Thanks for your time to produce & share your videos, unfortunately I don't have the time to watch all of them, but, can't miss these on these topics - Thanks again.

Very well done video Jonathan. Enjoyed meeting you at the match. Hope to see you out there again.

i love to hear about your experience, a good story

Good full-circle exercise/analysis. I'm sure you'll get much better! ;)

Thanks for the video, I've been looking forward to this one. I really appreciate you bringing us along while going through the process of figuring out a different match format. Coming from someone that has never (and probably will never) shoot this format, I've got an idea/question. I wonder how it would be to glass with the tripod legs un-extended. So basically glass seated or off the knees to save time and get you closer to your shooting position so the perspective to the targets wouldn't change as much. I was also going to comment on having a tac table bag left on the tripod but you addressed that. Another idea might be to attach the shooting bag to the stock with a QD, might be quicker to deploy than dealing with a carabiner on the back pack. My thinking is to keep the shooting stuff together and minimize time spent with the back pack. Basically the backpack would just be a tripod carrying device with snack storage. As I said, I don't actually know anything about this other than watching your match video so I may be completely off base with this. Here is something I do know: toe nail clippers will help remove the sharp tag end on the zipties. I think the greatest thing you did was to video the stages. That's such a great tool to analyze where you are losing time. I'm going to try to start videoing myself at smaller matches as a training tool so I can figure out where I can improve.

@ocabj

5 ай бұрын

That's a good point about not extending the tripod legs. I think I got into a mindspace of wanting to get on the same plane as the top of the sighting pin, which is where they indicated you will be able to see the targets from. "Top of the sighting pin" was very explicit during the pre-match briefing. But I think your point is valid and perhaps I should have not extended the legs so much and wen with the short unextended tripod setting for speed.

excellent info

Primos rapid stick tripod works awesome for rear support. Can be configured several ways or as a monopod. Small and light if they let you carry it in addition to your good tripod.

....side note - for cleaning things such as aluminum, plastics, & Carb.fbr.,nothing works better, imo. & exp., than food-grade mineral oil - apply when cleaning night before or whenever - generously/wipe off any excess, & it actually dissipates enough to be non-dust collective for the most part, BUT, lubricates, doing so, better than any lubricant I have found & is odor-free & totally non-toxic. I also use it as a final lubricant on triggers after cleaning.

Use a lighter to lightly melt the zip tie so you can mush the sharp end flush, or look into flush cut wire snips. The bino pack material is soft to remain quiet and to be gentle on the optics……their intended design is geared more to hunting not this type of use so that’s probably why its not working exactly as you had hoped.

Regarding the unfortunate locking of the tripod legs, there is a product …. spray mold release, that would be perfect to use as a maintenance coating inside the mechanism. It goes on wet, then dries in place and does not attract dust or dirt.

Great video! Thank you so much for sharing your journey into NRL Hunter. I have my first match next month and I have a question. I currently have binos and a rangefinder, and am considering buying a pair of rangefinding binos. Most of my research has concluded that I will lose a lot of time buy switching between the two, possibly having to require the target. Are rangefinding binos a must?

@ocabj

5 ай бұрын

If you have practice with using separate binos and LRF, you might be able to make it work. However, people like me are best served with a rangefinding bino.

@XiiSMO

5 ай бұрын

@@ocabjthanks for your quick reply! I was able to practice some today and can see the benefits of both, still undecided if it’s worth the $1k…Follow up question, why are people using dope cards and not just using their kestrels? Mine has a target card that I practiced with today.

@ocabj

5 ай бұрын

@@XiiSMO "why are people using dope cards and not just using their kestrels?" Time. If you have a 4 target stage, it might take you too long to look up each distance. Even if you use the range card with 25 yard increments, paging through the Kestrel might take too long.

@XiiSMO

5 ай бұрын

@@ocabjThanks! Are you allowed to run an Impact 4000 in NRL Hunter?

@ocabj

5 ай бұрын

@@XiiSMO Yes, but if you plan on running it attached to the scope, it will count towards the rifle weight when you weigh-in

If you use a backup tripod due to a malfunction, does that have to be weighed prematch? Thanks

@ocabj

5 ай бұрын

Do you mean backup bipod? I believe you're supposed to. However, I didn't / neglected to ask pre-match. When I told the RO on the next stage what happened, it was generally accepted that my Atlas CAL was lighter than my CKYE-POD triple pull that I weighed in with.

Hey buddy do you think you really need a ckye-pod or variant to do these matches? Going to do my first one here soon and I don't feel like forking up more money for one of those lol

@ocabj

5 ай бұрын

I've only shot one NRL Hunter so far and from what others on my squad who have shot other venues, they said the Ghost Hunter match did not have as much prone as other matches. Furthermore, the prone positions at Ghost Hunter were not very ideal prone (angled). So tripod or high bipod shooting was a trend for that specific venue. I have watched other match footage where prone was quite common. That being said, I don't think you need a CKYE-POD. I saw plenty of other bipods including TBAC and Atlas.

Zip ties will bite you, same thing under the hood of a car/truck

*Promo sm*

Maybe when you arrive at the Shooting site, when you are glassing for the targets, you should adopt the lowest position possible to Glass for the targets, as opposed to glassing for them standing up. This would give you the correct frame of reference to the targets for when you were shooting, and the information you needed relative to bipod, tripod, whatever kind of rest you needed.

Zip tie sharp ends can be easily blunted by using a cigarette lighter to gently heat the cut end… it will instantly round over.🎉