Press Releases

By Rick Jensen The United States F-Class Open Rifle Team is very excited to announce that Michelle Gallagher will be our Head Coach for the 2017 World Championship Team! Michelle is no stranger to competitive shooting. As many of you know, she grew up shooting smallbore and Palma with her family at ranges from Phoenix to Camp Perry, Ohio and about everywhere in between. Then, in 2009 she decided to give F-Class a try. It didn’t take her long to begin making a name for herself within the sport. That year at Bisley, she along with her mom, Nancy Tompkins, coached the 4 Man U.S. [...]

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By Bryan Litz, Chief Ballistician We’re happy to announce a major upgrade to our Twist Rate Stability Calculator which is free to use on the Berger Bullets webpage. The old stability calculator was pretty basic, and would simply return a gyroscopic stability number based on your bullet, twist rate and atmospheric conditions. This was used to determine if your barrels twist rate was fast enough to stabilize a particular bullet or not, based on the Gyroscopic Stability Factor (SG) being greater than 1.4. The bullet parameters on the left can be auto populated by selecting a bullet from the list above. You can then [...]

By Rick Jensen Heat Stroke Open participant and current U.S. F-Open Team Captain The morning of July 12th, 2014 dawned very warm and windy near Camargo, Oklahoma for the kickoff of the 2014 Heat Stroke Open. This was my very first PRS match and the 11th match of the year for the Precision Rifle Series. The day began with competitors and range staff gathering around the flag pole to recite the Pledge of Allegiance followed by the singing of the National Anthem. The first stage was a cold bore shot from the prone position. Shooters had to choose between a 1 or 2 MOA target [...]

My 8,000 Foot Wyoming Black Bear By Len Backus of LongRangeHunting.com As soon as the big boar turned slightly to his right the 180 grain Berger bullet was on its way along the 574 yard arcing route across the steep canyon. Hit hard, the bear buckled, spun, and then sprinted downhill about 50 yards toward us and then to its left, finally collapsing on the ground. Through my 25 power Nightforce ATACR rifle scope I watched his head move ever so slightly waiting to see if he'd need a second shot. Soon there was no movement and it was time for high fives. I had [...]

I've recently finished a new book titled: “Modern Advancements in Long Range Shooting”. This is actually the first book in a series which is planned to document the ongoing R&D taking place in my ballistic testing laboratory. The series covers specific tests and projects designed to answer the important questions being asked by modern long range shooters. In the first volume, we take a close look at twist rate effects and stability. Ever wonder how much twist rate affects your muzzle velocity? How much stability affects BC from the muzzle and far down range? How do you measure spin rate decay, and which rifling profiles [...]

Our Ballistician, Bryan Litz, is proud to announce the release of Applied Ballistics' first eBook; Accuracy and Precision for Long Range Shooting. This means that iPad, Kindle, and Nook users now have access to one of the best resources for improving long distance accuracy in electronic format. Since its release in 2012, the hardcopy of Accuracy and Precision for Long Range Shooting has sold over 5000 copies. The book introduces the concept of Weapon Employment Zone (WEZ) analysis. This statistical approach is used to assess how hit percentage is calculated and how it’s affected by uncertainties involved in long range shooting. Many illuminating studies are presented [...]

  “Mountain Man Match” Match Director, “Mountain Man” Mark McKee By Ron Dague, Sinclair Reloading Tech And Bob Blaine, Berger Technical Specialist This match was held on October 5, 2013, and it is a fun match to test our shooting ability and get us out of our comfort zone. We had competitors at the match from about 150 miles away. The competition was a good mix of shooters from NRA High Power, Benchrest, Tactical rifle shooters and Active Duty Law Enforcement. The match was set up in 2 segments, the first was 5 shots at a 300 yard ½ size silhouette and 5 shots at [...]