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Precision Scoped Rifle: Part II

October 16, 2015 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy

The 4:20am wake-up comes pretty fast when you’re up late the night before making last minute preparations to your rifle scope. I’ll explain why I was doing that in a minute, but one of the takeaways of doing any serious handgun or rifle training is that it gets you off of the sidelines and into the game. Actually getting prepared, going through the check-lists, and shooting cannot be replaced. As my friend Bill likes to say, “shooting is a perishable skill”.

I’ve taken a number of shooting courses with Bill. He’s a regular at reaching and hitting Coke can sized targets at 1,000 yards and had already taken the precision scoped rifle course I was about to take. He called me the night before around 7:00pm just to check-in and offer up some last minute advice: “Make sure you know your scope.” Hence, the later than anticipated bedtime.

I had my scope dialed in and was more than comfortable making adjustments on the fly. But I have a Night Force scope that has a zero stop. A zero stop is a clutch system that locks your elevation turret on a specific zero, say 100 yards. I had already zeroed my scope at 100 yards and planed on setting the zero stop when I got to the range. But after talking to Bill I figured I should get that done before hand and it was a great decision. There were simply too many things to think about on the range.

Thinking is such a huge part of shooting and proper gun management period. Just getting my rifle from Rhode Island, through Massachusetts and into New Hampshire is stressful. Driving in RI and MA and the arrival in live free or die NH feels like flying Apollo 13 past the dark side of moon. Once you’re in NH, it’s just less stressful traveling with a firearm. And stress is not your friend.

As an example of the level of paranoia you must endure driving through states with such strict gun laws, a number of years ago I had just picked-up Bill on a foggy, rainy, dark Rhode Island morning. As soon as we started driving we began rattling off a checklist about our guns and gear. One of Bill’s questions, “Did you empty and eject your magazine?” Once we were back on the road I was thinking how difficult it is to travel with this stuff in RI and MA. And it’s always helpful having a friend to travel and train with.

But this was a solo trip and I made the voyage to NH without incident and got to Sig Sauer Academy with time to spare. It was nice to have a few minutes to relax because class would begin in 20 minutes and I needed all the brain power I could muster. After all, this is rocket science. Stay tuned.

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E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy
E.J. Smith is Founder of YourSurvivalGuy.com, Managing Director at Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd., a Managing Editor of Richardcyoung.com, and Editor-in-Chief of Youngresearch.com. His focus at all times is on preparing clients and readers for “Times Like These.” E.J. graduated from Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, with a B.S. in finance and investments. In 1995, E.J. began his investment career at Fidelity Investments in Boston before joining Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd. in 1998.

E.J. has trained at Sig Sauer Academy in Epping, NH, NH, where he completed course-work in Practical and Defensive Handgun, Conceal Carry Pistol, Shotguns, Precision Scope Rifle and Kidnapping Prevention.

E.J. plays a Yamaha Recording Custom drum set with Zilldjian cymbals. His first drum set was a 5-piece Slingerland with Zilldjians. He grew-up worshiping Neil Peart (RIP) of the band Rush, and loves the song Tom Sawyer—the name of his family’s boat, a Grady-White Canyon 306. He grew up in Mattapoisett, MA, an idyllic small town on the water near Cape Cod. He spends time in Newport, RI and Bartlett, NH—both as far away from Wall Street as one could mentally get. The Newport office is on a quiet, tree lined street not far from the harbor and the log cabin in Bartlett, NH, the “Live Free or Die” state, sits on the edge of the White Mountain National Forest. He enjoys spending time in Key West and Paris.

Please get in touch with E.J. at ejsmith@yoursurvivalguy.com
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