Precision Rifle Channel Podcast

On today’s episode, NRL competitor Matt Medearis joins on this podcast to talk about the sport of precision rifle from its evolution, the Northwest, practicing wind, the mental side of this sport, creating a playbook for each stage, and much, much more. Matt Medearis has won top spot in the NRL, and remains a top precision rifle contender across the nation. Learn more about Matt’s background, his growth within the sport, get some pro tips from him, and much more, on the PRC Podcast! Index: 00:38 – Precision Hillbilly’s background 01:34 – Getting into Precision Rifle 03:10 – Sharing Tradecraft 06:28 – Shift in style of Shooting; evolution in Competition 09:06 – Northwest crafting many heavy hitter competitors; product of Environment 12:59 – What he practices 17:20 – Wind theories 19:19 – Matt’s Rifle Build and Gear; his secret code 23:16 – Mental side of this Sport 28:32 – Stage Rituals in a Game of Seconds; Going in Auto Pilot; Creating a Playbook for each Stage 38:07 – Money on Competitors 45:30

On today’s episode, NRL young guns Ashton Glasscock and Carson Rutherford joins on this podcast to talk about how they got into precision rifle competitions. Hear more on their perspectives; our next generation of competitors of our sport. Carson Rutherford is currently sitting top of NRL’s Leaderboard for 2019, and Ashton Glasscock is one of NRL’s newest Young Guns. Learn more about Ashton and Carson, their involvement within precision rifle competitive sport, their perspective, and more, on the PRC Podcast! Index: - Carson Rutherford and Ashton Glasscock backgrounds - Any pressure as Young Guns being in the sport? - How do you keep it light and fun being around adults? - Advice for other Young Guns - Rifle set-up as they first got started - What’s the future for Ashton and Carson? - Their favorite part about the sport - Support of parents If you enjoyed this podcast, make sure to subscribe to us on Soundcloud or iTunes for more episodes and write us a review! Share this episode with anyone interes

On today's episode, Travis Ishida joins from the road to provide insight on what's to come for the NRL. Travis Ishida, President of NRL goes over NRL accomplishments, great questions about NRL, and what's next. Tune in for this and more on the PRC Podcast! Index: – What's Next – NRLBW and NRL22 – What the League and organization has accomplished – Possibility of Team Matches If you enjoyed this podcast, make sure to subscribe to us on Soundcloud or iTunes for more episodes and write us a review! Share this episode with anyone interested in all things Precision Rifle. Follow Us On: Website: precisionriflechannel.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/precisionriflechannel Instagram: www.instagram.com/precisionriflech/ Soundcloud: @precisionriflechannel iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/precision-rifle-channel-podcast/id1367259793?mt=2 Do you have questions, comments, insight on the topics discussed today? Shoot an email to tishida@precisionriflechannel.com with Subject: “PRC Podcast S2 E14”

On today's episode, Travis Ishida joins from the road to provide a Heatstroke Open After Action Report, and the Road Ahead for the NRL. Travis Ishida, President of NRL goes over some great questions about NRL and what’s coming up. Learn more about NRL, and more on the PRC Podcast! Index: 00:01 – Testing new format; Open Road 01:56 – AAR of 2019 Heatstroke Open 04:29 – NRL’s Next Season; Working with MDs 11:15 – East coast If you enjoyed this podcast, make sure to subscribe to us on Soundcloud or iTunes for more episodes and write us a review! Share this episode with anyone interested in all things Precision Rifle. Follow Us On: Website: precisionriflechannel.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/precisionriflechannel Instagram: www.instagram.com/precisionriflech/ Soundcloud: @precisionriflechannel iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/precision-rifle-channel-podcast/id1367259793?mt=2 Do you have questions, comments, insight on the topics discussed today? Shoot an email to tishida@precisionriflechan

On today's episode, Tyler Frehner and Travis Ishida joins to talk about the National Rifle League's Mid-Season Report. Tyler Frehner, Director of Match Operations, and Travis Ishida, President of NRL goes over what's transpired so far in the NRL 2019 Season, and the 2019 Scoring system. You'll also hear more on the competitor Ranks (as of 7/12/2019), and Top Contenders, the Remaining Matches of the season, including the 2019 NRL Championship Match in December, and also great Industry news updates. Learn more about NRL's 2019 Season, and more on the PRC Podcast! Index: 00:48 - Season Recap 24:30 - 2019 Scoring 28:22 - Top Contenders 38:38 - Upcoming Matches 41:27 - NRL Championship 43:39 - Industry News If you enjoyed this podcast, make sure to subscribe to us on Soundcloud or iTunes for more episodes and write us a review! Share this episode with anyone interested in all things Precision Rifle. Follow Us On: Website: precisionriflechannel.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/precisionriflechannel Instagra

