Long Range Shooter

My name is Sean Pomerinke and my goal is to make a site for the long shooter or for the person looking for info regarding.

This site is still in the works so if there is anything you would like to see on this site please let me know.
sean@longrangeshooter.com

If long range shooting is something that you would like to do then here is the first step. Here is some ballistic software that you will need to complete the shot you are trying to make. The software is provided by the Lex Talus Corperation. You will find a link to there website on the right. The software is free for 30 days and it comes with two versions, the desktop version which is called Precision Shooters Workbench and the PDA version which is called Field Firing Solutions. To download this software Click Here . Check back in a few days as I will do a product review on the new version which comes out in about a mounth or two.

I am very please to welcome David and Jeremy as new members of LongRangeShooter.com.
These are to very promising young men that I am sure will secede at everything they choose to do in life. From our family to yours, we love you guys.

Leave it to Lex Talus Corporation to out do them selfs again.
Soon version 4.0 will be available to download with all the best from version 3.3 and some nice new features to make things
faster and easer for a shooting solution. One of the new features is a Rifle profile. This Rifle profile allows you to put your bullet
profile and your turret profile under your “Rifle” profile. Now you can load your Rifle profile and get your firing solution the moment you turn on your PDA. Another new feature is the wind now automatically readjusts its self when you select a target from your target list. Assuming that the wind is at the same speed and the same direction, you can pick a new target from your target list and the wind will now automatically adjust for the new target to save you a step. Another nice new feature is the Offsets Profiler. The offset profile is linked to a particular rifle (which is itself linked to a particular bullet) and provides a method to compensate for a shift in bullet point of impact due to 1) a change of ammunition; 2) a change of shooting position; or, 3) a change of shooter. Any of the foregoing can cause a change in the impact point of the bullet on the target. But with the Offset Profiler you can fix this to move the point of impact to the point of aim. One thing that I notice right away is the info under the PS button. Not only does it tell you the info on what your current settings but it also tells you lots of very useful information. It gives you Ranging Formulas, Range Conversion Factors, Wind Estimation Details and Lead Formulas. There is a slightly new layout on the main page but with less clutter. I find the new layout to be more appealing to the eye and seems to be easer to find your way around for someone that is just getting started. Long story short I think this is great software and I think that we will see allot more in the future from Lex Talus Corporation and I think that they will be what other ballistic softwares are held up to.

I wanted to tell everyone that I am sorry for the lack of updated info I am helping my father in-law reside his house and I have not had a day off in about a month but will be done soon. Thanks for your patience

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I got this emal that came from CPT Jeffrey S. Porter and I thought that everybody should see this.
Hello everyone,
As you know I am not a very political person. I just wanted to pass along that Senator Obama came to Bagram Afghanistan for about an hour on his visit to ‘The War Zone’. I wanted to share with you what happened.
He got off the plane and got into a bullet proof vehicle, got to the area to meet with the Major General (2 Star) who is the commander here at Bagram.

As the Soldiers where lined up to shake his hand he blew them off and didn’t say a word as he went into the conference room to meet the General. As he finished, the vehicles took him to the ClamShell (pretty much a big top tent that military personnel can play basketball or work out in with weights) so he could take his publicity pictures playing basketball. He again shunned the opportunity to talk to Soldiers to thank them for their service.

So really he was just here to make a showing for the American’s back home that he is their candidate for President. I think that if you are going to make an effort to come all the way over here you would thank those that are providing the freedom that they are providing for you.

I swear we got more thanks from the NBA Basketball Players or the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders than from one of the Senators, who wants to be the President of the United States. I just don’t understand how anyone would want him to be our Commander-in-Chief. It was almost that he was scared to be around those that provide the freedom for him and our great country.

If this is blunt and to the point I am sorry but I wanted you all to know what kind of caliber of person he really is. What you see in the news is all fake.

In service,
CPT Jeffrey S. Porter
Battle Captain
TF Wasatch
American Soldier

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POW Prayer

Please hear me ,Lord…..
It’s the dead of night…..

It is dark and cold,
the night surrounds me Like a blanket of hope.
As long as it is night, they will stay in their corner.
I lie here wondering ~
how long is it again?
I cling to the dream of my family ~
I see them in my mind.
It is another Independence Day at home.
When will my independence come?
I will NOT believe that they have forgotten me!!
I look in the hole I have dug here,
for the things that I hide from them.
A little smile across my lips~
in all this time they have never found my little stash!

I pull out a little scrap of shredded red and white.
For me, it waves in the breeze of home!
It is my salvation ~
it tells me there is hope.
There is a tiny piece of cloth,
a remnant of the uniform worn with the pride
only a soldier knows.
Ah, here is that little corner of the photo I once had!
They think they destroyed it ~
It is my private joke on them.
For I can still see the face of my little boy. But ~~~
he must be almost a man by now…

I am not sure?

How long has it been again?
They could not have forgotten me,
as they go from one day to the next without me.
I will not believe that!
If they have, I shall surely be swallowed
up in the mists of this hell!

