06/01/2026
Dear lord what a weekend!! Wrapped up the 3rd Arkansas Mafia Elr clinic today at White Oak Creek Shooting Range and man, it was an experience! We didnt get off the range yesterday untill right before dark after starting class at 8 in the lodge. Just like the other 2, Terry Garrison and Bruce Beltramini busted their ass helpin in any way they could. I absolutely could not do it without em. Thats not exaggerated in the least. Its simply too much work to handle without em. I was so busy and wrapped up in what we were doin, i didn't get a single pic of the group, a target or anything but a snake i caught that tried sneakin up on terry while he was grillin lol. It was hazy, hot, mirage'y soup allllll day today and yesterday, minus the last 2 hours or so yesterday evening. Really shoulda went to the long stuff then, because today was just rough. Even so, Martone Billy had 2 impacts in a row at 2 miles, believe shots 4 and 5. Then put a few more on it in next string. 2 others attempted it, and both Richard Rollins and Mike Sicking were soooooooo close. Mike put 4 or 5 in a group the size of a trash can lid or so juuuuust off left edge. Richard apparently liked shooting between the legs, cause he put several rounds just off bottom edge between em lol. I have 0 doubt if they had a few more rounds they woulda connected. I absolutely hate i didnt get em on. Even tho their data for elevation was damn near perfect, i just feel like i let em down, i know how much a 2 mile impact means. I wish ida loaded more up for Samantha Lindsay norma too. Originally she wasn't gonna be there so didn't load but 50. After tall target testing, then the mock match this mornin, we didnt have any rounds to send at the 2 mile. But she did amazing in the mock match with cold bore impact at 1 mile, and her longest shot made at 2500! I think she got a little of the nerves knocked out today and will be ready for her first match soon. Unbelievable experience. Thank u again bruce and terry. It means the world to me yall doin what u do. Thank u Terry Dines and John Dines with Fusion Pro Shooting Systems for the certs for all the students! I believe several will be ordering an elevator after testin mine out. Thank u to DNA Custom Engraving for their support and discount codes for the students too! Last but definitely not least, thank u to Bryan Litz and Applied Ballistics for all the data and testing yall have done to put out the best ballistic solver made. When u pair quantums cdf and velocity feature with Garmin chronos, and do it correctly, u get the best firing solution possible. I hope i did my job well enough as an instructor explaining how to do it and what ur actually doin when u do it, that they are now able to calculate the most accurate firing solution possible. Hopefully well have another clinic this fall! Till then yall go knock some paint off!
