I got into long range shoot when I lived out in Vegas. I started with an Anderson lower and trued upper with a decent trigger with a white oak 1:7 barrel. When I do my part its a sub MOA gun. This got the wife hooked so we ended up with a second AR, which is a similar setup. I then picked up a Ruger RPR in 6.5 CM, which was my retirement present to myself. Later built an AR10 on Aero receivers with a Criterion 22" 6.5 CM barrel for my wife. Cleckner's book is a great starting point. Another good source of info is the video's that Frank Gali has up on Sniper's Hide. Yeah its $20 a month to get access to them, but they are good videos. I would also suggest going to a few local PRS type matches once you get your feet wet and have a little range time. The folks there are usually really nice and helpful. Its some of the cheapest training you will ever get.

Your channel name cracked me up! 🤣 Just subscribed.

I'm also starting to delve into the adventure of long range shooting myself after about two years of shooting n scootin. Super fun, really relaxing too!

I shoot my match conditioned AR-15A2 in NRA Long Range Competition, Service Rifle Division, iron sights. This is the most difficult shooting competition. Only well trained shooters bringing great knowledge and skill to the 1000 yard line will get good results but the beginner will do well to enter such competition because it inspires marksmanship development like no other competition. Now, where to start? Attend the United States Army Marksmanship Unit’s Small Arms Firing School. It’s a three day event the last weekend of July at Camp Perry, Ohio taught by Champion Military Shooters/Instructors who cover everything important to good shooting and where shooters will come to realize while a match conditioned rifle and match grade ammunition are essential to long range shooting it is marksmanship that is paramount. On the conclusion of training, participants can enter an Army authorized M16 Match to both test and celebrate their training. Shooters finishing in top ten percent will earn 4 points toward the 30 needed to win the prestigious US Distinguished Rifleman Badge. At any rate, the greater the distance the more knowledge and skill is needed to hit where aimed and when bringing a .223 iron sight Service Rifle to the long line the shooter must have strategies for aiming when the target cannot even be seen and to sense wind changes as little as 1 mph which if not countered will displace bullet over 10 inches from point of aim. Lots of fun when the shooter comes to the range fully prepared. But, before attending any “long range school” ask for instructor credentials in long range, like wins and classification in Long Range Competitions. You would be surprised that some instructors have no classification in Long Range. Also, if you take a course and come away without complete comprehension of MOA wind constant formula, slope dope, and mil ranging formula ask for a refund because you did not learn anything. Now, to the author: trigger control and sight alignment are the two principles of marksmanship and a solid position supports these principles but watching your breathing is no longer doctrine because it is a distraction to concentration on the principles. If no thought is given to breathing the shooter will always shoot during natural respiratory pause which is what is needed. The book you recommended is excellent and another is the USAMU’s Service Rifle Guide.

Great looking setups man, looking forward to the future vids

nice set up , looks like a bcm upper, ris 2 rail. the lmt ar10 is my fav. i sold my sr25 and kept the lmt. really good set up for a large frame ar precision gas gun

Good video. I recently just got into LR shooting with my PSA AR10 gen 2 with a NF nx8 2.5x20-30mm and an omega suppressor. Haven’t been able to shoot her yet as I’m about to deploy but I’ll be back home in a year to shred it. In the future, Would you be able to make a video on shooting long range suppressed with an emphasis on if the novice shooter needs to upgrade their gas block/buffer spring?

Peace guys

Long range ballistics actually IS rocket science… the difference being that with shooting you have one short propulsion event, and with “normal rockets” you usually have continuous propulsion. This is not to say that this is difficult, only that rocket science might be easier than most of us think.

It took me a long time to get enough money to buy me a 308 AR-10. Now that ammo is sky high l can't afford to buy a lot of ammo.

Question 7.62 or 308

I started my long range journey with an AR-10. Learned pretty quick magazine restrictions suck and there is a wall you can’t surpass until you go to a bolt gun.

Very good, not a COMMERCIAL video like that pimp West Desert Shooter. I concur with you, you can shoot Extra long range with 5.56NATO, especially if you load your own.! I have been shooting my 1985 Match Grade FN FNC with a 19.8inch custom ordered FN made barrel, at 600, 800 and 1000 meter matches at Various Military bases open to Vets. Camp Pendleton is my "home base" you might say. I'm USAF retired, 20th Spl Ops Sqn. I'm currently building up a 1200 meter AR 15 based on a PSA Forged lower and upper with their premium SS 20" barrel. The 223 Rem/ 5.56 NATO is optimized for a 20 inch barrel. Yes, the 5.56 can do it!

So I from what I’m seeing you have an nx8 looks to be the 2.5x20 I don’t own one but it’s the only scope I want does it fail in parallax in anyway and is 2.5 a true 2.5

I started with Aero Precision both in .223 and .308 and the first thing was to make both rifles fit me really well. For optics Arken SH-4 6-24x55 on the 308 and Primary arms FFP /.556ACSS 3-18x44. Krieger 24" fluted barrel with EC Tuner/brake V3 on the .308 and 16" WOA match barrel on the .223. The goal is just being as good as I can be with both rifles understanding they both have their limitations. I've been reloading my own match grade ammo for both and both are consistently inside 1MOA now and working toward .5MOA on a good day. Still doing a lot of load development though. Once my skills catch up with the rifles I'll consider a RPR or Tika. Current goal, master the wind, consistently shoot 1MOA at 1K yds with the 308 and consistent hits within 1MOA at 600 yds with the .223/77gr. @charlesludwig9173. The best shooters out there shoot service rifle. No supports, benches, bipods. Either minimal optic or iron sights. You want to learn to really shoot, go to a service rifle match. My back is too wrecked for much more than prone or an easy barricade anymore.