Category: Long Range
Nemesis Arms Multi-Cal Rifle – SHOT Show Media Day
If you haven’t seen the Nemesis Arms Multi-Cal Rifle, it’s worth a look. The gun is a custom precision rifle that breaks down in a few seconds to briefcase size. See it shot, broken down, and put back together. Continue reading Nemesis Arms Multi-Cal Rifle – SHOT Show Media Day
Zeiss Conquest 4.5-14×44 Rapid Z 800 Review
Last summer I decided that if the perfect hunting scope existed, I would find it. Of course “perfect” is subjective as everyone has a different opinion of what “perfect” is. My perfect bucket list is known to change depending on application. For a medium to long range hunting scope I think its important that it not be too big or heavy, have good glass, turrets that can be dialed accurately, enough eye relief to be used on a magnum rifle, have a good reticle with the ability to make fast holdover shots, enough magnification to make the long shot, waterproof, fogproof, durable, etc. It also needs a good manufacture warranty to back it up just in case your horse rolls down a mountain with it. Last, it shouldn’t require robbing a bank to buy one. I ruled out an unbelievable number of good scopes for one reason or another, including some very big name expensive scopes. A scope would seem like it was working but then would fall short in one of the categories I listed as being important. Things got so bad that I had an excel sheet with specs, eye relief, field of view, price, adjustment range, and any other data that I could get in an excel spreadsheet. I was analyzing reticles and comparing glass in scopes every opportunity Continue reading Zeiss Conquest 4.5-14×44 Rapid Z 800 Review
Shooter – Ballistics Calculator for Android Review
Shooter, the ballistic calculator designed for Android phones has changed the way I shoot as well as use a ballistic calculator. While the calculations it does are not new or revolutionary, the fact that it is on my phone is. In the past I had to tape drop charts to my stock. If I was changing elevation, changing bullets or loads, or experiencing large temperature fluctuations, the drop chart changes and isn’t as accurate. Because I am constantly playing with different bullets and loads things change frequently. It would take dozens of pages of printed dropcharts to come close to the amount of information that Shooter can calculate in seconds.
If you don’t read through any of the rest of this review know two things: 1) the ballistic calculations work and are Continue reading Shooter – Ballistics Calculator for Android Review
Dynamic Research Predator 176 Grain Projectile
While I was at an NRA Regional Long Range F-Class match in Missoula, MT I met a man named Stephen Damron with Dynamic Research LLC. He was shooting a 308 Winchester with an unusual bullet. I asked him more about it and found that he was shooting a monolithic lathe turned projectile that he is producing from a proprietary copper alloy. It was designed by a man in Australia named Bruce Wellington. Dynamic Research has bought the rights to produce and manufacture his design in the US. It weighs 176 grains and has an advertised BC of .590.
A major feature of these bullets is an Continue reading Dynamic Research Predator 176 Grain Projectile
New Sightron SIII Scope Models
New for 2011 – Sightron announces a new lineup of SIII Long Range scopes. The new scopes will continue to have the superb optics Sightron is known for as well as their Exactrack system. The new models feature Mil-Dot Reticles that adjust in centimeters and MOA Reticles that adjust in MOA. The 8-32×56 Target Dot has been updated to have a 1/8 MOA Target Dot and 1/8 MOA Turrets. The other major change to the new models is the elimination of the dust cap on the turrets and tighter, stiffer, more positive turret adjustments.
The new Sightron scopes will be available in March. We will be reviewing these new scopes when they become available so check back for a complete write-up.