Recoil is a product of several factors. Felt recoil is another that is a product of several, related factors. For instance, recoil is determined largely by the mass of the bullet and its muzzle velocity, which in turn y…
Here to learn more about the Cadex Defense .50 BMG platform (the CDX-50)? Here’s pretty much everything you need to know: It’s a military-spec ELR platform, chambered in either .50 BMG or .416 Barrett. It sports a light…
Accuracy International sniper rifles deliver some of the most uncompromising performance in the industry for extreme long-range rifles, or ELR rifles. With that said, many of them are chambered around cartridges like .3…
You can shoot a rifle chambered in .50 BMG, .338 Lapua, or .300 Norma Magnum at extreme ranges, and it will perform well as long as your rifle is sighted-in properly and you train with it. Both of these cartridges have …
The logic behind a double-barreled shotgun is manifold. First, you get two shots, so if you miss one on a flushing bird, you have a second. You also have the ability to leverage different loads and chokes in each barrel…
Not every cartridge is effective for extreme long-range shooting. Some are better than others, and for unique reasons. For instance, some lightweight cartridges like .22-250 and .223 are commonly used for long-range sho…
Both .408 and .375 CheyTac, developed by Cheyenne Tactical for the M200 Intervention Sniper rifle, and loaded with Balanced Flight Projectiles that are ballistically engineered to remain supersonic all the way to a targ…
Categorically, there may be better extreme long-range rifles in the game right now than the M40. Platforms like the CheyTac M200 Intervention, chambered in .375 and .408 CT, are effective at ranges in excess of a mile. …
So you want to customize an ELR rifle. This is not like any precision rifle. Spec’ing out an ELR rifle entails every consideration that would go into a precision rifle and then some. Consider this: you can spec out a pr…
The Accuracy International AXSR is one of the best extreme long-range rifle platforms that’s been designed to date, ranging alongside models like the CheyTac M200 Intervention sniper rifle and pushing the envelope of wh…
Let’s not mince words. There is a very real chance that if you get into serious ELR shooting and want to buy your own rifle, you’re going to shell out ten thousand dollars, if not more. This is no small expense, even fo…
If you want a .223 for plinking around the back 40, you can get that done for a few hundred dollars and there’s hardly any need to customize much. You may even end up with a pretty accurate rifle just off the shelf at t…
There are many Cadex Defense rifle platforms that are highly effective for ELR shooting, some of which are chambered in modern cartridges loaded with Balanced Flight Projectiles like .375 and .408 CT. Others, like the C…
There are things you can do to reduce recoil; you can choose a lighter cartridge for your handgun, shoot lighter loads, adopt a proper stance and grip, and install a muzzle device like a compensator, or you can start wi…
Some rifles built around Cadex chassis are highly specialized for extreme long-range shooting and chambered in rounds that will cost you a 20 dollar bill (more or less) every time you pull the trigger. Others, while sti…
Have you ever thought to yourself, “I love the form factor of the classic M1911, but wish it was available in a double-barreled format?”Well, now you don’t need to wish anymore, because one company actually made that ha…
For the longest time, .50 BMG was the dominant long-range sniper rifle cartridge for the United States military, and the truth is, it is still used for a wide variety of anti-materiel applications. But, for all its virt…
Long-range precision shooting is commonly done with rifle platforms colloquially known as “sniper rifles,” and the shooting discipline takes years and years of training to develop proficiency. Moreover, it is not just t…
Here are some things that can throw off accuracy with a handgun, besides the short sight radius and the low mass that that results in high felt recoil: High bore axes that magnify the effects of felt recoil; the fact th…
Anyone familiar with the infamous CheyTac M200 Intervention sniper rifle will also necessarily be familiar with the two cartridges paired with it, the .408 and .375 CT. The latter is one of the best ELR cartridges ever …
