Long Range Pursuit

In this episode Caylen and Phil discuss shooting drills that focus on building a consistent process of addressing your rifle and constructing a solid shooting position. The conversation progresses into tripod shooting, optic magnification choices, the aiming process, and their individual approaches to how they achieve mental calmness and flow-state.

Aaron Davidson and Jayden Quinlan from Hornady dive deep into the history, development process and specifications of the new 300 PRC round from hornady. They discuss the cartridge's strengths and ideal applications as well as load data and bullet selection to optimize the performance of this long range 30 caliber round. They touch on Hornady's new Atip bullet line.

• The New 300 PRC From Hornady
• Gunwerks Magnus 300 PRC
• 1 Mile shot with Gunwerks 300 PRC

Landon Michaels and Dustin Wittwer of Gunwerks discuss setting up your optimal optics system for hunting in various terrain and for different hunting styles. Choosing a binocular for your type of hunting and trade-offs for smaller and larger magnification, as well as spotting scope choice and how the two tools work in tandem in the field. 

Landon and Mike talk long range muzzleloading. The motivation behind building a long range muzzleloader and the advantages and opportunities it can offer a hunter looking to draw more tags and hunt bigger animals. 

• Gunwerks Long Range Muzzleloader
• New updates to Gunwerks Muzzleloader - features and benefits
  • New Magnus stock
  • Built on standard short action receiver
  • Updated ignition system
  • 2 Piece, freefloated ramrod
  • Floorplate storage

• Reasonable range and expectations with a long range muzzleloader
• Ballistic considerations, bullet performance, and expansion with muzzleloader velocities
• Muzzleloader seasons and applications
• States and black powder restrictions
• GoHunt Muzzleloader Laws Breakdown 

Brady Miller of goHunt joins Landon Michaels and Dustin Wittwer of Gunwerks for a deep dive on tactics and gear for backcountry hunting. Backcountry tactics such as states, seasons and locations are discussed, where to locate a backcountry camp and when to day hunt vs backpack. Gear topics are covered, including sleep system and insulation, water filtration, boots, 

• goHunt -  https://www.gohunt.com
• Brady Miller -  https://www.gohunt.com/author/brady-miller
• Dustin Wittwer -  https://www.instagram.com/dustinwittwer/
• Landon Michaels -  https://www.instagram.com/landonmichaels/

In this episode, Caylen and Phil recap the Axisworks and Rifle's Only National Rifle League matches that they recently participated in and how those events translate into building and refining  critical skills that make them more effective riflemen. They also talk about aspects of the fundamentals of marksmanship, and how those apply to more advanced skills such as moving targets, and dealing with tricky wind conditions. Wrapping things up they discuss the new Gunwerks Verdict stock and how this unique rifle stock fits in both the lightweight, and heavyweight rifle worlds.

• The Stockwerks by Gunwerks
• The ClymR Custom Stock
• The Magnus Custom Stock
• The Verdict Custom Stock

Landon Michaels, Rex Ribelin and James Christiansen sit down to discuss details on the new Gunwerks 6IX and 8IGHT long range hunting suppressors. Design and development process is discussed along with several of the features and optimizations that were made to make suppressors ideal for long range hunting and precision rifles. 

Gunwerks Suppressors

Building the Ultimate Hunting Suppressor - YouTube

During this episode of the Long Range Pursuit podcast Instructor's Corner, Caylen and Phil discuss some topics on the evolution of handloading, and the individual practices they use in producing their ammunition.  They discuss some new technology advancements pertaining to training aids, and how much they're a help for diagnosing problems.  Wrapping up, they take a dive into the 7 factors common to all shooting positions and give you some tips on what to look for in your own shooting position.