Course Overview
This course is designed around the Midwest rifle hunter who wants to understand more about their equipment and ballistics while also being able to test new found information. This class has a low equipment barrier to enter and takes on an exploratory approach to the learning process. Meaning the shooters showing up with their typical hunting rifles will be learning about what their real world expectations should be according to their personal and equipment performance in the course. There are no equipment restrictions.
The course will be broken up into 5 different blocks of instruction as listed below.
Prerequisites:
There are no prerequisites, but our Long Range Introductory Course (LR1) in highly recommended.
Mandatory Gear Requirements:
The course will be broken up into 5 different blocks of instruction as listed below.
- Zero/Zero Confirmation: Students are given a brief on the different zero distances and the benefits of them. This is followed by the zero process and reindex of the turrets.
- Chronograph: The students will all have their rifles chronographed and the information obtained will be explained to them in detail.
- Intro to Ballistic Software: The students will then download the Geo Ballistics application and build a gun profile based on the information obtained.
- Validate and True: The class will then engage targets from 200 out to 500yrds in order to validate the data from the ballistic software. If truing the data is necessary students are given instruction on how to do this.
- 3-5 Stage Field Course: A 3-5 stage field course will be shot. The instructor will ID the targets for students and dictate the position that the students need to shot the targets from. A short period of instruction of how best to accomplish this will be explained. 1 to 2 targets will be at each position.
Prerequisites:
There are no prerequisites, but our Long Range Introductory Course (LR1) in highly recommended.
Mandatory Gear Requirements:
- Rifle/Optic (Preferably with bipod or a support bag to shoot from).
- Ammunition: 100 rounds of the same ammunition. (Preferably Quality Match grade Type Ammunition)
- Pack to carry gear.
- Students are expected to understand how to safely operate their firearm when they arrive.
- Bipods.
- Rear support shooting bag.
- Rain gear.
- Sunscreen/Bug Spray.
- Extra ammunition of the same type so the student can use the information from the course for future engagements.