Long Range Shooter

Tragic Accident

Sean — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 01:11:01 +0000

Mike, a close friend went to the target range this afternoon. He has a 338-06 that he was sighting in and practicing on some steal that I have set up at 600 yards. Mike along with myself and many others that are serous about shooting long range does not shoot of the shelf ammo. Mike because of lack of time has his ammo reloaded for him. As he was shooting at the 600 yard target he changed his ammo lot to his 200gr bullets. When he fired the first round he thought that he might have felt some blow back in his face but the rifle seemed fine. On the second round the gun blew up in his face. I was not there when this happened but after talking to Mike and the details about what had happened it sounds like the 200gr bullet was charged with the 180gr load. You see when you are loading your own ammo, the heavier the bullet, the smaller the powder charge needs to be because of the chamber pressure. This is a great example of the great care that needs to be taken when reloading. There are some serous consequences if even one step is missed. Not only is there a risk of injury to you but people around you as well. You can imagine how you might feel if lack of care on your part caused someone to get hurt, possible by shooting your rifle with your bullets. Any way it looks like mike will be fine. He has about 600 pieces of copper in his eye but with care should be back to normal in about seven weeks. So I would like to ask everybody to pray for Mike and his family. Pray that the healing will be fast and painless and that his family stays strong knowing that someone far larger than you are I is in control.

Vote for Obama is a vote for socialism

Sean — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 01:47:26 +0000

We are being sold a presidential campaign based on change: no details of what they are or if they are good or bad, just change! Change is not new. It stared with Adam and Eve and the fruit of the garden. Winston Churchill said of Adolf Hitler that “never in history had so many people voted for such a totally unqualified leader.” The resulting WWII was disastrous. Europe was destroyed, 40 million civilians died and 20 million service men and women. Electing a leader of any country is serious business, and the decision of who to vote for needs to be made on the basis of facts–not words or promises. On one hand, we can see the damaged body of a man who has persevered and who loves America. On the other, we see a man who has never led or fought for any cause, except the cause of socialism. Every voter needs to type in “public allies” on the computer and see what this candidate and his wife have been promoting since 1992. In 1938 Neville Chamberlain, the prime minister of Great Britain, met with Adolf Hitler. He said he could handle Hitler, but in the next few days, Germany took over Czechoslovakia. Had it not been for Winston Churchill taking over, England would have been doomed. It could be said and rightly so, that he was the “pit bull” without lipstick! His great strengths were honesty, integrity and tenacity (holding on for dear life). That is the kind of leader we need in these times. Doesn’t it bother my fellow Americans that the enemies of freedom want Obama to win and the U.S. to lose? If you disagree with McCain and Palin and because of that, vote for any other candidate, you must realize that the reality is, you are voting for Obama and socialism. In the wars since 1785, 1,140,000 U.S. men and women have died for freedom. Shall they have died in vain because we have elected the wrong person? Think! God gave you a brain. Use it!

Finally

Sean — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 03:57:46 +0000

After much pain and agony I have finally finished everything on my rifle. The upgrades where a new stock, new scope, base, trigger work and a bit of work done on the action. Although I thought that it would never get done, the work was well needed. I now have a Bell & Carlson Tactical stock that combines a 6×25x56mm scope that has over 140 MOA of elevation adjustment. Combine that with a 20 MOA base, I now have well over a 160 MOA of adjustment for shooting beyond 1,500 yards. So maybe I might finally get some new video up soon as my brother informed me that the video I have is getting old, but I have to agree with him. I have not had near as much time to shoot this year as I have hoped but God willing maybe I will make up for it with some long range game kills this hunting season. I also wanted to let everybody know that I have not forgotten about the long range how to video. I am currently working out the details so that I can start making the video this spring. I have someone that will work up some sound tracks and someone that is going to do the editing on the video.

Sean — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:42:57 +0000

Russia launches offensive near Georgian border

Sean — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 15:31:06 +0000

Eotvos effect

Sean — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 04:54:35 +0000

The Eotvos effect is caused by the rotation of the earth but not to be confused with Coriolis effect. While Coriolis is related to the effects caused by the earth it is on a horizontal plane. Eotvos effect is a vertical change in target position that at long distances could cause a miss on a target. The fowling examples explain the Eotvos effect.

Notice that when shooting eastwards that the effect causes the impact to move up. But while shooting westwards the impact has a tendency to move down.

David and Jeremy: New members

Sean — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:21:52 +0000

I am very please to welcome David and Jeremy as new members of LongRangeShooter.com.
These are to very promising young men that I am sure will secede at everything they choose to do in life. From our family to yours, we love you guys.

Russia to keep 500 troops in Georgia security zone

Sean — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:41:37 +0000

Field Firing Solutions Version 4.0 Delta III

Sean — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:29:25 +0000

Leave it to Lex Talus Corporation to out do them selfs again.
Soon version 4.0 will be available to download with all the best from version 3.3 and some nice new features to make things
faster and easer for a shooting solution. One of the new features is a Rifle profile. This Rifle profile allows you to put your bullet
profile and your turret profile under your “Rifle” profile. Now you can load your Rifle profile and get your firing solution the moment you turn on your PDA. Another new feature is the wind now automatically readjusts its self when you select a target from your target list. Assuming that the wind is at the same speed and the same direction, you can pick a new target from your target list and the wind will now automatically adjust for the new target to save you a step. Another nice new feature is the Offsets Profiler. The offset profile is linked to a particular rifle (which is itself linked to a particular bullet) and provides a method to compensate for a shift in bullet point of impact due to 1) a change of ammunition; 2) a change of shooting position; or, 3) a change of shooter. Any of the foregoing can cause a change in the impact point of the bullet on the target. But with the Offset Profiler you can fix this to move the point of impact to the point of aim. One thing that I notice right away is the info under the PS button. Not only does it tell you the info on what your current settings but it also tells you lots of very useful information. It gives you Ranging Formulas, Range Conversion Factors, Wind Estimation Details and Lead Formulas. There is a slightly new layout on the main page but with less clutter. I find the new layout to be more appealing to the eye and seems to be easer to find your way around for someone that is just getting started. Long story short I think this is great software and I think that we will see allot more in the future from Lex Talus Corporation and I think that they will be what other ballistic softwares are held up to.

Sorry

Sean — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 02:41:35 +0000

I wanted to tell everyone that I am sorry for the lack of updated info I am helping my father in-law reside his house and I have not had a day off in about a month but will be done soon. Thanks for your patience