Just use his stuff. It's top notch and it may help you figure out exactly what you want. There are only a couple of schools I would say are worth the money. This is one of them.
Rob Furlong Marksmanship Academy
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Just use his stuff. It's top notch and it may help you figure out exactly what you want. There are only a couple of schools I would say are worth the money. This is one of them.
That is pretty much what he said.
The courses are $850 and its $300 to rent his gear, and you also have to use and buy his ammo, Hornady Match stuff. He is not gonna let just any rounds be fired down the pipe of his expensive rigs. If you bring your own rig and ammo you save that cost. He told me to bring some good shooters glasses, hearing protection and a shooters mat.
Besides himself most of the instructors are ex snipers as far as i know.
Wow. $850 is a tough pill to take.
I'd likely choose to spend the extra money and go to Brian Litz's courses in the states. None of it is shooting, but I think that would be much more beneficial to where I'm at now with skills. Course is cheaper, but flights would sink you.
I'd likely choose to spend the extra money and go to Brian Litz's courses in the states. None of it is shooting, but I think that would be much more beneficial to where I'm at now with skills. Course is cheaper, but flights would sink you.
Im single with no wife or kids so its a gift to myself.
Give him a call. He answered the phone when i called.
at the risk of sounding like a dyck, did you top the PRS matches you attended last year?
If you did, I'll hazard a guess he has something to teach you...
are you referring to positional shooting? Improved or improvised positional shooting?
I think this PRS stuff is really running away with people...
First it is shooting a 'PRS' match, next it is loading, moving, crapping, (insert action here), the PRS way.
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I am pretty sure you know exactly what I meant so you have added very little to the conversation.
If I am incorrect in my assumption then yes I meant positional, barricade, offhand/kneeling, etc.
And Shibbs did just fine at the PRS matches. If I remember correctly you had lots to say about my PRS matches and then never came...
$1,200+ buys you a lot of practice ammo. Is there anyone at your club to mentor you? Not to say that courses are not great (I took one from Dale Campbell in Calgary and it was great) but that is big bucks.
If you're looking for a class that focuses on "prs-type" shooting for matches (and we all know what that means) look into Scott Satterlee's class he puts on down at Rock Lake Rifle Range in South-Eastern Washington State. He's a super nice dude, obviously knows his stuff (ex-SF and one of the top shooters in PRS) and a buddy who took the class described it to me as being pretty much a "how to do better at PRS class". He puts you up in his house, feeds you, you talk reloading in the evening and shoot for a think 3 days? I'm not sure when the next one is but I'd like to take it as well. I'm sure Rob Furlong could teach any of us a ton but it does make sense to spend your limited cash on something as tailored as possible to what you're are looking to improve at.
It was a semi-serious question. Does PRS not employ fundamentals of marksmanship? Is it not a rifle competition that pits accuracy against time within a dynamic environment? I'm genuinely confused as to why people feel the need to separate PRS when discussing the rifles, handloading or the shooting of it if it still focuses on fundamentals of shooting.
Would you take a pistol course from Rob Leatham? (Of course most would - he's a world class pistol shooter)
Would you do it if you shot IDPA and he didn't?
If I drew a parallel with this and pistols, what is missing?
Yeah, I recall adding comments and offering to contribute, but mostly felt the reception was pretty cold and defensive.
Not exactly the way I see spending my free time.
Ya that doesnt seem to be what the precision courses are about.
People should master the basics before getting carried away with all the PRS stuff flying around right now. I've seen many people in square range competition talk the talk and then thunder in because they didn't master the basics.
I too find this interesting that you tend to comment often, but never show. I know that's a snarky comment, but you tend to do this all the time. It somewhat reduces the value of your comments. What's the saying? - Lip service is cheap.
I could no doubt have done better, but I don't think I finished poorly. I did it for fun. And it was. Great bunch of people and fun sporting event.
Would I pay $850 to learn what appears to be relatively basic information (using his course breakdown descriptions) from an ex-sniper, maybe, or would I pay $500 USD from the industry leader in ballistic engineering and rocket science?
I'm sure he has a thing to two for me to learn. Not to mention he provides you with all his big dollar software and books when you apply for the course, essentially making the course nearly free.
