Posted: 10/19/2016 4:17:22 PM EDT
| I hope I posted this in the right area. I'm looking for a class/instruction on long range rifle shooting. I purchased a Ruger Precision Rifle and topped it off with a vortex viper 4-16x50 scope. I know practically nothing about long range shooting or optics in general. I'm looking for a class within 50 miles of the Elmira region. If anyone knows of a place and could point me in the right direction I would greatly appreciate it. |
|
I have heard good things about these guys http://www.longguntraining.com |
|
Quoted:
I have heard good things about these guys http://www.longguntraining.com/ I took 103 with them this summer. Great class, a lot of knowledge and very helpful instructors. Curt is awesome. If you go, make sure you stay at the B and B they recommend. Beautiful place and the hosts make you feel like family. |
|
May be outside your distance range, but any of his courses are highly recommended. He's a great guy, no nonsense, and one hell of a great shot/instructor. Plus he's BTDT.
American Combat Evolutions |
|
I think snipers hide had a review of that place, it's in the Finger Lakes. First I had heard of it.
|
|
Quoted:
I think snipers hide had a review of that place, it's in the Finger Lakes. First I had heard of it. Quoted:
Frank actually went out and was a guest instructor with them twice this summer. |
|
Just to add a little, I was in the same boat as you. I got lucky and bought an RPR in the first wave, paired it with a Vortex HD Gen 2 4.5-27 and then started looking for classes. I took the intro/intermediate class at Black Hat Tactical which runs their courses out at Mifflin in Lewsitownn, PA. Good class which helped me a lot with fundamentals. A nice mix of classroom and range time (enough classroom time to teach the theory but not so much you don't feel like you're shooting enough). I really liked the extra "free shoot" time we had on the first day to dial in our guns, gather data on different ranges, and generally figure out what we didn't know while having a bunch of solid instructors around to keep us moving forward. The competition at the end of the second was a nice way to stress test what we learned, including measuring distance with the reticle.
Eight months or so later, I took Long Guns 103 and got a taste the next level in terms of more difficult courses of fire, wind calls, movers, and a little bit of positional work. Curt knows his business and it was a good class. If I can get some more consistent range time, I'm hoping to do PRS comps once a month at Granby, MA. If NY is going to take away semi autos, PR is a great way to keep shooting fun, in my opinion. |