How long has it been again?
No ~
they have not forgotten ~
how could they have?
Have they ?
My God?
Have they?

By Joanna Mckenzie Henshaw

Until they all come home
We watch and wait
Young and old, black and white
So far away, they’re sent to fight

Until they all come home
We wear our ribbons to show our pride
And let them know we are on their side

Until they all come home
We pray for peace
Throughout the land
Protect them all, on sea and sand
Until they all come home

Please don’t let anybody forget the solders that fight for our country and fight for our freedoms……………….that die for our country and die for our freedoms.

Try to use gelatin powder made specifically for ballistics use, which is manufactured by Kind & Knox. However, the powder has to be special ordered in bulk and is expensive.
Consider using plain Knox gelatin off the supermarket shelf. It cost approximately $10 US and will suffice for home usage.
Mix a basic formula of one pound of gelatin powder to one gallon of water.
Consider mixing smaller batches one batch at a time unless you have extra large double boilers and spoons. By starting with smaller batches you can avoid wasting money should the larger batch burn, scorch or not set. The gelatin can also be mixed in two batches using 8 oz. of powder and 2 quarts of water.
Measure out the cold water
Add the gelatin powder all at once but stir it in carefully instead of dumping the powder.
Try to moisten all of the granules without adding too much air.
Look for a mixture was the consistency of thick grits.
Set the gel mixture in the refrigerator to chill and hydrate (a process known as “blooming”) for two hours.
Set the gelatin over a pan of water (double boiler) and heated it until it melted.
Use a candy thermometer to make sure the gelatin mixture doesn’t get hotter than 130 degrees.
Stir carefully to minimize air getting trapped in the gelatin and to disperse the heat.
Use a mold sprayed with silicone spray to avoid sticking. The professionals use specially constructed 6” x 6” x 16” molds coated inside with silicone spray for easy release.
Amateurs can use 32 oz. Glad Ware containers and non-stick cooking spray.
Set the gel in the pan(s) to chill in a refrigerator for 36 hours before use.
Carry it to the testing site in insulated containers
Unmold it before carefully immediately before testing.
#Cut each block in half if you need smaller sections. You can cut each block in half in half, for a total of four blocks measuring about 7.5cm x 12 cm x 13.5 cm.
Recycle. Used in a clean setting, like a lab, blocks of ballistics gel can be recycled by melting them down and remolding them. Outside use may leave you with gel too full of dirt and wood splinters to be reclaimed.

TIPS

When stirring the gel, stir it slowly to reduce the air bubbles.
Try to keep the mixture flat in the refrigerator, so when it gels over, it will be a flat surface.
When melting the gel, just leave it on the stove long enough to melt. Letting it sit too long will boil away some water.

WARNINGS

When melting the gel, do not turn the stove up high, because boiling it will make it turn out bad. The highest the stove should be on, is medium low, or 2-3.

The above steps are for recreational creation of ballistics gel and not for scientific use.
Never fire a weapon unless you are trained to do so and you’re in an environment appropriately designated for weapons use.

Use extreme caution when using ballistics gel to test penetration of foreign objects. If it can damage the gel, it can kill.

With much consideration I have decided to make a long range how to video. I will start to work on it in the next week or so but I don’t know how long it will take to complete. I will cover the basis for long range shooting but if there is anything else you would like to see or know about please let me know and I will try to put it on the video. Thanks

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If you buy a new Remington the trigger is very stiff and hard to pull. For hunting purposes that is fine but when you shoot at a target at 1,500yds you fell like the shot will never go off. I did some research and found this site that goes over adjusting your trigger. I have done it and it works good.

MOA unit is commonly found in the firearms industry and literature, particularly that concerning the accuracy of rifles. The industry tends to refer to it as minute of angle rather than minute of arc. It is popular because 1 MOA subtends approximately one inch at 100 yards, a traditional distance on target ranges. A shooter can easily readjust his rifle scope by measuring the distance in inches the bullet hole is from the desired impact point, and adjusting the scope that many MOA in the same direction. Most target scopes designed for long distances are adjustable in quarter (¼) or eighth (⅛) MOA “clicks”. One eighth MOA is equal to approximately an eighth of an inch at 100 yards or one inch at 800 yards.

Sometimes, a firearm’s accuracy will be measured in MOA. This simply means that under ideal conditions, the gun is capable of repeatedly producing a group of shots whose center points (center-to-center) fit into a circle, the diameter of which can be subtended by that amount of arc. (E.g.: a “1 MOA rifle” should be capable, under ideal conditions, of shooting a 1-inch group at 100 yards, a “2 MOA rifle” a 2-inch group at 100 yards, etc.) Some manufacturers such as Weatherby and Cooper offer actual guarantees of real-world MOA performance.

Rifle manufacturers and gun magazines often refer to this capability as “Sub-MOA”, meaning it shoots under 1 MOA. This is typically a single group of 3 to 5 shots at 100 yards, or the average of several groups. If larger samples are taken, i.e. more shots per group, then group size typically increases.