2024 Class Schedule

Frank Galli

Times: Saturday 9AM & 1PM, Sunday 9AM

Starting  with a Fundamental Eval, the course covers a 20 point checklist. The course begins with two  attendees demonstrating their current knowledge of precision rifle  shooting fundamentals. The course then expands on the Fundamentals of Marksmanship through discussion, breaking down the key points, leading students into the Shot Process. 

The Shot Process is a series of steps, helping shooters focus on key shooting elements, while avoiding high level mistakes commonly associated with over-thinking and more rigid "rules". The Shot Process's design opens up a shooter’s possibilities, versus the limitations of rules that limit a student's abilities. The Fundamentals are the building blocks of precision rifle shooting, and combining the Fundamentals of Marksmanship and the Shot Process gives shooters a solid foundation, regardless of the context.

Ending  the course, a demonstration of Weaponized Math. Weaponized Math dopes  gravity from shot to shot, eliminating the use of numerous  individualized inputs for dope. Weaponized Math gives the shooter a  starting point and final solution that's easy to understand. Using  Weaponized Math first, the students then align ballistic solvers to  pre-trued data, cutting out the trial and error aspects and avoiding  lists of confusing inputs.

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Emil Praslick:

Times: Saturday 10AM & 2PM, Sunday 1PM

Berger’s Mil/LE Business Development Director and “Wind Wizard”, Emil Praslick, will be hosting a wind reading class during the Precision  Rifle Expo. Praslick is recognized as one of the foremost authorities on wind  reading in the world. The former Head Coach at the United States Army  Marksmanship Unit has represented the United States in International  long-range shooting for over 20 years and has developed training  strategies for both tactical and competitive shooting. Praslick’s wind  reading class will help shooters gain insight into understanding the  mechanism of wind drift and its influence on bullet trajectory,  techniques for recognizing and determining wind speed and direction, and  strategies of wind management and target engagement. 

Erik Cortina

Times: Saturday 11AM & 3PM, Sunday 11AM

Understanding reloading, perhaps one of the single most complicated discussions and debates outside of ballistics, often proves challenging for even veteran precision rifle shooters who constantly try to absorb new information and developments in reloading components and equipment.  This course will include but not be limited to:

• Choosing the right components, bullet selection, and understanding twist rate.
• Brass preparation including sizing, priming, etc. 
• Understanding your comparators, gauges, and properly measuring.
• How to do load development, and understanding factors such as muzzle velocity, standard      deviation, extreme spread, etc.
• Finding and understanding accuracy nodes for your precision rifle.

Katie Godfrey 

Times: Saturday 10AM & 2PM, Sunday 10AM

Kestrel Ballistics Weather Meters, the weather meter chosen and trusted by precision rifle shooters around the world for their extreme ruggedness and dependable performance, would like to help you better understand and utilize your Kestrel to maximize your shooting experience and long-range accuracy. During the Precision Rifle Expo, Kestrel Ballistics will give attendees an opportunity during two separate courses each day, to learn and operate a Kestrel Ballistics weather meter, with demo units being supplied for participants to use during the course. 

Katie will discuss, demonstrate, and assist course attendees with...

• Setting up your precision rifle profile in the Kestrel 5700 Elite with Applied Ballistics
• Properly and precisely truing your unit, and why it's important
• How to use the Range Card and Target Card features in the Kestrel 5700 for precision rifle competition stages, or simply setting up in the field and waiting for game
• Using the Kestrel to get exact holds on moving targets, particularly when engaging movers during long range competition rifle matches
• Attendee questions and various other topics that arise during the course of instruction.

Nic Kytlica

Times: Saturday 11AM, Sunday 11AM

In the Optics 101 by Leupold Optics, we’ll dive into how riflescopes actually  function, and pull the curtain back on what’s happening inside that  magic tube. We’ll discuss basic optics principles,  common issues  shooters face, myths that surround optics,  and the reasons why some  optics perform the way they do.

We  will also look at how to properly mount a scope, and talk about how to  make sure you’re getting the most performance out of your optic. This  will also be a great opportunity for you to pose any general questions  you might have about scopes and sports optics.