On today’s episode, Caylen Wojcik joins us to talk about teaching long range, precision shooting. Hear more on Caylen’s zen-like attitude, rechanneling focus and energy, common bad habits from competitors, to buying forgiveness with gear. Caylen has amassed nearly 20 years’ worth of professional experience in the realm of precision shooting. Through reading and self-guided research, his passion for precision shooting began at a young age as he explored the fascinating components of the precision shooting system. His professional career began as a Marine Scout/Sniper, spending close to a decade immersed in the culture and learning how to create both basically trained and advanced Marine Scout/Snipers. Upon completion of his active duty service, he went on to continue teaching professionals in the private security sector, law enforcement and military snipers, and responsible armed citizens. Learn more about Caylen, his involvement within precision rifle competitive sport, to his teaching, and more, on the

On today’s episode, Josh Cluff joins us to talk about an impressive company within the precision rifle sport, H-S Precision. Hear more on the company being 100% sole sufficient on everything it builds and how that translates with its long-range precision specs, crossovers from hunting and competitive shooting, to the mental fortitude in competition shooting. Josh Cluff, Vice President, Sales & Marketing for H-S Precision, is very passionate about the outdoor industry, hunting, fishing, and shooting sports. He has been with the company for almost 15 years and has a wealth of knowledge in the various outdoor markets. Learn more about Josh, H-S Precision, his involvement in the precision rifle competitive sport, and more, on the PRC Podcast! Index: 00:42 – Josh’s background and involvement within the precision rifle community 03:41 – H-S Precision beginnings 04:12 – History of H-S Precision and catering of different markets 05:20 – Building absolutely every component of rifles and tooling to build them 07:

On today’s episode, Regina Milkovich, joins us to talk about growth of women in the sport, the gear, good habits and safety, to a winning mindset. Regina has been competing for 10 years now, is the only female to have won a 1st place title at a national-level precision match, and went on to win a second 1st place in, helps run the Arizona Long Range Precision Rifle Shooters club, and competes for many great companies within the industry including Vortex Optics, Spartan Precision, McMillan Fiberglass Stocks, Timney Triggers, and more. She also trains and instructs in precision rifle shooting and is finding ways to get more ladies and juniors get into the sport. Learn more about Regina, women's involvement in the sport, safety, and more, on the PRC Podcast! Index: 00:41 – Regina’s background and involvement within the precision rifle community 04:13 – Pioneering the way for Precision Rifle Ladies, and women’s capabilities 06:47 – Supportive roles women play in the sport 09:51 – New Stock specifically for

On today’s episode, Matt Hornback, joins us to talk about Modular Driven Technologies (MDT)and evolution of the precision rifle sport. Matt has caught the precision rifle bug; he’s been involved with manufacturers within the precision rifle industry, got heavy into the competition-side during NRL’s opening season, and has been in Army sniper school. He currently serves in the Army National Guard and is also the PR manager of Modular Driven Technologies (MDT). Learn more about Matt, great releases from MDT, evolution within the precision rifle sport, and more, on the PRC Podcast! Index: 00:28 – Matt’s background and involvement within the precision rifle community 01:34 – Evolution of the game over past couple years 02:35 – Modular Driven Technologies (MDT)’s developments 04:10 – MDT Chassis Systems 07:11 – Game-changing piece of gear – MDT Ckye-Pod 09:35 – The Chassis making waves this year – from rimfire, long action, short action 13:01 – ACC weight barebones to fully loaded 14:41 – Launch of the

On today’s episode, competitive shooter, Mike Lilly, joins us to talk about his journey within the precision rifle community. Mike is new to national-level competitive shooting within NRL and has been going full steam ahead spending free time at matches, while balancing work and family. Learn more about Mike, his insight being new to the sport, the dynamic of having a spouse out competing as well, and more, on the PRC Podcast! Index: 00:42 – Mike Lilly background in precision rifle competitive shooting 02:30 – Having a spouse as a competitor as well 04:10 – How it is with multiple competitors within a household 05:50 – Learning curves from match to match 08:21 – No shortcuts. What difficulties have been overcome as a new competitive shooter, and things that helped along the way? 11:05 – Enrollment in courses and mentorship. 12:55 – More efficient with less gear 14:35 – Mike’s Rifle Set-up 15:40 – Weight of Rifles and Recoil Management 18:21 – Buying your way to success early. Manufacturing i

