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A former Marine Corps Scout Sniper, Frank Galli is a pioneer in the world of long-range rifle instruction. He’s the founder of Sniper’s Hide, one of the leading online communities for avid riflemen from all walks of life, including top military, civilian, law enforcement, and professional competition shooters.
Galli’s most notable contribution is his use of video instruction to help students who don’t have direct access to his rifle classes. In 2008, Galli was one of the first rifle instructors to adopt a video-based model of personalized instruction. He not only creates videos covering general rifle skills, he also makes videos addressing specific questions and problems that his students have. His inspiration came from an unlikely source.
“Photoshop,” Galli says. “I saw these online video tutorials for hundreds of dollars teaching Photoshop skills, and thought, I could do that for shooters.”
But even prior to 2008, Galli was at the forefront of the rapidly evolving world of precision shooting.
“September 11 was the defining moment,” Galli says. “Before that, if you go back 100 years, precision rifle was moving at a snail’s pace. Everybody was just regurgitating what Grandpa had taught. After September 11, everything changed.”
The military became much more focused on how to effectively use snipers in combat, and long-range rifle matches started gaining in popularity. Instructors like Galli, who sit at the nexus of these worlds, facilitated the sharing of information between them. “People used to come to me to shoot 1,000 yards. now they want to shoot a mile.” Frank Galli
It’s difficult to overstate how rapidly the world of long-range shooting is changing.
“People used to come to me to shoot 1,000 yards. Now they want to shoot a mile. And they’re getting it done,” Galli says. “I have guys come with an Accuracy International rifle in 6.5 Creedmoor, using factory Hornady ammo, and get three out of five hits at a mile on an 18-by-24-inch target.”
Just within the last year, the bar for extreme accuracy has been raised. “We’re now effective out to 2,500 yards, because people are attempting shots at 4,000,” Galli says.
But most of his students have much more modest goals.
“I teach a lot of regular hunters, and for them it is all about extending their effective and ethical range,” Galli says.
He also makes it a point to get kids shooting in the matches he puts on.
“I had 12 kids under 16 years old at my last match,” Galli says. “We’ve got to get a new generation of shooters out on the range.”
—John B. Snow
https://www.outdoorlife.com/19-huntings-fishing-shooting-conservation-influencers
A former Marine Corps Scout Sniper, Frank Galli is a pioneer in the world of long-range rifle instruction. He’s the founder of Sniper’s Hide, one of the leading online communities for avid riflemen from all walks of life, including top military, civilian, law enforcement, and professional competition shooters.
Galli’s most notable contribution is his use of video instruction to help students who don’t have direct access to his rifle classes. In 2008, Galli was one of the first rifle instructors to adopt a video-based model of personalized instruction. He not only creates videos covering general rifle skills, he also makes videos addressing specific questions and problems that his students have. His inspiration came from an unlikely source.
“Photoshop,” Galli says. “I saw these online video tutorials for hundreds of dollars teaching Photoshop skills, and thought, I could do that for shooters.”
But even prior to 2008, Galli was at the forefront of the rapidly evolving world of precision shooting.
“September 11 was the defining moment,” Galli says. “Before that, if you go back 100 years, precision rifle was moving at a snail’s pace. Everybody was just regurgitating what Grandpa had taught. After September 11, everything changed.”
The military became much more focused on how to effectively use snipers in combat, and long-range rifle matches started gaining in popularity. Instructors like Galli, who sit at the nexus of these worlds, facilitated the sharing of information between them. “People used to come to me to shoot 1,000 yards. now they want to shoot a mile.” Frank Galli
It’s difficult to overstate how rapidly the world of long-range shooting is changing.
“People used to come to me to shoot 1,000 yards. Now they want to shoot a mile. And they’re getting it done,” Galli says. “I have guys come with an Accuracy International rifle in 6.5 Creedmoor, using factory Hornady ammo, and get three out of five hits at a mile on an 18-by-24-inch target.”
Just within the last year, the bar for extreme accuracy has been raised. “We’re now effective out to 2,500 yards, because people are attempting shots at 4,000,” Galli says.
But most of his students have much more modest goals.
“I teach a lot of regular hunters, and for them it is all about extending their effective and ethical range,” Galli says.
He also makes it a point to get kids shooting in the matches he puts on.
“I had 12 kids under 16 years old at my last match,” Galli says. “We’ve got to get a new generation of shooters out on the range.”
—John B. Snow
