Hunter Series Fundamentals Class

Precision Rifle Hunter Series - Fundamentals Class

Hunter Series Fundamentals:  The Fundamentals class is designed to give you the tools and confidence you need to ensure an effective shot on that animal of a lifetime. Our hunter series is a precision rifle course geared towards shooting and hunting scenarios from prone to standing tripod work.

For the past 14 years Snowy Mountain Rifle Company has been dedicated to bringing you the best shooting systems available! Now, let us help you take your shooting abilities to the next level; it all starts here with our Fundamentals Class. This class has been designed for both the beginner or intermediate precision rifle shooter or hunter who is looking to build a strong foundation and quickly advance their skills and knowledge.

Course Overview: Our Fundamentals course will include 3 days of instruction and shooting. Class starts at 8:00 A.M. daily and runs to late afternoon. class starts with the fundamentals of your rifle, rifle setup, ammunition, optics, and accessories, and how they must work together to create a shooting system. We will then take a dive into ballistics, setup, solving, and of course, wind reading. Next, we will hit the field to begin shooting. This will start with proper bench shooting techniques at 100 yards to ensure accurate rifle zeroing, rifle check, and ammunition check. We then move onto prone position 1 and start applying the fundaments we have covered as we work out to farther distances. Throughout the next day and a half, we continue to advance these skills at greater distances as well as start to incorporate other shooting positions and techniques you will certainly encounter in the field, including lots of tripod work.

What you will Learn:

• Rifle system setup and function
• Optics zero, minutes and mills break down
• Fundamentals and mechanics of precision rifle shooting
• Cold bore data, prior and post firearm cleaning and fouling break down
• Introduction to ballistics and atmospheric conditions, dope cards and data collection 
• Kestrel usage, breakdown and range implementation
• Bullet and cartridge breakdown
• Calculating atmospheric and environmental conditions
• Internal, external and terminal ballistics
• Chronographic data collection and ballistics truing
• Introduction to wind reading and wind calls
• Advancement of prone shooting positions
• Introduction to other (hunting) shooting positions, tri-pod work

Available Class Dates:

March 22nd - 24th Wednesday - Friday

March 31st - April 2nd Friday - Sunday

April 28th - 30th Friday - Sunday

May 3rd - 5th Wednesday - Friday

May 31st - June 2nd Wednesday - Friday

July 5th - 7th Wednesday - Friday

August 2nd - 4th Wednesday - Friday

Space is limited. Please Call To Book (406) 546-8732. $500.00 deposit is due at reservation. You have 60 days before the class to cancel for a full refund.