Every time I watch one of Gunblue’s videos, I can’t help but think how cool it would be, to pull up a chair in front of that barn, light up a cigar, sip a beer, and just sit there, listening and learning. Thank you for taking the time to put these videos together.

This man is a boss! got his cigar, his beer glassed and spreading great wisdom that should never be forgotten. Love it!

Benny is such a good dog.

We all need neighbors like this man.

I could listen to you speak all day long. You remind me of a mentor I had in my youth. I enjoy your videos and that you are a Spirit filled man

If you wish this guy was everyone's neighbor hit the 👍 button.

This guy needs a radio show... better than NPR I'll say that for sure.

Just listening to you makes me miss NH. lived in Goffs Town when i went to Saint A's

Once again, may God bless you, the Mrs and Benny! Sitting here in Florida reloading 55 grain fmj's. This world is getting crazy. I hope the Lord Jesus comes soon.

Thank you for your time and your experiences I assume the 5 dislikes possibly could be the woodchucks that you missed

Uphill/downhill shooting is finally explained in plain english. Thank you!

I've wanted to hear a good discussion of this for a while. Thank you very much.

Always a darn top watch. So relaxing but a heap things get mentioned and learn each and every mate. Cheers for sharing.🍻👍

Another valuable insight shared. Thank you Sir. Always great to see you and Bennie doing well. God Bless.

Glad to see another video from you Sir! You are a wealth of information.

As always, good dissertation on the subject. Your knowledge is vast, sir. Great reference to Jack O'Connor... shoot at your game. God bless you, your family and Benny!

Always a pleasure to watch your educational videos...Thank you for sharing

It's a blessing to listen to the words of experienced people. Good bless.

Nice selection of refreshments!

Love your videos! You're one of those people every hunting camp should have, but I'll settle to just having you on KZfaq. Thank you for your much needed wisdom.

Thank You For Your Knowledge .Very Relaxing .The Pleasure Is All Mine...

Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience. I wish more retired folks did the same.

Always a pleasure to watch you and great 👍 videos and BENNY, great conversation as always thanks you👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Speaking from years of on hand Experience, Very Enjoyable!

Thanks for the discussion, very interesting and insightful

I've found intelligence here! No crazy music no sudden moves! Thank you. Randy Thomas in North Carolina

Appreciate the conversation, the Molson looks great!

This is well done and, obviously, very important.

Thanks for the video. I used to hunt southern New Hampshire and got a nice 8 pointer in Sandown, NH.

Up in the blue ridge mountains of North Carolina I could see some 45 degree shots, although not my first choice. Plus it'll be hard to find long shots in the mountains too. Thanks for sharing.

So glad I found this channel. You Sir are superb, guns, beer and cigars three of my favourite things.

Thanks so much for another great video! It's nice to see Benny looking well. God Bless and Happy Thanksgiving.

Very simple elegant explanation with a couple huntin stories thrown in. Thank you GunBlue. I once had to point blank a badger that I saw and alerted that we were on the same trail. He looked up at me and just kept coming and I said oh hell no so at about 10 yards 12 gage sabot round turned the full length of his body into one large red furrow head to tail! I always wondered what that badger was thinking? Get off my trail? Sorry Mr. badger.

Learn more every time I watch one your videos. Thanks for sharing your vast knowledge.

I’m an older varmit hunter myself and Sir, you hit the nail on the head . I’m guilty of the same shots in the rolling hills of Tennessee! Great Video

It would be great to have this gentleman as a neighbor, if I knew half of what he has forgot my fuzzy little head would explode

You talk so much sense, nice to meet someone with such experience

This is a lesson we quickly learn squirrel hunting in Alabama where most are taking head shots with .22. Most of the time the angle is greater than 45 degrees. Much fun.

As always, thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge with us, Sir. I am a little over fifty years old now, and I miss the talks with my grandparents, whom I used to have. I wished life was not as hectic as it is for me. For I would love to have more time with my parents than I get to just listen to them too. The talks never matter to me if it is imparting some knowledge or stories of them through life. When I was young I could just seat and listen for hours and my elders stories. I still do love that. No matter family or a stranger. Sometimes, even learning of events in history that are not taught or that is barely mentioned in a book somewhere as just a foot note in time. Sorry for being long winded, just wanted to say thank you.

Boy, am I glad you do KZfaq VDOs. Thank you.

love the Molson Canadian beer beside you, as a Canadian I really appreciate your knowledge and sharing it with your viewers.

Great insight. Thanks so much!

Yr presentations are always very informative... I won't say I totally understand everything but I can rewind as often as needed till it finally sinks in. Thanks. 👍👍

Good video. Like the cosiness style and helpful information. I noticed my shots hitting different on steep angles, now I know to lower the aim just a bit in such circumstances.

