If not for the bullet, nobody would fear the gun. Bullets have come a long way since rocks were the primary projectile. Lead, easily cast, soft and dense was the ideal material for projectiles. The first projectile was lead balls, although firearms were not the first to use lead projectiles. Slingers in ancient and medieval…
During the Moro Rebellion in the Philippines it was discovered that military rifle bullets would pass through the Moro’s bodies and with even fatal shots delivered the Moro’s would power through their attacks taking multiple rifle hits to put them down. The 38 caliber revolvers where totally ineffective in stopping an attacking Moro. The US…
Choosing to hit the firing range offers many benefits. Whether you are there to improve your skills in association to your work, or for competitive shooting as well as personal defense, there are plenty of benefits that go along with it and we at Shooting Range Industries would like to take the opportunity to share…
When the discussion arises about topics concerning firearms, there is little mentioned about standards. We compare ourselves and the weapon at hand on a subliminal standard, but rarely voice them. In regards to cartridges, we need a performance standard for comparison. The ‘standard’ cartridge should be readily available and in wide use with a broad…
For those new to firearms, or wanting to improve your accuracy with your firearm, you will want to understand and learn about the different types of firearm sights that are used to improve the shooter’s performance with their firearm. Each type of sight is used differently and in different situations. Shooting Range Industries will share…
The longest confirmed kill was by an unnamed Canadian sniper of the Joint Task Force 2 in May 2017 over a distance of 3,540 m (3,871 yards or 2.199 miles. He used a McMillan Tac-50 shooting the 12.7 x 99 Browning 50 caliber cartridge with a Hornady A-Max .510” diameter 750 grain bullet. That’s out…
In previous blogs Shooting Range Industries have explored the advantage of the Ballistic Coefficient (BC) in BC-Part 1, and defined many key terms and concepts and other definitions as we can see that velocity plays a key role in long range precision engagements. Now we discuss how to calculate ballistic coefficient from velocity. Long Range…
In previous blogs Shooting Range Industries have explored the advantage of the Ballistic Coefficient (BC) in BC-Part 1, and defined some key terms and concepts as we can see that velocity plays a key role in long range precision engagements. Before we explain how BC is determined, we have some more key terms and concepts…
