Long Distance/Precision Shooting Course

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i am interested in taking a precision / long distance shooting course in Canada or the US.

I have sent inquiries to the Furlong Shooting Academy, but have not heard back on seen a posted schedule for 2017.

Any other suggestions?

Thanks
 
Rifles Only and K&M are two solid training facilities with excellent instruction. I've never been to Core, but that would be another facility that I would consider going to as well.

These U.S. facilities would be well worth the travel. I don't believe anything currently in Canada even compares.
 
The west of Canada is not best served with options for PR courses. One of the best is Magpul Core, with some of the courses being held in Yakima WA.

However, you will need to be a ITAR approved person, which is a bind.

Candocad.
 
Scott Satterlee from Core puts on a few multi-day clinics a year out in Eastern Washington. A couple buddies of mine have taken them and have nothing but good things to say!
 
+2 for MilCun. Keith and Linda are World-Class! Keith has operational expertise same as Furlong, probably more. He was a sniper in both Can and US armies. His training centers around marksmanship and all the processes involved in making a perfect shot for every shot. I've attended two of his Police Sniper courses. This training has changed my shooting from good to stellar. Even after months of not firing a shot, I can lay behind the rifle and pull off a sub-moa group.
 
rugbydave said:
Scott Satterlee from Core puts on a few multi-day clinics a year out in Eastern Washington. A couple buddies of mine have taken them and have nothing but good things to say!
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Given your geography, this is probably your best option. The Furlong course is apparently quite good as well, just a farther drive.
 
It depends what you're looking to work on as well. Scott's course has been described to me as a "how to shoot prs" course. Obviously you work on fundamentals as well but the range he teaches at (Rock Lake Rifle Range) has just about every prop you can imagine and steel out past 1400.
 
I think as is often the case there are 'apprentices' ; 'Journeymen'; and 'Masters'....based on what I know of Linda and Keith...they are at the 'Master' level. They not only know what it takes to be a marksman...but they also know how to pass that knowledge (and skill) on effectively.
 
I would also throw Gunwerks into the mix. They are in Wyoming. Long distance is thier gig and I have their rifles and they are fantastic. They embrace all calibers,more on that in a bit. You can also combine a school with a long distance hunt.
Awesome customer service.
Maybe one thing to also throw in the mix is what kind of optics you are interested in using. Correct me if I am wrong anybody but where you go will determine in what reticle you will learn on. For me MOA is the one thing that make sense to me (1 MOA per 100'yds) but I have never tried you using the MIL RAD system. Keep that in mind when choosing the school. I am definetly no expert but I find that the loyalty to the 308 caliber for some schools sems to be driven that it's a NATO round and the instructors like to teach what they know. So find out what you will be learning on ,and in my personal opinion that round is like shooting a banana. It's slow and you need to go heavy(200gr) to get anything close to a proper BC. Personal opinion here so not Haters!!
Any school that Will help you learn on a 7mm or a 6.5mm will IMO help you learn faster as these rounds are better way of thinking (higher BC). I'm sure to get some feedback on this but do some research on what guys are using for longer distance and what reticle you will be comfy with.
 
MOA seems to make sense cause by coincident at 100yd it is close to 1". Actually this angular measurement is 1.047" over 3600"; ugly. By accident the crazy 12"/ft, 3'/yd just works out close enough.
Mil/MRAD being 1/1000 is simple for base 10 math. So who else luv geometry and trigonometry. SOHCAHTOA.

Crazy when folks think MOA is imperial, MIL/MRAD is metric.
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... For me MOA is the one thing that make sense to me (1 MOA per 100'yds) but I have never tried you using the MIL RAD system. ...
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THT said:
The rifle I will be shooting for the course will be a Coyote in 6.5 Creedmoor with Nightforce 5x25 ATACR Mil/Mil.
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Very nice. You can't wrong with that. I checked into that school quite a few years ago and all they weee using were 308. Nice to see you have options.
 
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