Thanks for another one my opposite coast friend. 👍 Benny's a good good boy! 🐶

He is a NATIONAL TREASURE!

Wow - As a novice shooter, this advice went exactly the opposite direction from what I thought. But after watching three times, I think I understand. Thanks GunBlue490 for straightening me out! :)

This helped me tremendously, thank you Sir.

Thank you for yet another very interesting video, Sir. Even though as a "serious" recreational long range shooter I tend to do my homework very thoroughly on such topics I always watch your videos and inevitably end up learning something or at the very least cementing my knowledge, in addition to having a good time. It doesn't matter that today's ballistic apps do it all for us if needed, I feel anyone calling themselves a keen shooter should understand the underlying math. Amusingly enough it seems as a Frenchman I am going to be the first viewer on this very American channel to pay homage to the late David Rolls, inventor of a very clever little device called the Slope Doper. David also had a brother, Bob. Together we'd talk about guns and V8s while drinking good stuff. Neither is with us now, but I bet they would have enjoyed a chat with you.

I would think of it like a right triangle... your shot travels the hypotenuse (an arc approximately the hypotenuse) but gravity only acts on the leg that is horizontal. The more extreme the angle up or down, the bigger effect as the horizontal leg gets shorter. Or think of your range as HORIZONTAL range, not slanted/diagonal range. Great content, I love your videos!

I like your uploads thanks for sharing knowledge

As usual I feel much more Educated after a Viewing-one of your videos keep up the good work sir

Great info! Thank you Sir! God bless you! 🙂

Great video and information as always. Great to see Benny. I saved this video for Thanksgiving with a cigar and sipping some Burbon. God Bless.

A nother good story and some important information for hunters.

Like the grandfather that I never had . I had two ... but neither of them owned, or knew anything about firearms . 😆 Great video . Explains why I hit high on the coyote I shot recently . It was a downward shot .

Sir, you are giving out the gospel to these young shooters/hunters. I'm 74 and like you a veteran of the US Army during Vietnam, had a rifle in my hand since I was 10 years old, and agree with you on all you say. I've also been known to drink a little Irish Whisky from time to time.

I am a surveyor and this was a great video to explain the angle correction.

This gentleman has a lot of knowledge to share, especially for the young, new shooter who may not get this info from the adults in their lives.

Thanks again mate! G’day from Australia 🇦🇺!

God bless you Sir and thank you for sharing your wisdom with us all sir

Thanks, for the information.

Thank You Sir. I like Your videos. Keep doing it. Greetings from Texas.

Great info sir!!! And God bless you too!

I had to learn this the hard way before my squirrel hunting started getting good.

You are my favorite gun channel!

Amazing! Finally, a nice easy, and accurate, way to figure out the extra holdover, if you are shooting uphill/downhill!! A ‘key’, however, that should be pointed out, at least to dummy's like me (who got the cosine chart method wrong, and gave up in disgust for years, until I saw this video!), is, when using the chart in this video - you have to be careful to define the frame of reference for the vertical trajectory "DROP INCHES" data that is to be inputed INTO THE CHART. First, whatever data source you use, make sure the vertical ‘zero’ reference for the input trajectory data, is the barrel position (not scope height!) i.e. the bullet starts out at 0.0” in height and drops continually from there. Second, check the shooting angle used for the reference data, is exactly horizontal (vs. e.g. the slightly uphill angle typical for scoped rifle trajectory references). If you use an internet ballistics calculator (e.g. ShootersCalculator.Com), be sure to set ‘Sight Height’, ‘Zero Range’ and ‘shooting angle’, all to ‘zero’. God's Love, North America, Mountain River Valleys!

This gentleman, knows more about guns than I can retain He is my hero

Great story thank you

Thank you. I have noticed this before myself with archery. One day back as a young lad in particular mirrors your woodchuck shots. I fired TWICE at the same deer downhill. First one went over his back and the deer did not move. I reset and fired another one that skimmed his back ...ruffled the fur on his back as it passed over, it seemed. Bye bye deer. I am not an expert but I'll bet bows are even more susceptible because many shots are on that edge you mentioned. I suspected it was different but this is actually the first I have heard someone talk about it. It is still not easy to visualize.

Good stuff as always

Thank you. Great Beer too.

i always enjoy your videos.i always learn from you.i would love to sit down ,and chat with you for a little while.god bless you .

Nice red cap! THX, God bless!

Absolutely the best...👍God bless

I always enjoy your videos and can't help but think a day bird hunting with you would be an exceptional hunt even if the birds didn't show up.

