Long Range Shooter

POW Prayer

Please hear me ,Lord…..
It’s the dead of night…..

It is dark and cold,
the night surrounds me Like a blanket of hope.
As long as it is night, they will stay in their corner.
I lie here wondering ~
how long is it again?
I cling to the dream of my family ~
I see them in my mind.
It is another Independence Day at home.
When will my independence come?
I will NOT believe that they have forgotten me!!
I look in the hole I have dug here,
for the things that I hide from them.
A little smile across my lips~
in all this time they have never found my little stash!

I pull out a little scrap of shredded red and white.
For me, it waves in the breeze of home!
It is my salvation ~
it tells me there is hope.
There is a tiny piece of cloth,
a remnant of the uniform worn with the pride
only a soldier knows.
Ah, here is that little corner of the photo I once had!
They think they destroyed it ~
It is my private joke on them.
For I can still see the face of my little boy. But ~~~
he must be almost a man by now…

I am not sure?

How long has it been again?
They could not have forgotten me,
as they go from one day to the next without me.
I will not believe that!
If they have, I shall surely be swallowed
up in the mists of this hell!

How long has it been again?
No ~
they have not forgotten ~
how could they have?
Have they ?
My God?
Have they?

By Joanna Mckenzie Henshaw

Until they all come home
We watch and wait
Young and old, black and white
So far away, they’re sent to fight

Until they all come home
We wear our ribbons to show our pride
And let them know we are on their side

Until they all come home
We pray for peace
Throughout the land
Protect them all, on sea and sand
Until they all come home

Please don’t let anybody forget the solders that fight for our country and fight for our freedoms……………….that die for our country and die for our freedoms.

Try to use gelatin powder made specifically for ballistics use, which is manufactured by Kind & Knox. However, the powder has to be special ordered in bulk and is expensive.
Consider using plain Knox gelatin off the supermarket shelf. It cost approximately $10 US and will suffice for home usage.
Mix a basic formula of one pound of gelatin powder to one gallon of water.
Consider mixing smaller batches one batch at a time unless you have extra large double boilers and spoons. By starting with smaller batches you can avoid wasting money should the larger batch burn, scorch or not set. The gelatin can also be mixed in two batches using 8 oz. of powder and 2 quarts of water.
Measure out the cold water
Add the gelatin powder all at once but stir it in carefully instead of dumping the powder.
Try to moisten all of the granules without adding too much air.
Look for a mixture was the consistency of thick grits.
Set the gel mixture in the refrigerator to chill and hydrate (a process known as “blooming”) for two hours.
Set the gelatin over a pan of water (double boiler) and heated it until it melted.
Use a candy thermometer to make sure the gelatin mixture doesn’t get hotter than 130 degrees.
Stir carefully to minimize air getting trapped in the gelatin and to disperse the heat.
Use a mold sprayed with silicone spray to avoid sticking. The professionals use specially constructed 6” x 6” x 16” molds coated inside with silicone spray for easy release.
Amateurs can use 32 oz. Glad Ware containers and non-stick cooking spray.
Set the gel in the pan(s) to chill in a refrigerator for 36 hours before use.
Carry it to the testing site in insulated containers
Unmold it before carefully immediately before testing.
#Cut each block in half if you need smaller sections. You can cut each block in half in half, for a total of four blocks measuring about 7.5cm x 12 cm x 13.5 cm.
Recycle. Used in a clean setting, like a lab, blocks of ballistics gel can be recycled by melting them down and remolding them. Outside use may leave you with gel too full of dirt and wood splinters to be reclaimed.

TIPS

When stirring the gel, stir it slowly to reduce the air bubbles.
Try to keep the mixture flat in the refrigerator, so when it gels over, it will be a flat surface.
When melting the gel, just leave it on the stove long enough to melt. Letting it sit too long will boil away some water.

WARNINGS

When melting the gel, do not turn the stove up high, because boiling it will make it turn out bad. The highest the stove should be on, is medium low, or 2-3.

The above steps are for recreational creation of ballistics gel and not for scientific use.
Never fire a weapon unless you are trained to do so and you’re in an environment appropriately designated for weapons use.

Use extreme caution when using ballistics gel to test penetration of foreign objects. If it can damage the gel, it can kill.

With much consideration I have decided to make a long range how to video. I will start to work on it in the next week or so but I don’t know how long it will take to complete. I will cover the basis for long range shooting but if there is anything else you would like to see or know about please let me know and I will try to put it on the video. Thanks

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If you buy a new Remington the trigger is very stiff and hard to pull. For hunting purposes that is fine but when you shoot at a target at 1,500yds you fell like the shot will never go off. I did some research and found this site that goes over adjusting your trigger. I have done it and it works good.

MOA unit is commonly found in the firearms industry and literature, particularly that concerning the accuracy of rifles. The industry tends to refer to it as minute of angle rather than minute of arc. It is popular because 1 MOA subtends approximately one inch at 100 yards, a traditional distance on target ranges. A shooter can easily readjust his rifle scope by measuring the distance in inches the bullet hole is from the desired impact point, and adjusting the scope that many MOA in the same direction. Most target scopes designed for long distances are adjustable in quarter (¼) or eighth (⅛) MOA “clicks”. One eighth MOA is equal to approximately an eighth of an inch at 100 yards or one inch at 800 yards.

