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Category Archives: Extreme Long Range Shooting
ELR Central World Record Event
INAUGURAL WORLD RECORD EVENT Las Vegas, NV – Sunday, 21 Jan 2018 Location: Front Sight Range, 1 Front Sight Road, Pahrump, NV 89061 Time: Registration: 0600-0700 Range Brief: 0700 Morning Relays: 0800-1000 Afternoon Relays: 1400-1600 Awards Dinner: 1800 – … Continue reading
Posted in ELR, Extreme Long Range Shooting, Mark Lonsdale, Uncategorized
Tagged Berger, Cutting Edge, Hill Country, Kestrel, Lonsdale, McMillan, Stiller
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What is the “Best Rifle?”
By Mark V. Lonsdale As long as men have carried guns, they have been arguing about the best rifle, the best pistol, or the best caliber. Now with the proliferation of the internet, and Facebook in particular, seeing “What is … Continue reading
Posted in Extreme Long Range Shooting, F-TR, Mark Lonsdale, Precision Rifle Shooting, Rifle Shooting, Sniper, Uncategorized
Tagged .223, 308 Win, ADM, Badger, Competition shooting, F-Class, FTR, Gunsmith, Hill Country, Leupold, Lonsdale, McMillan, PRS, Reloading, Sniper
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A Beginners’ Guide to Becoming a Successful Long Range Shooter
By Mark V. Lonsdale, STTU Back when IPSC shooting was in its infancy, a shooter asked current world champion, Ray Chapman, “What was the secret to good shooting?” His answer was brilliant in its simplicity – “Don’t move the gun … Continue reading
Posted in Extreme Long Range Shooting, F-TR, Mark Lonsdale, PRS
Tagged 308 Win, Badger, Berger, Cutting Edge, F-Class, FTR, Kestrel, Lonsdale, McMillan, NF, Nightforce, Reloading
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A Beginners Guide to the Kestrel 5700 Elite Wind & Environment Meter
By Mark V. Lonsdale What does a Kestrel not do? It does not read the range to the target. So what does it do? It measures wind, environmental factors, and provides ballistic firing solutions tailored to the shooter’s rifle and … Continue reading
Posted in Extreme Long Range Shooting, Mark Lonsdale, Precision Rifle Shooting, Rifle Shooting, Sniper
Tagged Ballistics, Firing Solution, FTR, Kestrel, Lonsdale, PRS, Sniper
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Anatomy of an Extreme Long Range Rifle
By Mark V. Lonsdale Ten-time National Champion and Team USA World championship shooter, Paul Phillips, also with Team AB, was kind enough to share the specs on his King of 2 Miles (Ko2M) rifle. This rifle is a veritable beast … Continue reading
Posted in Extreme Long Range Shooting, F-TR, Mark Lonsdale
Tagged Applied Ballistics, Cutting Edge, Kestrel, Lonsdale, McMillan, Nightforce, Peterson brass, Team AB
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Beginner’s Guide to Extreme Long Range Shooting (ELR) – Part 1
By Mark V. Lonsdale Making the decision to enter the world of Extreme Long Range (ELR) shooting could be an expensive exercise, especially if you actually expect to make consistent hits out beyond 2,000 yards. So let’s begin by defining … Continue reading
Posted in Extreme Long Range Shooting, F-TR, Mark Lonsdale, Rifle Shooting, Sniper
Tagged 308 Win, Berger, Cutting Edge, ELR, Extreme Long Range Shooting, FTR, Hill Country, McMillan, Peterson brass, Stiller, TAC 408, Whidden
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Kestrel Elite 5700 ABS
Mark V. Lonsdale, STTU Training Director It is not too difficult to build a rifle that will shoot sub-MOA at long range (1000 yards). It is even not that difficult to dope the temperature, altitude and humidity, but the wind … Continue reading