Remindabell, nice, I'll call it that from now on too.

aside from your cigar vs my Grandfather's cigarette/pipe, nothing says a worthwhile forthcoming story as your presentations! TY for the stroll along memory lane via your words of wisdom thru experience. I can nearly smell the cherry pipe tobacco wafting from beneath his wool top hat while gardening and telling a hunting story!

Hi It s a 30-30 . Will try another brand of ammo . Will also try some reloads with recent new brass. Thanks again and a happy new year to you too,sir.

Love this channel

Terrific. Thanks.

A good way to explain why a bullet doesn’t drop as much when shooting up or down hill versus a horizontal shoot, assuming the distance to target is equal, is that the bullet is exposed to gravity for a shorter horizontal distance, then when shooting across flat ground. Therefore you have to compensate for that by aiming slightly lower.

love your channel reminds me of my dad god rest his sole before it was recked calif had many up and down ranches under homes now but i had 3 places is shoot ground squeals the caused live stock legs to brake and land slide i youst get free 22 ammo i was there all the time i was a hero best day got 125 got heavy berrel for 10 22 but the big help was a creap ranger finder and shot at a box every 10 yards all the way out 150 yards was dead on at 62 yards the shot next thing was a milldot scope the shot the box abite over put info card when set on a wern of hole i would range it but on up or down shot in mist the first shot the i would see the hold under on mill dot the big thing was a range finder came out with with a range angle mode no more first shot miss year later i talk to a vet ho was a sniper in the sand box he said they are tougt this sad part is now in calif you cant buy lead ammo and most people cant any eve police the are give duty ammo but hunting ammo no if you have commin name many buy out of state or on dark net with bite coin dont hunt or shoot any more miss it but am old thanks

Thanks, and God Bless the old Granite Head Shooters...no offense of course with the, old, thing...Ayuht. Cheers!

I always wanted a grandfather who I could just sit down with and teach me about guns and outdoors life. I think this guy would have been great.

The usual very knowledgeable advise, and.... a Canadian beer! check, check

I remember that you adjust your sight picture according to the actual horizontal distance to the target. Which, when shooting at an angle (up or down) is always less than the actual distance to the target. For the trigonometry nerds this would be cosine function of the shooting angle

Great vid👍🍺

Time of flight is the key...I have always wondered about up vs. down trajectory in the subsonic ranges...

Thanks! And always glad to see Benny to:) Could you do a video on bullet lube and leading? I`m having a hard time with my 38 spl and 45acp in that department!

Your Brittany is quite possibly the most determined breed ever of all the upland bird dogs, great field companions!

I did this on a youngish goat. Thankfully I worked out what happened and got another shot. Held low and nailed it.

I want a chair, cigar, glass and permission to join....I could just sit and absorb this all day... Thanks so much.

A man who drinks a Molson Canadian cannot be all wrong. Some of them, in fact, are always on the money... here's one...!

Thank you Gunblue490

Love the videos. The Pistol series has helped me greatly. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and experience. Do you have any tip for people than need eyeglasses? Would you get a custom pair of glasses made with one eye for distance and one for near? Or what do you recomend?

Hi, Thanks for quick response. Sorry for not giving ammo details,so here goes. 30-30 Win. Sellier & Bellot. SP 150 grs. 5.3mm boxer, bought new june 2011. Shot some in 2018 and that s when I noticed the issue. I m in Europe. We had some restrictions regarding ranges for rifle shooting . That s why I have nt shot it a lot. No restrictions for side arm ranges. Thankfully rifle ranges are coming up finally. ( Chief Constable was convinced at last.) Will try to get some gauges. Side note . I use a Browning Hi Power 9mm and a Walther P38.. Looking around for an M1 Carbine and Colt 1911. The rifle is in very good condition, so was surprised with issue. Thanks for info. Will follow up on your advice. Great channel.

Thank you for the lecture.. The "riflemans" rule is good to know. When shooting at an angle, the "apparent" range is longer than the true horizontal distance from FFP to target. You get the true horizontal range by multiplying the apparent range with the cosine of the shooting angle. Eg, if the shooting angle is 15 degrees. The cosine of 15 is 0.97. So multiply the apparent range by 0.97 and you get the true range. If the apparent range is 1000 meters, the true range is actually only only 970 meters. 1000 x .97= 970 meters.

Dear GunBlue. Your wisdom is legend, and rightly so. However I must say I feel your explanation here is , whilst correct, over complicated. It is a simple matter of horizontal distance between the rifle and the target, not line-of-sight distance. It really is that simple.

Absolute truth. Win Mod 70, 308 at 250 yards from standing position; I went right over the back of a buck and killed a doe running alongside. About 30 degree angle downward. Called the Dept of Wildlife on myself and lost my hunting privilege for a year. Learned my lesson for sure. They kept the doe.