 lbs in that short drive.

 

[HOOFER]

Lmfao.
That's awesome, I used to live with my ex in Aurora. I bought a house in the Springs when I was in, but recently took a security gig down at the Pueblo Chemical Depot. Oh yes I have been reading my butt off, there is so much knowledge in long-range shooting. From the advice, I read many suggested start with a 223 bolt gun just for practice to learn dopes and fundamentals. Then this 308 kind of fell in my lap. My dad told me to buy several different 20rnd boxes to see what my gun likes. Boy that got pricey, good thing I just sold my house LMFAO. I definitely need some face-to-face instruction one day. M4 through 25mm cannons I've always seemed to learn better hands-on.

I’m an old Mike Golf. I’m quite partial to the M242

 

[jpop8807]

I’m an old Mike Golf. I’m quite partial to the M242

They wanted me to go to Mike Golf school, but it was ets time. I love the M242. Out of all the weapon systems I have ever used I never had issues with it and got more awards than anything for back-to-back distinguished gunneries. Well minus when I pissed of my BC and he made me take the gun out and apart over and over again to smoke me lol. Being a civilian and reading civilian gun stuff confused me I thought CLP was all there was for small arms. Then I see the arguments of grease vs oils. I was like imagining the thick grease we used on the chain system of the 25, and why you'd want to put that on a normal gun. I have so much non-army stuff to learn. I loved my Bradley I hated coming to first brigade at Carson. The stryker weapon system is absolutely trash compared to the 25.

 

[jpop8807]

Welcome from Tampa Bay, FL!

Thank you. All my childhood friends from Panama City that never left Florida said that Tampa is hands down the best city to live in. I've never been I need to visit sometime.

 

[Albm12737]

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[jpop8807]

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Thank you guys very much. I'm looking forward to getting to know all of you, as well as probably annoy with my long range newbness. Don't worry though I know how to use the search button lol.

 

[ragsflh]

welcome aboard

 

[jpop8807]

There’s a nice rifle match at Pueblo, he also runs pistol uspsa matches, .22 matches. and ar15 matches. If you Google precision Wyco league Colorado, you’ll be able to shoot a match every weekend within Colorado and Wyoming. You are now free from the army, don’t let it be your identity and enjoy the good life.

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What I thought as a veteran you have to buy nothing but gruntstyle shirts, drink black rifle coffee, and sit on the porch like Clint Eastwood in gran turino? lol j/k. Dude I didn't even know there was anything in Pueblo, I usually just drive up to the mountains, or shoot at whatever the place on the southside of carson is called. Also for no reason what so ever I might have a membership to magnum shooting. That I think I've used twice. Thanks man that's awesome information.

 

[jpop8807]

Welcome to the Hide community. You are in the right place to learn about long range. Cheers!

You are correct, I googled how to use the search function jk jk. There is so much knowledge on here it's almost overwhelming. Man shit I just figured out how to zero a long gun, then its like wtf is a kestrel, how guns don't all like the same ammo, so much to learn.

 

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