I attended the the March 30th - April 1st 2012 Precision Scoped rifle course in Saxton Pa instructed by Sean Little Vapor Trail. It was a three day event with some class room instruction and lots of fun shooting steel out to 815 yards. The area is nothing short of beautiful in Western Pennsylvanian and got to stay at Dave S's house. It is in a perfect area and Dave and Sean were great hosts with always great food and conversation to go around - probably lots of tall tales too but we will leave that alone.
We started out Friday morning with class room instruction on the basics of shooting Precision rifles and also how to use our optics. Sean instructed us "Jack Wagons" as he likes to call us on the finer points of shooting. After the morning classroom session we went out to the 100 yard range to get the zeros for our rifles. Sean spent time with all the students to ensure we were properly aligned behind the rifle and proper trigger controls - no gorilla trigger manipulations were allowed. We had several bolt shooters and a couple of AR's so he spent equal time discussing both applications. The afternoon session was shooting at 500 yards on paper which ended up being very interesting due the changing wind patterns. I know I fought the winds.
100 yard zero Line
Saturday we started the day with class room instruction on ballistics and ballistic programs, how to determine distance with your optic and how to obtain our DOPE for the rifles. After several interruptions to view turkey's out the window we were able to get the classes completed. We also discussed the proper use of the data book.
Then we got down to business of shooting steel from 300 yards out to 817 yards. Sean had the targets randomly placed in an open field and the group had to obtain distances for the targets based on known size of targets although some were very challenging due to the cant of the target. Sean explained again how to determine distance with the optics in which we had MIL/MIL, MOA/MOA and also MOA/MIL scopes so that was quite the challenge.
The course was the field right of the barn and up the hill. The furthest target was 820 yards and you can see some of the larger targets in the field that were white. He had some pretty small targets out in the field that were quite a challenge and definitely made the students have to concentrate in order to hit them. Sean spent time with each of the students to ensure they were absorbing the information. I got a good chance to wring out my Underground Skunkworks Perseus with Thunderbeast Suppressor. They both worked very well.
Sean instructing on the use of Precision Rifle Solutions Tripods and shooting from his weak side...This was a first for me seeing a PRS Tripod and I think I will have to buy one.
We started out Friday morning with class room instruction on the basics of shooting Precision rifles and also how to use our optics. Sean instructed us "Jack Wagons" as he likes to call us on the finer points of shooting. After the morning classroom session we went out to the 100 yard range to get the zeros for our rifles. Sean spent time with all the students to ensure we were properly aligned behind the rifle and proper trigger controls - no gorilla trigger manipulations were allowed. We had several bolt shooters and a couple of AR's so he spent equal time discussing both applications. The afternoon session was shooting at 500 yards on paper which ended up being very interesting due the changing wind patterns. I know I fought the winds.
100 yard zero Line
Saturday we started the day with class room instruction on ballistics and ballistic programs, how to determine distance with your optic and how to obtain our DOPE for the rifles. After several interruptions to view turkey's out the window we were able to get the classes completed. We also discussed the proper use of the data book.
Then we got down to business of shooting steel from 300 yards out to 817 yards. Sean had the targets randomly placed in an open field and the group had to obtain distances for the targets based on known size of targets although some were very challenging due to the cant of the target. Sean explained again how to determine distance with the optics in which we had MIL/MIL, MOA/MOA and also MOA/MIL scopes so that was quite the challenge.
The course was the field right of the barn and up the hill. The furthest target was 820 yards and you can see some of the larger targets in the field that were white. He had some pretty small targets out in the field that were quite a challenge and definitely made the students have to concentrate in order to hit them. Sean spent time with each of the students to ensure they were absorbing the information. I got a good chance to wring out my Underground Skunkworks Perseus with Thunderbeast Suppressor. They both worked very well.
Sean instructing on the use of Precision Rifle Solutions Tripods and shooting from his weak side...This was a first for me seeing a PRS Tripod and I think I will have to buy one.