Sometimes, a firearm’s accuracy will be measured in MOA. This simply means that under ideal conditions, the gun is capable of repeatedly producing a group of shots whose center points (center-to-center) fit into a circle, the diameter of which can be subtended by that amount of arc. (E.g.: a “1 MOA rifle” should be capable, under ideal conditions, of shooting a 1-inch group at 100 yards, a “2 MOA rifle” a 2-inch group at 100 yards, etc.) Some manufacturers such as Weatherby and Cooper offer actual guarantees of real-world MOA performance.

Rifle manufacturers and gun magazines often refer to this capability as “Sub-MOA”, meaning it shoots under 1 MOA. This is typically a single group of 3 to 5 shots at 100 yards, or the average of several groups. If larger samples are taken, i.e. more shots per group, then group size typically increases.

For ultra long range precision target shooting with high-powered rifles and military sniping radically designed very-low-drag (VLD) bullets are available that are generally produced out of rods of mono-metal alloys on CNC controlled lathes. The driving force behind these projectiles is the wish to enhance the practical maximum effective range beyond normal standards. To achieve this the bullets have to be very long and normal cartridge overall lengths often have to be exceeded. Common rifling twist rates also often have to be tightened to stabilize very long projectiles. Such commercially nonexistent cartridges are termed “wildcats”. The use of a wildcat based (ultra) long-range cartridge demands the use of a custom or customized rifle with an appropriately cut chamber and a fast-twist bore.

Very-low-drag bullets are primarily a small arms ballistics development of the 1980s–1990s, driven by shooters’ desire for bullets that will give a higher degree of accuracy and kinetic efficiency, especially at extended ranges. To achieve this the projectile must minimize air resistance in flight. Demand has been greatest from target shooters, including benchrest competitors, but hunters have also benefited. Most VLD bullets are used in rifles.

By increasing the bullet’s ballistic coefficient, the bullet decelerates less rapidly. This flattens the projectile’s trajectory somewhat and also remarkably decreases the lateral drift caused by crosswinds. The higher velocity at impact delivers more kinetic energy.

The development of VLD bullets has focused on the following main factors:

the production of bullets with concentric and coincident centers of form and centres of mass
bullet design incorporating a secant ogive, tangent ogive, Von Kármán ogive or Sears-Haack profile in the bullet’s nose area
the use of carefully tapered bullet heels, or boat-tails
a cavity or hollow in the bullet nose (hollow point) to shift the projectile’s centre of gravity rearwards
The resulting projectile should be very “slippery” (well streamlined) for easier passage through the air. Consistency in bullet production, allied to consistency in the assembly of cartridges (quality control) should give excellent shot-to-shot consistency.

The principles of bullet design and flight are classically set out in Mann, F.W.: The Bullet’s Flight From Powder to Target: Ballistics of Small Arms (1942 and other reprints).

Alloys like copper nickel, tellurium copper and brass are used for turning these projectiles on precision CNC lathes. Producing accurate bullets this way is not easy. To guarantee consistency and hence accuracy professional quality control during and after production is needed.

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Whether you agree or not, it’s an interesting lesson in history. Something to think about…

In 1929, the Soviet Union established gun control.
From 1929 to 1953, about 20 million dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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In 1911, Turkey established gun control. From 1915 to 1917, 1.5 million Armenians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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Germany established gun control in 1938 and from 1939 to 1945, 13 million Jews and others who were unable to defend themselves were rounded up and exterminated.
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China established gun control in 1935. From 1948 to 1952, 20 million political dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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Guatemala established gun control in 1964. From 1964 to 1981, 100,000 Mayan Indians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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Uganda established gun control in 1970. From 1971 to 1979, 300,000 Christians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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Cambodia established gun control in 1956. From 1975 to 1977, one million ‘educated’ people, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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Defenseless people rounded up and exterminated in the 20th Century because of gun control:
56 million.

It has now been 12 months since gun owners in Australia were forced by new law to surrender
640,381 personal firearms to be destroyed by their own government, a program costing Australia taxpayers more than $500 million dollars.

The first year results are now in:
Australia - wide, homicides are up 3.2 percent
Australia - wide, assaults are up 8.6 percent
Australia - wide, armed robberies are up 44 percent (yes, 44 percent!)
In the state of Victoria alone, homicides with firearms are now up 300 percent.
(Note that while the law abiding citizens turned them in, the criminals did not, and criminals still
possess their guns!)

While figures over the previous 25 years showed a steady decrease in armed robbery with firearms, this has changed drastically upward in the past 12 months,since the criminals now are guaranteed that their prey is unarmed.
There has also been a dramatic increase in break ins and assaults of the ELDERLY.
Australian politicians are at a loss to explain how public safety has decreased, after such
monumental effort and expense was expended in ’successfully ridding Australian society of guns.’ The Australian experience and the other historical
facts above prove it.

You won’t see this data on the American evening news or hear our president, governors or other
politicians disseminating this information.

Guns in the hands of honest law abiding citizens save lives and property and, yes, gun control laws affect only the law abiding citizens.

Take note my fellow Americans…..before it’s too late!

The next time someone talks in favor of gun control, please remind them of this history lesson.

With guns, we are citizens.
Without them, we are subjects.

I am sad to say that I must put the one mile shot on hold because of technical difficulties with my stock. I have a new one that I am going to purchase when the funds become available. I am putting this on top priority and will do my best to get you guys some video soon. Sorry for the inconvenience. Here is the Stock

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