This course offers shooters a solid foundation in the precision gun genre. Our USMC Scout-Sniper instructor will present modern precision content, get your gun dialed, and answer your long gun questions. This course is also an outstanding preparation for a sniper course or other follow-on training.
Prerequisite: None
Tuition: $225
Location: October 26th in San Jose, CA. 9-4pm.
Topics:
- Rifle set up
- Scope breakdown (Mils vs. MOA, FFP vs. SFP, etc.)
- Ammo Selection
- Cold Bore Theory and application
- Fundamentals of Shooting
- Rifle Zeroing
- Wind calling
- Data Recording
- Rifle Cleaning
Hardware/Equipment:
Required Gear:
- Shirt (long sleeve preferred), Pants, durable closed-toe shoe, a good belt
- Scoped rifle (bolt action or gas gun, with scope mounted. .50 Cal and below, please)
- 120-140 Rounds of ammo
- 2 or more magazines (if applicable)
- Allen Wrenches (for scope and stock configuration if applicable)
- Bipods, or pack to shoot off
- Notebook, and pens or pencils
- Gun oil/lube
- Rifle cleaning gear (carbon/ copper solvent, brushes, rags, bore guide/ snake, etc.)
- An open mind, and good attitude
Recommended gear:
- Rear bag/ sand sock
- Rifle Sling
- Spotting scope/binoculars/range finder
- Data book
- Multi tool
- Lens cloth
- Range bag (to store ammo, mags, and tools while on the firing line)
- Weather meter (kestrel)
- Shooting mat
- Gloves