Matt.Cross Posted Tuesday at 11:30 PM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 11:30 PM 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.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted Wednesday at 01:46 AM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 01:46 AM This is badass!!! HELL YEAH!!! Did you ask him about shooting a mile - then differentiate between Statute and Nautical miles?... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armed Eye Doc Posted Wednesday at 01:48 AM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 01:48 AM More importantly, did you show him your challenge coin for 2900? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted Wednesday at 01:50 AM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 01:50 AM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt.Cross Posted Wednesday at 02:20 AM Author Report Share Posted Wednesday at 02:20 AM On 2/3/2026 at 8:48 PM, Armed Eye Doc said: More importantly, did you show him your challenge coin for 2900? Tomorrow Doc, first chance I get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt.Cross Posted Wednesday at 02:36 AM Author Report Share Posted Wednesday at 02:36 AM On 2/3/2026 at 8:46 PM, 98Z5V said: This is badass!!! HELL YEAH!!! Did you ask him about shooting a mile - then differentiate between Statute and Nautical miles?... I told him we did all kinds of stuff, like Tic-Tac-Toe at night, etc etc... He lit up like Christmas tree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magwa Posted Wednesday at 03:00 PM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 03:00 PM this is cool ,this is very cool.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted Thursday at 02:37 AM Report Share Posted Thursday at 02:37 AM On 2/3/2026 at 6:36 PM, Matt.Cross said: like Tic-Tac-Toe at night, That specific target is set up on the 500-yard line up a Parabellum right now. I'm just sayin'... We have time to make another, before Fall Shoot. We won't make it out of 1/2" AR500, though. That beast is HEAVY!... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt.Cross Posted Thursday at 04:01 AM Author Report Share Posted Thursday at 04:01 AM On 2/4/2026 at 9:37 PM, 98Z5V said: That specific target is set up on the 500-yard line up a Parabellum right now. I'm just sayin'... We have time to make another, before Fall Shoot. We won't make it out of 1/2" AR500, though. That beast is HEAVY!... 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted Thursday at 04:44 AM Report Share Posted Thursday at 04:44 AM 1 hour ago, Matt.Cross said: 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. HELL YEAH!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cunuckgaucho Posted Thursday at 06:19 AM Report Share Posted Thursday at 06:19 AM That's great news Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magwa Posted Thursday at 01:35 PM Report Share Posted Thursday at 01:35 PM 9 hours ago, Matt.Cross said: 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. hell yeah, there were lots of fist bumps that day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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