Thread: Magpul "Art of the Precision Rifle" DVD

Review

Magpul Art of the Precision Rifle DVD 5

The DVD where Todd Hodnett demonstrate unconventional shooting position. The part where they show mirage at the end is very good!

HOUR:MINUTE:SECOND

00:00:24
New chapter, Unconventional positions

00:00:56
Talks about having multiple points of contact

00:01:06
How you need to have a position stable enough to see your impact

00:01:12
Position sitting with bipod

00:02:40
Adding a rear bag to the position

00:04:06
Adding shooting sticks to the position

00:05:25
Adding a backpack to the position

00:06:09
Grabbing the bipod with the hand

00:07:50
Not holding to heavy and disturbing the position

00:08:45
Replacing the aforementioned backpack with a partner for support

00:09:38
New position with shooting sticks, camming with the shooting sticks

00:14:49
New position, camera tripod with picatinny adapter

00:23:22
New position, side-prone. This is a sitting/prone position with the rifle turned over to its' side.

00:26:30
How to get a zero/ sight displacement in the side-prone position

00:31:45
New chapter, long range trajectory
Explains how the angle of attack (the angle the bullet falls) is only 1,5 to 2 degrees (at 835 meters in this example)

00:34:55
Showing the angle of attack with a string and 2 lined up targets punched by the same bullet.

00:37:43
Doing trajectory math with help from the Horus ATRAG

00:40:45
Talks about how the angle of attach is not as steep as most people think

00:42:00
Calculating maximum ordonance which is how high the bullet flies over line of sight

00:43:50
Mentions diffent windspeeds at diffenet altitudes
(This is called gradient wind for those wanting to google more on the subject)

00:44:50
How spotters needs to know a little about angle of attack and maximum ordnance.

00:46:46
The Tremor reticle. Todd Hodnett explains his own reticle design
(he is unneccesarily complex in the explanations of wind holds, probably relates to how he is unneccessarily complex in his
"accuracy 1st wind formula)

00:50:45
How to fit the Tremor reticle to all calibres.

00:52:20
Talks of how the Tremor reticle is a mil scale.

00:53:15
Talks about the realtion between Bc and wind in the math formula equations
(... and the math formula equations are unneccisarily complex)

00:55:19
New chapter, Cleaning
Talks about how to clean the gun. Not removing copper, but carbon.
(A special take on cleaning)

00:59:10
Storing the gun

01:00:40
New chapter, Raising the bar
Talks about longrange hunting ethics and "paying your dues" through training.

01:02:55
Recommends the Bryan Litz "Applied Ballistics" book

01:06:07
New chapter, the crew having fun and showing bloopers

01:08:50
New chapter, The Whiz Wheel
Showing an accuracy first product. It is a range card put into a flight computation wheel

01:14:00
New chapter, Mirage
Showing various mirage and what wind speeds they equals.
(Very good, should have been a LOT MORE hard facts presented like this in the series)

01:15:26
New chapter, Accuracy 1st wind formula
(Unneccessarily complicated and nothing proprietary. Use the correct format (meters pr second) and you'll eliminate all the dividing.
Just put your ballistic computer wind input to 1 meter per second and the wind factor will be glaring at you.
The formula is then reduced to WIND FACTOR X WIND = CLICK CORRECTION//MIL HOLD.
Basic Swedish method...)

01:16:46
New chapter, the MIL relation formula
(I've said it before, Americans do not FULLY grasp the MIL concept.
Work in the correct units of measure, millimeters.
Don't understand millimeters? It is just a number with a name, you don't need to understand it.
Just learn the target size number as you do with inches or feet or yards but call that number millimeters instead.
Formula is then:
TARGET SIZE : MIL = RANGE METERS)