JUNE.
JUNE. TAMPA IS HOSTING THIS YEAR S
GAMES. TO BE GOOD AT
ANY SPORT...TAKES
PRACTICE. SHOOTING IS
NO DIFFERENT...LONG RANGE
SHOOTING TAKES EVEN MORE
PRACTICE. THEN WHEN YOU PUSH
THE TARGETS OUT TO 1000 YARDS
OR MORE... IT PUTS INTENSE
PRESSURE ON YOU TO
HIT. AND THAT S WHAT WE RE
DOING IN THIS WEEK S TEXAS
OUTDOORS. SHOOTING TODAY IS MORE THAN
JUST PUTTING YOUR CROSSHAIRS ON
THE
TARGET. STEELE MONTAGUE, NORTH
AMERICAN LONG RANGE SHOOTING
ASSOCIATION: "THE TECHNOLOGY HAS CHANGED
SO MUCH BARRY, YOU LL BE ABLE
TO GET BEHIND THAT GUN AND YOU
LL MAKE 10 OUT OF 10 IMPACTS AT
500
YARDS." STEELE MONTAGUE STARTED
THE NORTH AMERICAN LONG
RANGE SHOOTING ASSOCIATION ABOUT
3 YEARS AGO. THE MEMBERSHIP
HAS GROWN EVERY YEAR... AND,
THE
WEAPONS...
WEAPONS... MONTAGUE: "USUALLY CUSTOM MADE BY
A
GUNSMITH." YOU CAN SHOOT FIELD
GRADE WEAPONS...THE PROBLEM
IS...YOU HAVE TO SHOOT 10 SHOTS, WITHIN
3 MINUTES...AND AS THE
BARREL HEATS UP... IT THROWS OFF
THE
SIGHTS. MONTAGUE AND BARRY
DAVIS: "IT S INSANE
HEAVY!" "SO HUNTING S OUT WITH
IT,
REALLY!" "OH
REALLY!" "OH NO!" "DO YOUHUNT OUT OF A
POLARIS?" "OUT OF A BLIND, BUT YOU COLDN
T CAR4RY IT TO THE
BLIND." STEELE S RIFLE...A BULL
BARRELED .300 WIN MAG...WITH A
MUZZLE BRAKE... 50 POWER SCOPE
AND TRI-POD...BECAUSE IT WEIGHS
22
POUNDS.
POUNDS. MONTAGUE: "OPTICS INCLUDED YOU D START
AT AROUND
$4500." "YEAH, THAT S A LITTLE TOO
RICH FOR
ME!" "IT S PRICEY BUT IT S
SUPREME
ACCURACY." THESE ARE NOT JUST BIG
BOYS TOYS. COLDYN CLOUD IS JUST
13 YEARS
OLD... I D PUT HIM UP AGAINST
ANYBODY.
MONTEGUE: "PERFECT SCORE IS 100, IT
S NEVER HAPPENED. 3 MEN HAVE SHOT
96... AND HE S ONE OF
EM!" COLDYN SHOOTS A 6.5
CREEDMOOR... WITH FAR MORE ACCURACY
THAN SOMEONE SEVERAL TIMES HIS
COLDYN CLOUD, LONG RANGE
SHOOTER: "A YEAR AGO STARTED DOING
SOME COMPETITION
SHOOTING." "DO YOU GET
NERVOUS?" "EVERY TIME,
YEAH!" "I M NERVOUS SHOOTING
AGAINST
HIM!" "I WOULD
BE!" ONCE YOU START
SHOOTING
THOUGH... YOU DON T REALLY THINK
ABOUT WHAT THE OTHER GUY IS
DOING... ALL YOUR FOCUS IS ON
YOUR
TARGET... OR AT LEAST IT BETTER
BE.
MONTAGUE: WHAT IS THAT? YOU JUST SHOT
THE EYE OUT OF A DEER AT 500
YARDS." AFTER 10 SHOTS... AS I
EXPECTED, COLDYN SMOKED
ME I KNEW THAT WAS OFF. I
COULD TELL WHEN I PULLED THE
TRIGGER." "YEAH...IT S GOOD WHEN YOU
KNOW. THAT S GREAT, YOU JUST HIT
ALL 10 IMPACTS OUT OF 10 ROUNDS
AT 500 YARDS. YOU SCORED A
67." COLDYN SCORED A 75. WE LET
THE BARREL COOL THEN SHOT
ANOTHER
ROUND... I DID A LOT BETTER, SCORED
IN THE 80 S. BUT THEN
MONTEGUE UPPED THE ANTE...MOVING
THE TARGETS OUT TO 1000 YARDS.
IT TOOK ABOUT 4 SHOTS TO GET
THE SCOPED ZEROED
IN... THEN I HIT A 12 BY 14
INCH
TARGET
TARGET 3
TARGET 3 OUT OF 4 TIMES AT 1000 YARDS.
YARDS. "IMPACT!" I WANT TO THANK
STEELE MONTAGUE...IF YOU RE
INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE
NORTH AMERICAN LONG RANGE
SHOOTING ASSOCIATION...WE LL PUT A
LINK TO THEIR WEBSITE IN THIS
STORY ON
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