Training Courses NM and AZ courses
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Gunsite just had a PR7 course last week -- hopefully someone here attended and can chime in.
Colorado Precision Rifle holds courses at the Blue Steel Ranch in Logan, NM which is a great facility. I've written a brief review of the Level 1 course. The facility and courses are reviewed elsewhere, including a video from the 6.5 Guys. ()
Colorado Precision Rifle holds courses at the Blue Steel Ranch in Logan, NM which is a great facility. I've written a brief review of the Level 1 course. The facility and courses are reviewed elsewhere, including a video from the 6.5 Guys. ()
The NRA does one at Whittington and so does Gunwerks. I'd love to hear from anyone who has been to either one?
I'm schedule for the PR7 long range course at Gunsite in October, but a friend of mine went to the one you mentioned a few weeks back. Walt Wilkerson (50 cal national/world champ) was teaching the course. Walt is a 30 year Special Ops Sergeant Major and one of the best long range shooters in the country. I took the 223 course with Walt a few years back.
My friend said the seven day PR7 course was excellent. He was a retired swat team commander and police sniper, but he learned a ton of new material at the course. You work in sniper-spotter pairs at all times, and swap between shooting and spotting. Gunsite teaches old school milling (range estimation), marksmanship, wind estimation, ballistics, communicating as a team, shooting under time pressure, and reinforces it with a wide variety of targets and conditions. He said they were shooting at 800 yards by day two.
There is a fair amount of class time along with shooting all over the 2800 acre facility including sniper ridge. I think he said there was even a night shoot for those with illuminated reticles, and of course the class shootout.
I've taken four courses at Gunsite so far and in my opinion it is the Harvard of shooting schools - none better. I'm looking forward to the October class - hope to see you there!
My friend said the seven day PR7 course was excellent. He was a retired swat team commander and police sniper, but he learned a ton of new material at the course. You work in sniper-spotter pairs at all times, and swap between shooting and spotting. Gunsite teaches old school milling (range estimation), marksmanship, wind estimation, ballistics, communicating as a team, shooting under time pressure, and reinforces it with a wide variety of targets and conditions. He said they were shooting at 800 yards by day two.
There is a fair amount of class time along with shooting all over the 2800 acre facility including sniper ridge. I think he said there was even a night shoot for those with illuminated reticles, and of course the class shootout.
I've taken four courses at Gunsite so far and in my opinion it is the Harvard of shooting schools - none better. I'm looking forward to the October class - hope to see you there!
I took the Precision Rifle class a few years ago and it’s everything Mortalpawn says. The class and instructors ( Walt Wilkerson and Cory Trapp) are excellent. October is a good time to go, the weather was great. I would not want to attend during the summer.
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