Fall hunting season is here, and now is the time to get your hunting rifle ready. The smart hunter will use Ballistic and our 4-Step Process to ensure their shooting preparation is as efficient as possible. STEP 1: Chronographing At the shooting range, begin by chronographing the various hunting rounds to be used later in the season to true the rifle and calculate accurate muzzle velocity. Then use this data to start building a Ballistic Profile for each hunting round. STEP 2: Zeroing Next, the hunter needs to zero each round at 100 yards. Once the 100-yard zero is established, it’s time to re ..read more

Hunting our Western States usually requires a good deal of hiking over some steep and rocky terrain, making the weight being carried a real issue. So, the intelligent Western hunter looks for lightweight, compact gear. Such as the following… Swagger’s SEA12 (Extreme Angle) Bipod Every shooter wants the rigidity of a traditional bipod but also have the ability to cant and traverse with ease. Swagger took that desire and put it into the shooter series bipod’s compact SEA12 extends from 9- to 12-inches and packs very light at just 13.6 ounces. Designed for hunting or shooting situations where ac ..read more

Our current ammunition situation not only has ammo scarce but very, very expensive. It’s also the case that a particular rifle will be more accurate with some brands and types of ammunition than others. So, how does a longer-distance shooter determine which ammunition options might be best? One method is to buy numerous brands of ammunition in a specific caliber, go to the range and shoot, shoot, shoot. But not only is this approach me-consuming. Given ammunition prices, all that ammo might require a second mortgage! A much faster and less expensive approach is for a shooter to plug the ammuni ..read more

Suppressors are great tools for serious shooters, especially long-distance competitors and hunters. Quality suppressors reduce muzzle blasts to safe hearing levels without hearing protection, making communication between shooters more efficient. In most cases, a suppressor will even lessen the felt recoil of a rifle. However, shooters need to make specific allowances for suppressed firearms. “A suppressor can change your rifle’s point of impact,” said Curt Vaughn, veteran long-distance shooting competitor and Head of Product for Ballistic. “If you shoot with your suppressor on all the time, yo ..read more

No doubt, your father got at least some of his long-range shooting ideas from his father.  Ideas like, “Zero three inches high at 100 yards, and you can take on any deer out to 300 yards,” and, “If the leaves flutter, the wind’s at 5MPH. Leaves are flipping over 10MPH!” Today, Dad knows that precision shooting is more possible than ever. But he swears he’s never going to spend $2,000 on one of those “newfangled” riflescopes. For Father’s Day this year, show him that he doesn’t need a pricey scope to be a much better long-range shooter. Take him to the range and show him what BALLISTIC can ..read more

While long-range shooters can and do spend impressive amounts of money on their shooting rigs, there are some real bargains available on products that can make shooting easier and more effective. For example, and for less than $100, a long-range shooter can have…. Ulfhednar Cookie Dough Support Pillow ($73) Made of durable, weather-resistant Cordura®, this versatile support pad can be used for just about anything on the field. The pillow can be used as a backpack or shooting support. It also works great for a barricade or fence shooting. The support is filled with miniature plastic ..read more

Those first times shooting long-range distances can be intimidating. It’s so…far! And the target looks so small! “But, remember, if you can hit at 100 yards, you can hit at 1,000 yards,” said veteran long-range shooting competitor Curt Vaughn. “It just takes practice, study and determination.” Before a new shooter even gets to the range, Vaughn, who owns Vaughn Precision, a custom gunsmithing and reloading operation, suggested the shooter do some “studying.” “There are a lot of great resources out there on the web and YouTube that will help a new shooter understan ..read more

As with most technical pursuits, long-range shooting has a good number of basic terms a shooter needs to know on their way to being a top shot. These terms include: Ballistic Coefficient – According to Wikipedia, “the ballistic coefficient (BC) of a body is a measure of its ability to overcome air resistance in flight.” Less air resistance equals less drag, and less drag means better performance from a “body,” in this case, a bullet. BC is denoted numerically, and the higher the BC number, the easier and more efficiently the bullet passes through the air. BC is determined by sev ..read more

Before and during their participation in the recentGrunt Style Vortex Optics Mammoth Sniper Challenge, Gordon Meehl and his shooting partner used Ballistic-and the World’s Number One shooting app was instrumental in helping them take 9th Place in the event’s Regular Division!  “My shooting partner was able to get first shots hit at 700 and 800 yards just by using Ballistic,” said Meehl. “The hold-over points were dead on, and we used all the wind applications, too. Ballistic is awesome!” For the third year in a row, the Mammoth Sniper Challenge was held at Fo ..read more

Considering all the money long-range shooters and hunters spend on rifles, optics and ammunition, adding a free shooting app to the mix might seem pretty unnecessary.  It’s the exact opposite. As professional shooters know, a proven, ultra-high-tech shooting app like Ballistic is a huge assist in making precision shots, no matter the terrain, the weather or the distances. And Ballistic, the #1 long-range shooting app, can very well be the difference between the trophy hunt of a lifetime, a trip to the winner’s table or a huge disappointment. No matter how expensive or preci ..read more