Gear suggestions for SPR block 1 at Ridgeline Defense.
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- this video is a little late my apologies, but here is a quick video on some gear considerations for traveling to any carbine class, this one happens to be based around my trip to Ridgeline Defense in Dalton New Hampshire, for SPR/Scoped Carbine Block 1.
Great information here - will be taking their SPR course for sure!
Ive always been on the 20rd mag gang. All my sniper plaftforms and dmrs are a 20 round setup
@@unclefreedom213 have a
Mix is great. With the modern scoped carbine spr style rifles. IMO There is more positional work then shooting from the prone. Have 20’s and 30’s is ideal. 🤙
Biggest things for pre-course checklist is to:
1. Have your blasters/spare carbine/spare upper fine-zeroed so POA = POI at 100yds.
2. Fasteners all torqued properly per the optic manufacturer’s specs, not the scope ring specs. Base bolt specs are fine from the mount maker.
3. Magazines that all work
4. Ammo all dialed-in and verified that they cycle the action within the happy cyclic rate window and group to the course requirement.
5. Bipod attachment method dialed-in and not last-minute add-on
6. Sling set-up properly or be prepared to adjust it based on recommendations in the class.
7. Ear pro/eye pro with electronics so people don’t have to yell.
8. Proper footwear and clothing for the weather/conditions.
9. Ear Muff-compatible Boonie Hats are the bomb.
10. Gloves
11. Range bag to hold all your crap or a Drag bag style rifle case
12. Medium and small rear bags/front bag with personal identifiers/labels
13. Spares, extra batteries for anything you’re relying on that runs on batteries. Solar USB charger with cable for your phone.
14. Have a dope card worked out for your zero and ammo even if you’re used to relying on a phone.
15. Chrono your load if you can and build the dope off that, measuring your exact optic height rather than using a default.
16. *** Hydrate well before the course and be hydrated when you show up. Your mental and physical acuity/endurance will highly-depend on your level of hydration and rest. ***
17. Everything he said about kit and notebook, pens, glasses if needed.
18. Water bottles and Camelbak
19. Cooler with ice and water bottles really helps in the summer months. Warm beverage in thermos for the winter months.
20. Positive attitude and enduring positive attitude as the days and drills move forward.
21. Learn what Mils and MOA mean and how they measure at different yardages.
22. Focus on your windage dope and what it looks like with full value and half value wind conditions, what holds will look like for you at different distances. Drop is the easy part.
23. Review the fundamentals of marksmanship, to include follow-through and what that should look like.
24. Be prepared to be coached and improved even if you’ve been shooting for many years.
25. Have fun and enjoy the camaraderie of the course attendees and instructors.
@@LRRPFco52 about 80% of this list is common sense. If 80% of things you listed are not already done. You have no business going yo an intermediate level class.
Solid post up. Great info in fast fire.
Ridgeline is on my short list for schools. Ill train with Pressburg and hopefully sage next year but after that i need a ridgeline class
@@unclefreedom213 sage is ok. If it’s close get on it. If it’s not, there a better options.
You make really good videos with great presentation and content.
@@wram1 I appreciate you. I don’t always, but I do my best to kept I consistent.
I've got a 2.5-10x on a 14.5 and was worried I had gone too short for any kind of spr work. Good to hear I might not be as under equipped as I thought.
The supersonic reach difference between an 18” carbine and 14.5” carbine is 50yds shooting the same load. Probably one of the most overblown assumptions guys make about the performance advantage from longer barreled guns. The only thing that will ever get me to build an 18” AR again would be retro or another cartridge, and I already have 3x 18” Grendels. For 5.56, I will never do longer than 12.5” unless it’s for a Retro, and I still am looking at only doing Retros in Grendel from now on. In my DM courses, I send out homework in advance where you run the ballistics between 14.5” and 18” to see the drop and drift differences, and once you do that, you realize really quick how the 18” isn’t doing much for you other than being longer, heavier, less maneuverable, but shoots really smoothly with RLGS. You can tune the 14.5” to run smoothly and reliably though.
@@maker_greg 10x is a bit short i tried it. It was tough I prefer the 3-18
That’s not a practical SPR, that’s a scoped carbine. 14.5 out at distance doesn’t have BDC adequate for that kind of work, research it. Bump up to minimum 16 for that kind of work
@@reddxavier2103 The difference in supersonic reach between 16" and 14.5" is maybe 10yds. Go into whatever ballistics program you want to right now and look at the numbers. Both are anemic at distance, as is the 18" and 20" 5.56. Impacts on steel with them are really weak, barely audible as you start getting to 400yds and farther if there's even 7mph full value wind. There is zero practical advantage with a 16" over 14.5". MV is really close between the 2 as to be academic only. You're looking at 2920 vs 2945fps with 62gr M855. Only 1.5" barrel difference.
@reddxavier2103 to be fair I'm using the spr label here for the sake of the video. Since getting into precision long distance I've been calling it scoped carbine. Spr and mk12 are specific military names and goodness. I really don't want to get into it with cloners. Besides it's mostly for target work inside of 550 yards so I'm not as worried about terminal effects. Also I'm using a mil grid reticle. I'd never expect a bdc to be accurate enough.
Jeff…I’m from RI and friends with Chris S. I’m hoping to get into the Oct class up at Ridgeline…
@@DerekAtkinson-lo3ko nice. October is a bit too cold for me. lol
What mount are you using for the red dot on the nightforce scope? 30 or 35 ? Diameter
@@DeepBlueWater 30 this not a 35 mm tube. There are no 35mm tube mounts yet other than Sphur,
Which bipod do you recommend?
Taking my Ridgeline to Ridgeline.
@@AJohnSmith we are heading back for block 2 in September. There is content coming on the RD15. I shot block 1 with jt. The Rd15 shoots laser beams
Sounds like a good time. Tell me about Buck's class.Thanks
Buck Doyle has a great course out here in Utah with distances and terrain you won’t see out East. He loves the Tremor3 reticle and does a lot of good drills.
@@jeffcooper5789 two very different styles of teaching. I would say invest in the Ridgeline class first and then take bucks class. There is a lot more technical instruction given at Ridgeline and the facility is designed about 5.56 gas guns. In the SPR/DMR format.
@@rdrgear Thank you for responding and for an informative video.
20 rounders are soo much easier to work with, for this kind of work
Am I the only one doubling up constantly on rear bags? I think that new peanut maybe the ticket
I used 2 my last trip out. I stacked the Armageddon fat bag (Med) with their squishy bag.
@@C_oprator89 the MDT peanut bag is my new go to.
@@rdrgear I’m getting one
GPR vs SPR vs DMR
All bullshit acronyms designed to make you spend money. Just buy what you need for the work you have to do.
Having said that 14.5" is solidly in the "recce" arena.
Yup. Rifle = 24" barrel or longer historically. Carbines were shorter barrels with 20” being a very common carbine length before the AR-15/M16 came along. I think they just labeled the AR-15 a "Service Rifle" since it came after the M-14 Service Rifle, which had a 22” barrel but long flash hider that made it longer than a 24” barreled Garand. M-1 Carbine was 17.75” barrel. Colt 653, Colt 723, Colt 727, and M4/M4A1 all have 14.5” barrels and are all labeled Carbines in the TMs and manufacturer spec sheets. When SFOD-D built the first Light Sniper carbines for Snipers in Recce Troops, they used 14.5” to 16” barrels with Ops Inc and later KAC NT4 QDSS suppressors.
@@PoliticallyInsensitive agreed with the 14.5.
@@PoliticallyInsensitive I don’t think an acronym can make me. Do much of anything.