Matt.Cross Posted February 3 Report Share Posted February 3 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 February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 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 February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 More importantly, did you show him your challenge coin for 2900? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Matt.Cross Posted February 4 Author Report Share Posted February 4 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 February 4 Author Report Share Posted February 4 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 February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 this is cool ,this is very cool.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 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 February 5 Author Report Share Posted February 5 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 February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 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 February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 That's great news Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magwa Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 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...
sketch Posted February 8 Report Share Posted February 8 Awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt.Cross Posted February 10 Author Report Share Posted February 10 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted February 10 Report Share Posted February 10 2 hours ago, Matt.Cross said: 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. Well, brace yourself for your very own T&E on 3520 yards, My Brother, at the end of March. Show up motivated and ready to go. Tell your buddy to run that math - because we're doing it. Fall Shoot will never be the same anymore. The Gamers can run the 1 Mile KYL, and that's badass by itself, but their guns can't dial past 2900 yards, spare a few yards more over that Those guns running that one at 2900 last year won't go 2 miles... 3520 is a definite No-Go for those ones... Brace for impact. It's inevitable, and it's coming. 2 miles is already a done deal, bring heavy hardware, clean panties, your spare toothbrush, spare underwear when you Shart yourself, and a smile on your face for when you fail... There's only a couple guns that will even do this, amongst the crowd right now. We know who we are. 😍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt.Cross Posted Tuesday at 01:20 PM Author Report Share Posted Tuesday at 01:20 PM 🤣 Uh-oh, seems I've been threatened with a good time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magwa Posted Wednesday at 01:22 PM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 01:22 PM On 2/9/2026 at 9:02 PM, 98Z5V said: Well, brace yourself for your very own T&E on 3520 yards, My Brother, at the end of March. Show up motivated and ready to go. Tell your buddy to run that math - because we're doing it. Fall Shoot will never be the same anymore. The Gamers can run the 1 Mile KYL, and that's badass by itself, but their guns can't dial past 2900 yards, spare a few yards more over that Those guns running that one at 2900 last year won't go 2 miles... 3520 is a definite No-Go for those ones... Brace for impact. It's inevitable, and it's coming. 2 miles is already a done deal, bring heavy hardware, clean panties, your spare toothbrush, spare underwear when you Shart yourself, and a smile on your face for when you fail... There's only a couple guns that will even do this, amongst the crowd right now. We know who we are. 😍 We do ?.......lol never ever threaten me with a good time involving Matt Cross.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted Friday at 02:26 AM Report Share Posted Friday at 02:26 AM On 2/10/2026 at 5:20 AM, Matt.Cross said: 🤣 Uh-oh, seems I've been threatened with a good time... On 2/11/2026 at 5:22 AM, Magwa said: We do ?.......lol never ever threaten me with a good time involving Matt Cross.... I like threatening BOTH OF YOU with a good time, getting you BOTH all riled up, and it's even better when I'm gonna have you in the same venue, same time. I know you'll both feed off each other and amp it up a little bit. It's like shaking up that Sack Full Of Grizzlies, right before you pull the release pin on the Trebuchet... That worked out exactly the way I thought it would... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magwa Posted Friday at 03:06 PM Report Share Posted Friday at 03:06 PM 12 hours ago, 98Z5V said: I like threatening BOTH OF YOU with a good time, getting you BOTH all riled up, and it's even better when I'm gonna have you in the same venue, same time. I know you'll both feed off each other and amp it up a little bit. It's like shaking up that Sack Full Of Grizzlies, right before you pull the release pin on the Trebuchet... That worked out exactly the way I thought it would... Oh this is going to be good really good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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