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<blockquote data-quote="Escopeta" data-source="post: 1326571" data-attributes="member: 96884"><p>Since I've only attended the Gunwerks Long Range University (Levels 1 & 2) I'm not qualified to comment on the other schools but I can share what we liked/disliked about our experience with LRU. </p><p></p><p>Firstly, the biggest thing for us was to find a school truly dedicated to hunting. The LRU was absolutely that with attention paid to ethics as well as bullet selection and exterior ballistics and bullet performance that contribute to a clean kill at 'extended' ranges. </p><p></p><p>I think we went all four days and I never heard the word "tactical" come out of the instructors mouth which for us was an absolute blessing. </p><p></p><p>Since you use GW equipment the whole time, it really seemed to take a lot of unknowns out of the equation. The equipment was all calibrated, adjusted and double-checked each morning before the students arrived. This allowed us to focus on what we were trying to learn/absorb and not be worried about whether your equipment was working properly. </p><p></p><p>The facilities were top notch. And the instruction (for the most part) struck the right chord between advanced topics assuming the class had reasonable baseline of experience while not going over-the-head of some of the less experienced students. </p><p></p><p>Since all guns were suppressed, it made for a MUCH, MUCH more enjoyable time. It would have greatly reduced the enjoyment and my ability to learn if everyone in the class was shooting un-suppressed or brake rifles. I know that I am spoiled from shooting suppressed for a couple years now, but that would have been awful. I wouldn't even consider a school that didn't shoot 100% suppressed. </p><p></p><p>There were a lot of good "rules" discussed about wind calls and environmental/ballistics. </p><p></p><p>Overall it was a great experience. It was also very much NOT 4 days of sales pitch for Gunwerks equipment. They have preferred systems and methods which can be employed with any firearm and they advocate for those systems, but not their rifles per se. That was refreshing. They simply let their guns do the talking when the students hit the range, and they certainly did. As a GW rifle owner, I already knew what I could expect but you could see the light bulbs coming on for some students as they shot. It convinced my wife that her next rifle needed to be a GW (as opposed to HS Precision) and I don't think she was the only one in the class that came to that conclusion. </p><p></p><p>Finally, if I had one gripe it was that there was no time or attention paid to the fundamentals of shooting. Positioning, ergonomics, cheek weld, grip, etc. Since I'm essentially "self-taught" shooting rifles, I craved feedback and instruction on some of the basics and didn't get it until we pulled the instructor aside and begged for feedback. Now, I'm sure the instructor gets all kinds of people who think they have all the basics figured out and aren't open to much coaching on their technique - but we absolutely wanted that so we had to seek it out. So I can't blame the instructor since I'm sure he's had plenty of people tell him to pound sand when he tried to give constructive criticism. </p><p></p><p>Overall I enjoyed the experience and the Level 2 class (aka The Wind Class) was outstanding and served to inform us on why we were experiencing some things at our home range that we couldn't explain. </p><p></p><p>Hope that helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Escopeta, post: 1326571, member: 96884"] Since I've only attended the Gunwerks Long Range University (Levels 1 & 2) I'm not qualified to comment on the other schools but I can share what we liked/disliked about our experience with LRU. Firstly, the biggest thing for us was to find a school truly dedicated to hunting. The LRU was absolutely that with attention paid to ethics as well as bullet selection and exterior ballistics and bullet performance that contribute to a clean kill at 'extended' ranges. I think we went all four days and I never heard the word "tactical" come out of the instructors mouth which for us was an absolute blessing. Since you use GW equipment the whole time, it really seemed to take a lot of unknowns out of the equation. The equipment was all calibrated, adjusted and double-checked each morning before the students arrived. This allowed us to focus on what we were trying to learn/absorb and not be worried about whether your equipment was working properly. The facilities were top notch. And the instruction (for the most part) struck the right chord between advanced topics assuming the class had reasonable baseline of experience while not going over-the-head of some of the less experienced students. Since all guns were suppressed, it made for a MUCH, MUCH more enjoyable time. It would have greatly reduced the enjoyment and my ability to learn if everyone in the class was shooting un-suppressed or brake rifles. I know that I am spoiled from shooting suppressed for a couple years now, but that would have been awful. I wouldn't even consider a school that didn't shoot 100% suppressed. There were a lot of good "rules" discussed about wind calls and environmental/ballistics. Overall it was a great experience. It was also very much NOT 4 days of sales pitch for Gunwerks equipment. They have preferred systems and methods which can be employed with any firearm and they advocate for those systems, but not their rifles per se. That was refreshing. They simply let their guns do the talking when the students hit the range, and they certainly did. As a GW rifle owner, I already knew what I could expect but you could see the light bulbs coming on for some students as they shot. It convinced my wife that her next rifle needed to be a GW (as opposed to HS Precision) and I don't think she was the only one in the class that came to that conclusion. Finally, if I had one gripe it was that there was no time or attention paid to the fundamentals of shooting. Positioning, ergonomics, cheek weld, grip, etc. Since I'm essentially "self-taught" shooting rifles, I craved feedback and instruction on some of the basics and didn't get it until we pulled the instructor aside and begged for feedback. Now, I'm sure the instructor gets all kinds of people who think they have all the basics figured out and aren't open to much coaching on their technique - but we absolutely wanted that so we had to seek it out. So I can't blame the instructor since I'm sure he's had plenty of people tell him to pound sand when he tried to give constructive criticism. Overall I enjoyed the experience and the Level 2 class (aka The Wind Class) was outstanding and served to inform us on why we were experiencing some things at our home range that we couldn't explain. Hope that helps. [/QUOTE]
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