What is Your Gun Number?
A Gun Number is the full-value wind speed (in miles per hour) that will push your bullet horizontally 0.1 MIL off target for every 100 meters of distance.
Teaching the Next Generation
Life is Dangerous We talk a lot in our family about hunting and the occasional need to deal with pest
Putting Together a Long Range Kit
If you’ve been shooting an AR for years, even something custom you put together, making the jump into precision bolt guns can be jarring.
RELOADING BASICS – Bullet Seating
You’ve resized and primed the case, dropped the powder charge, and now it’s time to seat the bullet.
RELOADING BASICS – The Powder Charge
With your case preparation complete, you can now charge your case with powder. The process by which this task is completed is simple.
RELOADING BASICS – Case Preparation
You’ve bought a bunch of components, and you’re ready to start loading. But where do you begin?
RELOADING BASICS – Required Tooling
A basic reloading setup is fairly straightforward: you need a press, dies, and case preparation tools to shape your brass, powder tools to measure and drop powder within the cases, dies to seat the bullet, and some measurement tools to check your work. Below we break down these categories to help you choose the tools best suited to your needs.
Mission Defines Your SECOND LINE Gear
If you’re going to carry a rifle, you should first ask yourself “what am I trying to do here?”
Second line gear should supplement the survival items you’ve mounted on your belt, but be tailored to the specific goals and purpose of your outing. As always, the items recommended below are all high quality options for mission fulfillment gear and no recommendation will be made on the basis of my own financial interests.
Your Belt is Your FIRST LINE of Defense
The belt is the foundation of first line gear. When it comes loading up, some folks like to run a streamlined, minimalist rig. Others are chasing Batman levels of utility. In choosing a gun belt, you’re looking for a rigid system that will support the weight of the items you need to carry.
How to Estimate Range With Your MIL Reticle
If your optic has a mil hash system, you can use those angle measurements to get a rough estimation of your target’s range based on an approximate or known value of the target’s height.