What are your 2024 Goals ?
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Shooting Bags Considerations
Using Shooting Bags Effectively
FUNDAMENTALS: Natural Point of Aim
Performance Points Discussion Natural point of aim (NPA) is a fundamental of marksmanship that if unaddressed can lower the probability of hitting what you’re trying to hit. In its most basic form NPA means that the target is resting or being supported in a way that on its own it is aiming at the point …
Understanding the Importance of Training for Firearm Owners – John Carughi
From 2020 to 2022 there were 9.2 million new gun owners in America. In 2019 there were only 2.4 million new owners. Since the Covid Pandemic there has been a 2.3% increase in concealed carry permits which stands at 22.01 million Americans and growing still. These are significant numbers that lead me to question “How …
How Heavy is Too Heavy, Rifle Weight
The opinions and conclusions I share are 100% biased and subjective to my experiences. Now that that disclaimer is out of the way, let’s get started. A few years ago, I committed to a competition called Assassins Way, a month-long field competition that is designed to test a variety of field craft, rifle craft, and …
Building Effective Communication
Communication. A word that can mean many different things. However, it’s still fundamentally the same for everyone. Connection from one person to another or many persons to one, even one person to many. To some people it can be the device that connects them. Phone, radio, letter, pen, painting, sculpting, music, or movies and tv. …
Get Up, Stand Up !
Get up, stand up. Prone great. It is no surprise that prone shooting is a very popular and common shooting position. The first thing that comes to mind when I think about prone shooting is stability. Gravity and several contact points with the ground or bench make the rifle as stable as it gets. In …
Why we Train
Situation You prepare to take your first shot of the day at distance after checking zero. Zero was fine. You are comfortable with your ballistic data for the sake of this conversation. You pick a target at 800 yards with your 308 and notice that it is .5 mil wide. You make your best wind …
Recoil Management
Shooter Inputs and Outputs The general theme of this article series is the effects of equipment and shooter on long-range pursuits. Understanding the equipment baseline is vital because it provides a starting point on top of which we must stack the shooter-induced elements we will touch on now. The reason we didn’t jump straight into …
