01-13-2015, 07:11 PM
Keep in mind that you can cover down on one of 2 classes for this course. One will be for those who want to dive into the Designated Marksman/Intermediate range arena, and the other will be the Light Sniper class, where we will reach out much farther, emphasizing how the fundamentals, wind, trajectory, and atmospherics become factors that we have to look at in more detail.
For the DM Class, the most common rifles are 16-20" AR15's, followed by lightweight AR10's & SCAR-17's, as well as those who want to get better married to their hunting rifles. The DM Class is an excellent venue to vet and stretch your legs with your hunting rifle, while becoming more capable of making ethical hits from close-in on out to the capabilities of you and your system. The 6.5 Grendel AR15 is an excellent DM/Hunting system, with a lightweight scope that allows reliable compensating for trajectory and wind, while many of the attendees bring a 5.56 or .223 Wylde AR15 with match ammo. 1.5 MOA accuracy is the threshold for the DM Class, but more accuracy will help you out of course.
For the Light Sniper Class, feel free to bring a precision bolt gun, AR10, or rifle that has the ballistic potential to reliably reach out from 600-1000yds. These rifles should really be holding 1 MOA or better, especially as you start to engage the 700-1000yd steel plates, as well as the smaller plates that are in the field stages.
You will want sufficient cold weather clothing to sustain you in mountainous terrain in the dead of winter in February, so watch caps, balaclavas, loose fitting gloves, hunter's mittens, multiple clothing layers, and decent boots are going to pay off. The DM Course in March of 2013 had sideways blowing snow on the morning of Day 1, with temps that got up above freezing and quite pleasant by the afternoon and Day 2. Be prepared to shed layers, and still have a wind-insulating capability.
For the DM Class, the most common rifles are 16-20" AR15's, followed by lightweight AR10's & SCAR-17's, as well as those who want to get better married to their hunting rifles. The DM Class is an excellent venue to vet and stretch your legs with your hunting rifle, while becoming more capable of making ethical hits from close-in on out to the capabilities of you and your system. The 6.5 Grendel AR15 is an excellent DM/Hunting system, with a lightweight scope that allows reliable compensating for trajectory and wind, while many of the attendees bring a 5.56 or .223 Wylde AR15 with match ammo. 1.5 MOA accuracy is the threshold for the DM Class, but more accuracy will help you out of course.
For the Light Sniper Class, feel free to bring a precision bolt gun, AR10, or rifle that has the ballistic potential to reliably reach out from 600-1000yds. These rifles should really be holding 1 MOA or better, especially as you start to engage the 700-1000yd steel plates, as well as the smaller plates that are in the field stages.
You will want sufficient cold weather clothing to sustain you in mountainous terrain in the dead of winter in February, so watch caps, balaclavas, loose fitting gloves, hunter's mittens, multiple clothing layers, and decent boots are going to pay off. The DM Course in March of 2013 had sideways blowing snow on the morning of Day 1, with temps that got up above freezing and quite pleasant by the afternoon and Day 2. Be prepared to shed layers, and still have a wind-insulating capability.
NRA Basic, Pistol, Rifle, Shotgun, RSO
CCW, CQM, DM, Long Range Rifle Instructor
6.5 Grendel Reloading Handbooks & chamber brushes can be found here:
www.AR15buildbox.com
CCW, CQM, DM, Long Range Rifle Instructor
6.5 Grendel Reloading Handbooks & chamber brushes can be found here:
www.AR15buildbox.com