My friend Tim Lyons and I showed up at TVP for a day of training with Tom Sarver. How amazed were we when we were the only shooters at the range. Tom introduced himself and got down to business of determining an exact 100 yard zero. After a few detours of re-mounting a scope which was loose and set up issues we set our 100 yard zeros. We quickly and methodically developed a dope chart out to 1,000 yards and determined a true muzzle velocity for each gun. Post lunch we shot from 5 different positions around TVP. Various target positions and placements made for an incredible experience and all the while Tom would guide us as to body position, trigger work, and "sack control". We are both new to long range shooting and Tom had us hitting consistently out 800-900 yards and even some hits at 1,000 yards with a 308. With my limited knowledge I believed this was the limit of that caliber but when Tom had us adjust to the 1,650 yard target I was amazed. Both my friend and I put 2 shots within the frame holding a 12 x 12 target at 1,650 yards in about 1 MOA range. Not bad for newbe's and a more seasomed shooter would have had a hit. This completely blew what I thought was possible out of the water with respect to the 308. The training we received in one day was more than I could have learned in years of shooting on my own. At days end all we could talk about was when could we schedule to go back for more training.
Thanks Tom!!!
Thanks Tom!!!
