Matt.Cross

Sorry to hear about Tucker, poor fella.

Wow, what a ride! I think I need a cigarette now...

🤣 So Melody talked me into venturing down to Greeneville, SC for a big homeschooling convention. Though I'm a huge homeschooling proponent, this would not usually be my jam... However, I elected to humor my sweetie and tag along, and then I spotted these shmoes... Totally worth the travel, hotel room, and time/cost. Got to spend a bit of time with both, and they're as hilarious and awesome in person as they are onscreen.

Oh, this guy was there too...

Hey Tom, look who I found...

Happy Birthday brother!!!

I didn't know there was any other way...

One of the big keys to this is setting your position up as much as possible to minimize muscular input. The less effort you have to exert to maintain your NPOA, the more optimal that position will be for shot follow-through and return to NPOA. Bipod height and preload are big factors, if your bipod is not under some natural preload when your body is fully relaxed, it will be harder to regain control of your sight picture during recoil. I like to start with mild preload for a relaxed prone position, and then use minimal forward pressure with my toes to adjust in slightly more tension for the shot. For me, I want my NPOA to be reticle center mass on target with my body completely relaxed and breath 80% exhaled, with no muscular input exerted. I also try to support my head as much as possible via the rifle, and thus minimize muscle use in my neck.

Developing the muscle memory for recoil management is a good time investment, the sooner the sight picture returns to natural point of aim, the better your odds of spotting your own impact, and a quick correction if necessary for a follow-up.

🤣 Uh-oh, seems I've been threatened with a good time...

Co-worker today says to me at lunch: "You're a Long Range shooter!!?" Me: Uh, yeah.... *somewhat puzzled* Him: "Do you know how I know you're a long range shooter?" *I make a terrible, dumb guess* Him(laughing): "No, I googled the new CEO and your name pops up as one of the first results, some thread about your challenge coin or something.... How far have you shot exactly?" Me: "2,960 yards, roughly." Him(Engineer & Avid Hunter): *math processing look* Me(laughing): "1 mile + 1200 yards" Him: *wowed look* If you're still watching B, hi.

I showed him my challenge coin this morning, his eyebrows shot up and he said "You weren't joking when you said ELR, shooting past 2900 takes some doing and you're in a very small group having done it." Then he fist bumped me, smiled, and we both went to work.

I told him we did all kinds of stuff, like Tic-Tac-Toe at night, etc etc... He lit up like Christmas tree.

Tomorrow Doc, first chance I get.

Arnold VonBargen - former owner of a little company you might have heard of, U.S. Optics. USO moved to the Carolinas a while back, and Arnold with them. He was introduced to the team today and I spoke with him for a few minutes in his office at the end of the shift, and invited him to come shooting sometime, seems like a pretty cool guy. He likes fast cars and boats, and has some pretty cool toys, and of course is a long range shooting enthusiast....

This. I'm not cynical, but stuff like this conspires to make you believe that only the good die young. Had his whole family + 3 guests on board, a bad day for those of us in the Carolinas who knew & thought a whole lot of him.

🤣 It's soooo true.

Happy Thanksgiving errbody!

Oh yeah! My favorite item, a cheeseburger with lettuce, tomato, sautéed onions, mustard, ketchup, and A-1 sauce. Their fries and milkshakes are killer too.

This made my day Doc, thank you sir.

I did it a couple times, granted it's been a few years ago now.... Must be something about dudes named Matt. Way to go @JBMatt!

Sold & closed.

Well, having started the topic, I'm obliged from time to time to stop by and see how bad it's gotten since ya'll commandeered it... 🫣

Har har, stumbled into a group of comedians on here.... 🤣

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