Gun For Hire's Member's Only Plate Rack Pistol League Results - Wednesday, June 26, 2024

This video covers the results of the Gun For Hire's Member's Only Plate Rack Pistol League held on Monday, July 15, 2024. It highlights top scores in both Optics and Iron Sights divisions, detailing winning times and prize credits. The video also announces upcoming plate rack practice sessions and a dueling plate rack competition, emphasizing the challenging and fun nature of plate rack shooting for honing marksmanship.

This video showcases the inaugural Plate Pistol League at Gun For Hire Range, featuring both plate racks and a dueling tree. Participants engaged in timed shooting events, with a focus on accuracy and speed. The event highlighted the fun and competitive aspects of shooting sports, encouraging broader participation, especially from female shooters.

This video demonstrates a speed shooting drill using a stock Glock 17 Gen 3 on a plate rack. The shooter, a competitive pistol competitor, clears the 6-plate rack in 2.90 seconds from a low ready position at approximately 11 yards. This drill is excellent for improving target acquisition and speed under pressure.

This video provides an in-depth review and range test of the Atlas Gun Works Artemis pistol, highlighting its performance in accuracy, speed, and recoil management. The instructor demonstrates zeroing the optic, engaging steel plates at various distances, and performing speed drills, offering insights into the pistol's capabilities for competition shooting. The review emphasizes the Artemis's exceptional accuracy and low recoil, while also discussing its premium price point and suitability for dedicated shooters.

This video showcases a $10,000 competitive shooting event featuring skilled participants Blake, Dustin, and Mark. They utilize high-end firearms like the Fowler Industries Vanta 9 and customized Glock 19X, paired with optics such as the Trijicon SRO and Leupold DeltaPoint Pro. The competition involves a series of challenging drills designed to test speed, accuracy, and movement, with scoring based on hit factor. Blake emerges as the overall winner of the episode.

This video details the construction of a high-end private shooting range, emphasizing versatility and durability. The range features multiple bays with strategically placed berms and a variety of steel targets, including dueling trees, plate racks, and Goliath targets, suitable for both pistol and rifle calibers up to .50 BMG. The instructor highlights the importance of using rifle-rated AR550 steel, armored posts, and portable target systems to create a long-lasting and adaptable training facility.

This guide details the one-handed shooting technique for a .50 Cal Desert Eagle, as demonstrated by expert Anthony Colandro. It covers preparation, execution, and target analysis, emphasizing advanced recoil control for high-caliber handguns. Colandro, the owner of Gun For Hire, showcases proficient handling and accurate shooting with this powerful firearm.

This video demonstrates the experience of shooting a .50 BMG rifle at the Gun For Hire Range. An experienced instructor explains the firearm's recoil mitigation system, featuring an aggressive muzzle brake and barrel reciprocation with springs. The demonstration includes loading, aiming, firing, and post-shot analysis, highlighting that the felt recoil is manageable due to the rifle's design.

Professor Shane, a subject matter expert at Gun For Hire Range, discusses the U.S. military's transition from the M4 to the SIG XM7 (M7) rifle. He expresses skepticism regarding the platform change, highlighting concerns about increased recoil, reduced ammo capacity due to heavier 6.8x51mm rounds, and significantly decreased barrel longevity compared to 5.56x45mm NATO platforms. While acknowledging the 6.8mm cartridge's effectiveness in the M250 machine gun, he questions its suitability for the M7 rifle, suggesting that higher hit probability is achieved through greater ammunition availability rather than a higher-pressure round with a shorter barrel life.

This guide details a one-handed shooting technique for the powerful Smith & Wesson Model 500, as demonstrated by Anthony Colandro from Gun For Hire Range. It emphasizes advanced recoil management through stance, body lean, and controlled follow-through, crucial for handling the extreme forces generated by the .500 S&W Magnum cartridge. The instruction highlights the importance of mastering such techniques for large-caliber handguns.