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  1. Dan Newberry

    Training Courses BangSteel.com "non-golfer" t-shirts...

    We're raising some money to help fund the cost of long range shooting classes for state and local law enforcement officers at our facility in Virginia. Most LE departments are not interested in seeing their snipers learn long range shooting, and are of course not interested in funding such...
  2. Dan Newberry

    July 26th TEAM SHOOT, BangSteel.com (Southwest Virginia)

    We should be able to fit two or three more teams into this match, as we'll undoubtedly have a couple of no-shows... so if you're wanting to enter, PM or email your team members names, and read the match info at the page linked below. Round count of 50 to 60 rounds each should do it. Ranges...
  3. Dan Newberry

    Training Courses Day Clinic openings, BangSteel.com (southwest Virginia)... JULY 18

    We have some openings to fill in the day clinic being offered at the BangSteel.com range on July 18th. This will be the only open day clinic in July. We should be booking another clinic in August, on the 15th. The cost of the day clinic is only 120 dollars per person, all included. We...
  4. Dan Newberry

    Melissa Gilliland's article on the Guardian Long Range Match...

    The Guardian Long Range Rifle Competition at Bangsteel Range, Wytheville, VA | Ashbury Precision Ordnance, Mfg.
  5. Dan Newberry

    Practice shoot, BangSteel range this Saturday, May 10th...

    We're hosting a practice shoot this Saturday, May 10th at the BangSteel range in Southwest Virginia. The cost is only 25 dollars per shooter, and each shooter will have the opportunity to engage targets from 200 yards to 1000 yards (with an option of 1100 yards). Please note this event is...
  6. Dan Newberry

    May 31st BangSteel Challenge, SW Virginia... a few spots open, + match details

    We're hosting the spring BangSteel Challenge on May 31st at our facility in southwest Virginia. It will be an individual match, with prizes and cash being awarded to best shooters. Because the match is an individual shoot, and shooters will need to spot their own impacts in order to get on...
  7. Dan Newberry

    May 31st, 2014 BangSteel Challenge, Southwest Virginia

    We've made a couple changes to the administration and registration format for our May 31st long range match at the BangSteel.com range. James Parker (silentbushmaster) is transitioning to development and promotion of Rifle Team Havoc (watch for further info regarding Team Havoc and...
  8. Dan Newberry

    trim and chamfer cases... really fast. :)

    I think this is going to end up being the way I process the milsurp brass I get in the future. I've got some tweaks to make it better (such as I'm gonna turn down the case length gauge a thousandth or two so it'll go in and out more easily)... Of course when you trim cases, you've got to...
  9. Dan Newberry

    Federal Gold Medal .223 Rem, 69 grain Sierra Matchking analysis...

    I had a 'hide member ask about the Federal .223 Remington Gold Medal Match load (69 grain Sierra bullet). He sent me a box of ammo to look at. In this particular lot, the powder is a ball powder which weighs 24.7 grains. This is just a cursory look at this factory load recipe. Velocity...
  10. Dan Newberry

    Fieldcraft Detecting wind direction by airborne seeds... (video)

    Using airborne seeds for wind detection - YouTube
  11. Dan Newberry

    Over-thinking barometric pressure...

    In this age of gadgetry we're seeing more and more emphasis on barometric pressure (or density altitude) calculations when figuring your bullet's trajectory. Do these numbers really affect your bullet's flight? Yes--of course they do. But the question is, how much? Our long range shooting...
  12. Dan Newberry

    Sleuthing the Federal Gold Medal match load... Mk 316 Mod 0?

    Okay... the self appointed mall cops of reloading might want to go watch a rerun of Gomer Pyle about now... :) For the rest of us, here's a short video we made today... Sleuthing the Federal Gold Medal Match long range load recipe. - YouTube Dan
  13. Dan Newberry

    The "blind bag test" for handload development...

    A common theme in the threads in the Handloading section is "Will this (fill in the blank) help my accuracy?" Whether it be neck turning, weighing cases, deburring flash holes, getting Redding comp dies, etc., many of us wonder "Is it worth it?" And the truth will generally be difficult to...
  14. Dan Newberry

    Compact packaging of .308 rounds in Sierra 30 caliber bullet boxes...

    I've been boxing my field ammo for a while this way, and it works. Packing 20 .308 cartridges into a Sierra bullet box - YouTube
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