As some of you know I own a NAPA auto parts store, and last Tuesday I flew up to Anchorage AK for an owners meeting/retreat.
The first two days we took a long range precision rifle course put on by Sniper's Hide. This is owned by Frank Galli a retired marine sniper and the instructor for Mile high out of Denver. Check him out on youtube or his website snipershide.com
Frank worked with RUGER and helped develop the RPR. His business partner is Marc Taylor whom he served with on the same sniper team.
Since I have no long range RPR type guns, I took my RUGER American 556 that I use for pararie dogs in Montana and 3 boxes of Hornaday V-Max poly tipped 55gr ammo. Half way through the 2nd day they had me hitting the 800 yard target. That's as far as my ammo would go....
They said the gun would go farther if I was shooting a different heavier round. The guys on both sides of me on the range both had the RPR in 6.5 Creedmore and both were hitting the 16 inch 1000 yard target with ease. Both guys were beginner shooters, and in fact both hit a clay pigeon at 1000!!
The instructors set me up a 5 inch wide by 9 inch tall steel target at 520 yards and with my last 25 rounds I peeled all the paint off of it!!
I am a very amature shooter and have only shot in the gravel pit up on the hill above town and some hunting. This was my first time on a range and with any instruction, so the fact I could be whacking 520 yards at will was pretty cool for me.
An awesome experience for me to get world class instruction on my varmint rifle. To much fun.
The next two days we went fishing.
Some pics attached.
Cheers,
JAY
P.S.
No Charlie, I did not keep any of the Halibut
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