Open Range Solutions, LLC

05/29/2026

Please welcome our newest member of the 1,000‑yard club.

He reached out to me here on Facebook on a thread about Christensen Arms accuracy issues. Instead of shipping the rifle off and waiting months, and maybe not being fixed after that. He brought it by the shop and I was able to sort out the problems and get it shooting the way it should while he waited. Since he was already here, we fed it some good ammo, stretched its legs, and punched steel at 1,000 yards.

Always fun turning a “problem rifle” into a 1,000‑yard rifle and watching somebody check that box for the first time.

05/27/2026

Been an interesting few days in the chaos laboratory…

All the stuff I hate dealing with decided to show up at once.

Stoopid credit‑card goblins helped themselves to about $1,800 on eBay and six gaming laptops on Amazon. Apparently my alter ego is a teenage Twitch streamer.

Stoopid rifles that should go *pew* going “meh” instead.

Stoopid warranty departments reading straight from the “not our problem” script.

Stoopid new popsicle sticks for bedding. I miss my old ones. These feel like they came from the kindergarten craft bin.

Stoopid Marine‑Tex. So. Much. Marine‑Tex. Currently out of sticky tape, release agent, and goodwill toward man.

Bench looks like this… and that’s the stuff I got into after lunch.

How’s your week going – you winning, losing, or in “hold my beer and watch this” mode?

05/25/2026

Dillon dropped by the shop yesterday for some fresh ammo and a rezero after we mounted the new can, we got for his rifle. Judging by tonight’s hog report, everything seems to be working exactly the way it’s supposed to. Always cool to see the whole setup doing its job in the woods, not just on the bench.

Disclaimer for Facebook: This post is about lawful hunting, equipment setup, and wildlife management. No graphic content, sales, or promotions are intended.

05/24/2026

You dont have to take my word for it. Just read the comments on the original post. Any store clerk that tries to sell you one of these rifles either doesn't doesnt know jack about guns or knows and doesnt care about their customer. In either case you should take your business elsewhere.

We don't print sub-MOA and hope. We guarantee it. The difference matters more than most people realize until they're making a shot that counts.

05/24/2026

Nothing like playing in the rain. Staying warm and dry shooting some longrange with a rifle old enough to draw social security. But it dont need no rocking chair. Its ready to put in work. This one is sure to be a 🦌 slayer this season. Come see us if you want to get your rig right as the rain for this season.

05/22/2026

This one is special.

What you’re looking at here is the very first box of our Field Grade .308 ammo — Lot #001.

That may seem like a small thing to some people, but to us it marks the start of something we have put a lot of time, work, and pride into.

What makes it even better is that the entire first lot is already sold, or spoken for. That is a blessing, and we are truly grateful for every person who believed in what we’re building and trusted us enough to get in on the first run.

For those who have asked about the different grades, Field Grade is our dependable, real-world performance ammo built for serious use. Even this Field Grade .308 has already produced single-digit SDs in four different guns, which tells us we’re starting in a very good place.

Select Grade is the next step up in refinement, with more premium component selection and a higher tier of performance.

Full Custom is still very much part of what we do for rifles that need ammunition absolutely nailed to that specific gun.

So yes, this is a celebration post. The first box is done, Lot #001 is here, and the whole first lot is already gone. We could not be more thankful.

This is just the beginning.



Disclaimer: This post is not a sales ad, listing, or solicitation. It is only sharing a business milestone and behind-the-scenes progress. No offers to sell ammunition are being made in this post, and all applicable laws and platform rules are followed.

05/21/2026

**Like it never happened.**

(Sharing a little gunsmithing project – not a sales ad.)

A customer brought me his Re*****on Nylon 66 that had been seriously hurt. Judging by the damage, it either went off a mountain or got smashed between two heavy, unfriendly objects. The stock was broken in multiple places and the scope tube was visibly bent. For a rifle that was his first gun, it was a sick‑to‑your‑stomach kind of sight.

For anyone who doesn’t know, the Nylon 66 is a .22 that Re*****on produced from 1959 until the late 1980s, and it uses a nylon stock and receiver shell instead of wood or metal. Because they’ve been out of production for decades and cracked stocks were common, finding a clean replacement stock today isn’t easy and “new old stock” basically doesn’t exist anymore.

I ended up tracking down a good used stock on eBay. It wasn’t cheap, but it was solid, so I ordered it and swapped everything from his broken rifle into that donor shell. Inside a Nylon 66 is a whole pile of little parts and springs that like to fall out the second you push the pins, so it took some time and patience to get everything back where it belonged and running the way it should.

The original scope had taken such a hard hit that the tube was bent, which tells you how violent the impact really was. I sourced an affordable replacement optic from one of my wholesalers, mounted it up, and got the rifle re‑zeroed. By the time it left, function was good and the whole package looked like the wreck never happened.

He told me this was his first rifle, and he was pretty torn up when it got damaged. Being able to hand it back to him in one piece, ready to shoot again, is the kind of job I really enjoy. Sometimes the win isn’t a fancy custom build – it’s bringing an old favorite back to life so it can keep making memories.

05/20/2026

On Hunting, Conservation, and the Hypocrisy We Face

Critics of hunting often lack understanding of wildlife management realities. When hunters harvest traditional game species, it passes without comment. But take an iconic animal like a zebra or giraffe, and suddenly people who know nothing about conservation biology become experts in moral judgment.

Let's talk facts: Regulated hunting in Africa generates over $426 million annually for conservation. This money funds anti-poaching units, habitat protection, wildlife research, and supports local communities—guides, trackers, villagers, and government programs that wouldn't exist otherwise. Trophy fees create economic incentive to maintain wildlife habitat instead of converting it to agriculture or mining. Where hunting is banned, wildlife populations decline because the financial motivation to protect them disappears.

Here's the contradiction that reveals the shallow thinking: A zebra that lived wild, with quality forage and water, protected from poachers and predators until it became a mature trophy animal—that's somehow immoral to harvest. But a cow confined to a feedlot pen, pumped full of steroids and antibiotics, beaten through squeeze chutes every few months until slaughter? That's your Tuesday McDonald's run, and nobody blinks.

Which animal had the better life? Which was more respected?

I recently posted photos of some accomplished young women I'm incredibly proud to work with. Out of concern for backlash that might be directed at *them*—not me—I removed those posts. That decision frustrates me deeply. This isn't about self-promotion. It's about celebrating customer success. That's the entire purpose of precision rifle work—delivering results that put ethical, clean harvests in the field.

There's nothing more fundamentally human than hunting. It's been central to our species since the stone age. Some of you have become so insulated by modern consumerism, so removed from the reality of the human condition, that you've lost perspective on what's authentic versus what's manufactured outrage.

I refuse to let shallow criticism create problems for my customers. But understand this: if you can't congratulate someone on a legal, ethical accomplishment or simply keep your opinions to yourself, that's symbolic of a failed society that's forgotten how to show basic respect. As such you should save us all some trouble and unfollow this page immediately.

We build rifles that perform. Our customers use them responsibly. That's something worth being proud of.

05/14/2026

The Baucom girls are still rocking it on day 2 in Africa.

05/13/2026

Congratulations to the Baucom sisters. It's been fun watching them grow as shooters and make no mistake. Both of them are hard as a pine knot and deadly. This was day one in Africa. I look forward to seeing how they do on the rest of their trip.