On today’s episode, Sports Agent of OneWest Sports and team manager of PROOF Research, Chris Gittings joins us to talk about brand ambassadorship and sponsored shooters within precision rifle community. Chris is an NFL Sports Agent by day, with 20 years experience representing and negotiating contracts for players, working on endorsements, charity and appearance deals for them, and has had his own agency for 8 years. Within the shooting industry, he’s been a pistol shooter, a 3-gun shooter, and in the latest discipline, a competitor of precision rifle. In addition, he is a part-time writer for Outdoor Life. Learn more about Chris, his insight with brand ambassadorship, what expectations are from sponsored shooters to brands, and vice versa, and more on the PRC Podcast! Index: 00:50 – Chris Gittings background in sports and role in precision rifle 03:20 – Where the Sport of Precision Rifle is headed 06:15 – Sustainable Growth for this Sport 08:26 – Are additional divisions needed within Precision Rifl

On today’s episode, we sit down with Eric Andersen of Blue Mountain Precision! Eric grew up working on his dad’s farm and construction company in Wisconsin, where he would always pull factory guns apart and improve them for hunting. He then visited his family and decided it was time to start Blue Mountain Precision for one reason: to build superior accurate rifles! Since then Blue Mountain Precision has become one of the most popular gunsmiths in the country used by NRL and PRS shooters, and with the help of other companies, started the Loaner Rifle Program for the NRL! Learn more about Eric, how the NRL Loaner Rifle Program came to be, the future of building custom rifles, and more on the PRC Podcast! Index: 0:45 – History of Blue Mountain Precision 3:15 – Is there a rifle that can both hunt and compete in matches successfully? 9:35 – Companies providing additional bolts to customers 12:10 – NRL Loaner Rifle Program 24:50 – What matches are on Eric’s schedule this year? 26:40 – Upcoming projects

On today’s episode, match director Jacob Bynum, joins us to talk about the 2019 Rifles Only Brawl! Jacob has been holding precision rifle courses since the mid 90s, and is the owner of Rifles Only and Wild Horse Distillery. Rifles Only is a premiere destination for firearms training and competition located in Kingsville, Texas. Wild Horse Distillery produces premium quality spirits from 100% locally sourced ingredients in the Wild Horse Desert of Texas’ Rio Grande Valley. Learn more about Jacob, what to expect from the Rifles Only Brawl, insight from over 20 years of precision rifle experience, and more on the PRC Podcast! Index: 0:15 - History of Rifles Only and Precision Rifle Competition 8:30 - The advance of firearm technology vs. basic fundamentals 11:00 - Developing a match and COF for Rifles Only 15:00 - Advice to new shooters on preparing for a stage 18:00 - The difference between a top shooter and an average shooter 20:30 - Chasing caliber styles for competition 23:00 - Perspective on

On today’s episode, match directors Christopher Tressler and Rusty Ulmer, join us to talk about the highly anticipated AxisWorks Long Range Challenge! Christopher has been shooting precision rifle matches since 2011, and has directed several national matches in Arizona. Rusty has been shooting competitively for about 3 years and is a top tier shooter in the NRL. Rusty designed the COF for the AxisWorks Long Range Challenge and will make his debut into match directing. Learn more about Christopher and Rusty, what to expect from the AxisWorks Long Range Challenge, is more weight on your rifle a good or bad idea, and more on the PRC Podcast! Index: 0:30 – Christopher’s and Rusty’s background in precision rifle 2:43 – What to expect from the AxisWorks COF? 7:58 – Most difficult obstacles match directing together for the first time? 12:58 – What are you most excited for in the 2019 NRL Season? 19:00 – What is the future of precision rifle shooting? 22:30 – Is too much technology bad for the sport?

On today’s episode, Nico Detour stops by the podcast to talk about how he is starting to reload for this upcoming season. Nico is a former marine and has competed in multiple Competition Dynamics and NRL matches the last several years. He’s always been an advocate for shooting factory ammo, but this year he’s decided to start reloading to help improve his shooting for the season. Learn more about Nico, what equipment he’s using to reload, what caliber, and more on the PRC Podcast! Index: 1:00 – Nico’s introduction to the precision rifle world 6:05 – Why Nico is starting to reload at this stage in his career 12:40 – What equipment Nico is using to reload 25:24 – What caliber will you be shooting this season? 27:45 – What’s in store for 2019? If you enjoyed this podcast, make sure to subscribe to us on Soundcloud or iTunes for more episodes and write us a review! Share this episode with anyone interested in all things Precision Rifle. Follow Us On: Website: http://precisionriflechannel.com Fac

