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Hey all, I was wondering if there was any places in Canada prefer the Maritimes that hold courses for Long Range Shooting?
 
Not sure about the maritimes, but if you come to Ontario, sign up with Milcun for one of their courses, you will be very happy. World class instruction, great ranges, Keith and Linda run a great facility and they can shoot, but better yet, they can train. I spent a week there this summer on their NSCC precision/sniper course - I learned more in a week with them than I could in five years on my own.

http://www.milcun.com/


savage.3006 said:
Hey all, I was wondering if there was any places in Canada prefer the Maritimes that hold courses for Long Range Shooting?
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Are you a member of the NSRA in Rawdon? We had 16 long range matches this year fom 300m-800m. Generally, there is always someone avalable to help out.
 
If you practice enough, you can instinctively know where to put the cross hairs.

You can train youreself to shoot at reasonably long range if you just get out there and do it.
It helps if you have friends that have access to long range shooting... be it targets or live game.

Theres someting to be said about a man who knows his rifle.;)
 
Like Max Owner and 7mmlefty said read and practice. Start reloading if you don't already. Make a dope chart or get a ballistic calculator. Find a spot range some rocks and have some fun.... I built a spot in the bush ( taken all year ) but I can shoot from 630 to 2200 yards.
 
Also having a spotter and a place where you can spot your hits.

Know its not what you are asking for.

I took a professional long range course and for me personally it was disapointing.

I have also read where poeple say buy a 22 rimfire and shoot it at 300 yards. Learning to read the wind will be the toughest part.
 
Hey all, I was wondering if there was any places in Canada prefer the Maritimes that hold courses for Long Range Shooting?
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As far as a place where you can go and pay money to get a course, there are none that I know of. But there are several "free" ways to learn to shoot long range, in the Maritimes.

By necessity, professionally delivered courses tend to be expensive (several hundred dollars per day).

In most cases you'd be best off to start by doing some long range shooting with your Provincial Rifle Association. There are costs associated with that but the learning and training you get is "free"; it will be miles cheaper than professional training. There's a lot to learn about long range shooting and at first it might seem like your are drinking from a fire hose. Once you've picked up most of what is on offer and your shooting developments seems to be hitting a plateau, that might be an ideal time to consider some pro training or otherwise some sort of shift of gears.
 
savage.3006 said:
Hey all, I was wondering if there was any places in Canada prefer the Maritimes that hold courses for Long Range Shooting?
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If you are ever out in the OK Valley in BC, give me a shout.

Might ask you to pay for my Timmy's but that is about it:D

The first thing you should do is learn how to shoot WELL at SR. 200yds is usually readily available and that is plenty to learn the basics of how to shoot.

When you are shooting consistently sub MOA on any given day (1/2 min is ideal), going LR is simply a matter of dialing up your scope and waiting a bit longer for the bullet to arrive.

THERE IS NOTHING MAGICAL OR MYSTERIOUS ABOUT LR SHOOTING.

Lots of info on my website Tech section to help with rifle, load and optics set up.

All the work is done by 200/300yds both in load development and shooting tech.

You just dial up more elevation and lean more into the winds.

That really is it....

Not until you go beyond subsonic range or try and blow out the V bull every shot, but that is a long ways off for you at this time.

Prove it to yourself.... IF you have a rifle that will hit a clay pigeon everytime at 200yds, find a place that you can safely shoot 500 to 800yds. The terrain should ideally be cleared of grass/shrubs and dusty with as much room as possible. Shooting into a hillside, dirt bank is perfect

Put a milk jug out there, range it, dial up whatever a ballistics program tells you and pull the trigger. The bullet will land somewhere close and voila, no longer a LR virgin.

It really is that simple

Jerry
 
At Jerry's "Second Annual Summerland Shoot" I shot 1,000 yards for the first time. Had NO idea where to start.

Jerry asked what I was shooting. I told him. He told me to dial up "X" amount. And my first shot was within 10' ish of the target.

Next day I was aiming 36' to the right of the target and the wind was carrying the bullet into the target. One mildot.

It really can be that easy.
 
Jerry I'd like to take you up on that offer and shoot with you sometime. I'm also somewhat new and want to learn from people that are experienced. I could use some good instruction. I'm happy to pickup the Timmy's!!! Perhaps next spring or summer?
 
you know how to contact me.

Do your load tuning now and get some practise. Test your scope to make sure it tracks, chronie your load and generate a ballistics table.

Feel comfy that you can shoot sub MOA at 200yds off a field rest - bipod/bags, unless you want to back a table with you. I shoot prone.

Read the tech articles and be familiar with come ups, MOA, wind drift - the basic stuff.

If you are well prepped, the day will be very productive and distance is only limited by your scopes elevation and bullet.

It will be about helping you go further, NOT how to set up your rifle :)

Jerry
 
My recommendation for a precision shooting course is also the Milcun range near Haliburton Ontario (about two hours north of Toronto). I took the one week rifle course last year with Keith and Linda. Excellent course, excellent range, excellent people. And yes, I paid full price and it was money well spent. Google Milcun and you can see their offerings.
 
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