Precision Rifle Mechanics
May 25th - 8am to 4pm
(Optional Follow on Team Course) May 26th - 8am to 4pm
Location : Utah Readiness Center, Kanosh UT
Breakdown: This course will be focused on the many disciplines that are involved in precision rifle marksmanship.
These include but are not limited to refining the basics of rifle marksmanship. How to zero your rifle effectively. Gaining an intimate familiarity with our specific firearm / optic. Understanding the effects the elements have on your projectiles when engaging over long distances. How to build D.O.P.E for your specific rifle. The utilization of hold-overs during follow on engagements. Utilizing your reticle to estimate distance of the target.
This event will be taught by the members of the TCTS mentorship team consisting of former Army Rangers, Snipers, and Marines. At the end of this course you will have a new level of confidence and familiarization with your precision weapon system.
This course is designed to be a precursor for Precision Rifle - Team which if you desire is the day after this course. Precision Rifle - Team puts you in a competitive environment with your newfound rifle skills working as a shooter spotter Sniper Team.
Precision Rifle Mechanics will build your foundation, develop your DOPE, & in the follow on class you will work in shooter spotter teams replicating courses of fire at the Marine Scout Sniper School.
Packing list: Rifle with Scope (Rifles can vary in caliber from 556 to 338), scope manual for your specific scope, Bipod mounted on Rifle, 150 rounds of ammunition, personal protective equipment (eye protection / ear protection), note taking gear.
If you sign up for both days, double the round count on ammo
Packing list encouraged: Shooting mat, Shooting sock / rear bag, ballistic calculator or app, extra magazines, lunch.
If you are unfamiliar with any of these items please reach out to the TCTS team & we would love to help you get set up. We do have rentals available.
Cost : $400 1 day
$600 for the full weekend
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Reviews
Bourne - The Tactical Cowboy team was amazing. Any questions we had were instantly addressed and addressed well. Everyone was personable and knowledge. I came into the Precision Rifle Team having never shot precision long range. Success was as easy as applying what was discussed in the classroom. I was amazed at how little wind actually affected .223 and 6.5 Creedmoor. Thanks to the Tactical Cowboy team I shot my 6.5 Creedmoor out to 800 yards as a novice.
Ryan - This was an excellent class! Covered all the fundamentals of ranging with your reticle, wind, mirage, good communication between shooter and spotter, etc.. The TCTS team was amazing as always, providing a high-level experience at a top-notch rang with a shooting platform and a variety of 12 targets out to 800 yards. I highly recommend it!
Bobby - What a great time. I would consider myself a novice long range shooter, even though I have shot since I was a kid, but we always shot with guesstimation. "Hold about two horns above his shoulder, and about at his butt for wind." At short distances that seems to work. But serious shooters need the knowledge and abilities to KNOW how to put rounds on target.
Devin and his crew not only have this knowledge and can demonstrate it, and from what I just experienced, they are great at teaching it to others.
The course was amazing. I started the day as a novice, and by the end of the day I was getting rounds on target. I was estimating ranges without a rangefinder. Turning that into holdovers for my gun and round. Guessing wind. (I need to get out and watch the wind a lot more.) Pulling the trigger mostly correctly. And doing all this in a spotter/shooter team.
I did have one major surprise after the course. I did a round count when I got home. I had only fired 40 rounds during the whole day. I'm not kidding. 40 rounds!!! I felt like I had fired 100+. Just goes to show, it's not the number of rounds you fire, but how you are firing each round. Focused practice with exacting expectations for each and every trigger pull was the key to this course. And yet it didn't feel like work or drudgery. Every round down range was a joy.
All day long I was on the scope, pulling the trigger, or spotting for my team mate. The day was intense, no time for sitting around BSing. It was a full day of doing. No fluff, no wasting time, just go, go, go. I slept good that night, I was worn out.
If you get the chance to hang with The Tactical Cowboy crew, take it and run. You will not be disappointed.
Karl - "Wanna be able to shoot a gnat's balls off at 1000 yards? That isn't this class. You wanna learn how to work in a team to make realisticly accurate hits at long range, under time constraints, with wind that changes its mind faster than a toddler trying to pick a snack? This is the course for you. Sounds intimidating? The TCTS team makes it simple. Get out and pull the trigger"