Welcome to Season 2 of the Precision Rifle Channel Podcast! What better way to start off the new year and season than with our good friend Tyler Frehner! Tyler Frehner is the Co-Founder and Director of Match Operations for the National Rifle League. Today Tyler will be talking about all the new rules and regulations for the upcoming NRL season, as well as which matches he’s excited for in 2019. Learn more about Tyler, what it’s like being the Director of Match Operations, a new scoring system, and more on the PRC Podcast! Index: 0:37 – Tyler Frehner Director of Match Operations 3:45 – What do you look for in a Match Director? 8:45 – New changes for the 2019 NRL Season 10:35 – Safety the Priority 11:55 – New Scoring System 23:20 – Expanding the NRL to the East Coast 27:23 – Arbitration Period 29:03 – Backup Rifle and NRL Loaner Rifle program 35:20 – What’s on Tyler’s schedule for 2019? 42:00 – Tyler’s 3 must-have items when he goes to a match If you enjoyed this podcast, make sure to su

On today’s special episode, we invite 2 different shooters to the podcast: a new shooter and seasoned shooter. Eli Harrison is a hunter from Colorado, and first got introduced to the sport through YouTube. Since then he’s RO’d three national matches and just competed in his first national match. Competitive shooter, Phillip Velayo, recently finished 1st Place at the 2018 PRS Finale and 10th overall for the season. Today Eli gets to ask Phillip any questions he or a new shooter may have. Learn more about what caliber a new shooter should shoot, if you should go custom for your first competitive rifle, and more on the PRC Podcast! Index: 1:35 – How Eli got into precision rifle shooting 4:45 – A good caliber to recommend for a new shooter 11:10 – When using a chronograph, what standard deviation are you looking for? 13:48 – What kind of accuracy do you need? 18:26 – What Ballistics Solver would you recommend to a new shooter? 20:03 – How often do you update your Kestrel? 25:57 – Mils or MOA? 30

On today’s episode, multi-sport adventure athlete, Chris Way, joins the podcast to talk about precision rifle shooting and his ambitious plan for next year. Chris dove head first into the competitive shooting world when he first signed up for the Sniper Adventure Challenge, one of the most physically & mentally demanding matches put on by Competition Dynamics. A couple years later he signed up for his first national match at the Mile High Shootout, and became the first person to use the NRL Loaner Rifle made by Blue Mountain Precision. Learn more about Chris, his goal for next season, and more on the PRC Podcast! Index: 0:45 – Chris’s journey to competitive shooting 5:20 - Jumping into the Sniper Adventure Challenge 11:14 – Chris’s rifle breaking down before his first match 13:34 –A full year dedicated to competition shooting 24:40 – Understanding the firearms community 35:33 – Any sponsors you’re working with? 41:00 – Chris’s build for next year If you enjoyed this podcast, make sure to su

On today’s episode, match director Adam Vaught from Kentucky, joins the podcast! Adam is from western Kentucky and ran the Rockcastle rifle series with his wife. He’s been hunting all his life and got into precision rifle shooting 5 years ago. Adam will be directing the Revolution At Rockcastle match later this year in June for the NRL 2019 season. Learn more about Adam, why he thinks too many matches is a problem, the Border War rifle series regions, and more on the PRC Podcast! Index: 0:16 – Adam’s background in precision rifle 3:08 – Matches Adam plans to attend 11:45 – Why more east coast shooters don’t shoot on the west? 16:45 – How to get more east coast matches in the NRL? 29:32 – Too many matches in the club series 35:00 – Border War regions run themselves 51:30 – Top 3 underrated items to bring to a hunt If you enjoyed this podcast, make sure to subscribe to us on Soundcloud or iTunes for more episodes and write us a review! Share this episode with anyone interested in all things

On today’s episode, renowned Pistol and 3-Gunner, Travis Gibson, joins us on the podcast! From bull riding & motorcycling, to pistol shooting, and now to 3-Gun and Long range shooting… Travis has done it all! When he’s not winning matches, Travis is running the world-class steel target manufacturer, MGM Targets! Learn more about Travis, his recent partnership with Caracal USA, shooting tips from the man himself, and more on the PRC Podcast! Index: 0:55 –Bull riding and motorcyclist career before shooting 4:13 – How Travis got into pistol shooting and 3-gun 6:50 – Transitioning to long range precision 10:55 – Travis’ son Wyatt Gibson 14:30 – What is more challenging? 3-Gun or Precision Rifle? 16:23 – Partnership with Caracal USA and their new rifle 19:20 – Travis’ season so far 21:50 – What do you do to mentally to get back into the game? 27:25 – How to practice making better Wind Calls 31:56 – What’s new with MGM Targets and Switchview USA? 34:15 – How can we improve RO’ing for matches