Long Range Shooters of Utah, LLC

That sigh of relief says everything. 😮‍💨🎯

We post a lot of videos of students smoking a milk jug on Shot No. 1, 2 or 3. But that’s not always how long-range shooting works—and I actually love that.

Justin Ross joined us for our August 28–29 Intro to Long Range class and rented one of our Aero Precision Solus 6.5 Creedmoor packages.

When he finally connected with that tiny 6” × 10” milk jug at 1,000 yards, listen to his reaction.

Pure relief.

Because this stuff isn’t easy.

At 1,000 yards, the shooter, r***e, am******on, DOPE and wind call all have to come together. Add the heavy rain and changing conditions we had that day, and missing by an inch can turn into missing by a foot with a small change in wind.

Our motto at LRSU is:

“Run your bolt, not your mouth.”

What does that mean?

Let your performance do the talking. Stay humble.

Occasionally accomplished shooters will comment on these videos mocking a beginner for needing multiple attempts or acting like hitting 1,000 yards or a mile isn’t a big deal.

I hate that mentality.

Every world-class shooter had a Day One. Every one of them took their first long-range shot at some point. Even Michael Jordan had a first day on a basketball court.

You never know if the beginner struggling today becomes a world champion tomorrow.

So encourage them. Help them. Remember where you started.

Justin stayed calm, kept applying what he’d learned and got the job done.

💥 1,000-YARD MILK JUG COMPLETE.

That’s what these classes are about: learning the fundamentals, managing the variables, staying composed when things don’t go perfectly and discovering what you’re capable of.

Justin’s Rental:
🔹 Aero Precision Solus Competition 6.5 Creedmoor + Aero Lahar Suppressor
🔹 Zeiss LRP S3 + ARC M-brace rings
🔹 Hornady Match 140gr ELD-M

Great shooting, Justin. 👊

Stay humble. Stay hungry. Run your bolt, not your mouth.

2027 class registration opens Thanksgiving Day.

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One flashlight. Four different ways to light up the mountains. 🔦🏔️

Olight sent us a few of their new ArkPro lights to put through their paces, so naturally I threw them in my pack and took them camping with the kids in Utah’s High Uintas.

These things are seriously cool.

The ArkPro packs FOUR light sources into one slim EDC light:

🔦 1,500-lumen floodlight for lighting up a big area
🎯 800-lumen spotlight reaching up to 205 meters
🟣 365nm UV light
🟢 Green laser

And the laser can run simultaneously with the other light sources, giving you seven different configurations.

Double tap for Turbo. Triple tap for Strobe. Rotate the selector to jump between functions.

The kids obviously couldn’t get enough of the laser. 😂

One of my favorite features, though, is the magnetic base. Stick it to a vehicle or other steel surface and you’ve instantly got a hands-free work light. When it’s time to recharge, you’ve got both magnetic charging AND USB-C, which is a huge improvement for travel and camping.

Other specs worth mentioning:

🔹 2,000 mAh rechargeable battery
🔹 Up to 14 days of runtime
🔹 IPX7 water resistant
🔹 Flat, pocket-friendly unibody design

Olight sent us a couple especially cool versions—the purple ArkPro and the silver American-flag edition commemorating America’s 250th anniversary. 🇺🇸

They also make the ArkPro Ultra, which steps the flood output up to 1,700 lumens and uses Olight’s extra-durable O-aluminum body.

Big thanks to Olight for sending these out for us to play with. The ArkPro has quickly become one of those pieces of gear that’s just incredibly handy to have in your pocket, truck or camping kit.

👉 You can find the ArkPro and ArkPro Ultra in our Long Range Shooters of Utah Amazon Store—linked in our bio. As an Amazon Associate, we may earn a small commission from qualifying purchases at no additional cost to you.

Which feature would you use most—flood, spotlight, UV or laser? 👇

Gorgeous

First long-range class. First time beyond 1,000 yards. MILK JUG CHALLENGE SLAM. 🏆🎯

Francisco Francisco Santos from Chicago reached out about a year ago with a goal: build an incredible long-range r***e, come train with us, and eventually make the jump into PRS competition.

So we helped him start with the right equipment—and on August 28–29, he finally made it out for our Intro to Long Range Shooting class.

Francisco was the ONLY student in the class to complete the Milk Jug Challenge Slam:

🎯 1,000 yards — Shot No. 6
🎯 1,200 yards — Shot No. 3
🎯 1,500 yards — Shot No. 7
🎯 1 MILE — Shot No. 7 💥

The shots immediately before his one-mile impact were missing that tiny 6” × 10” target by mere inches. At that point, the call was simple: don’t change anything.

At a mile, even an exceptionally tight group is larger than the jug. Get centered, stay in the same patch of wind, trust the r***e and keep sending them.

Francisco did exactly that.

IMPACT. 💥

To accomplish the Slam in his very first long-range class—and his first time shooting these distances—was outstanding.

The Build:
🔹 Preece Precision 6.5 Creedmoor
🔹 Lone Peak Fuzion Action
🔹 26” Custom R***e Barrels 1.25” Straight Taper
🔹 TriggerTech Diamond
🔹 Preece Precision 5-Port Stinger Brake
🔹 Limited Edition MDT ACC Elite — Battle-Worn Gold
🔹 Nightforce ATACR 7-35
🔹 ARC M-Brace Rings
🔹 Flatline Ops Bubble Level
🔹 Eagle Eye Precision 140gr Hornady ELD-M Ammo

Congratulations, Francisco. 👊 You came with a goal, put in the work, and walked away as the only shooter that weekend to complete the Slam.

Now let’s see what you can do in PRS. 😏

2027 LRSU class registration opens Thanksgiving Day.

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Cheap guns. Cheap ammo. Expensive watches. 😂⌚

After wrapping up our August 28–29 Intro to Long Range class, Nick — — and I decided it was time to put the precision r***es away and make some BRRRRRRRRT.

Enter the Ta**us TX22 with an FRT.

This little thing is basically a miniature A-10. 😂

Suppressed. Unsuppressed. Daylight. After dark. Brass absolutely EVERYWHERE.

We even threw a Holosun on the back to add a little weight to the slide and tame things down a bit—and this thing just RAN.

The only malfunction we experienced was eventually running out of .22. 😂

There’s something hilariously satisfying about burning through cheap rimfire ammo while Nick has a Rolex Deepsea worth more than most of the guns on the firing line strapped to his wrist.

Sometimes the simplest guns produce the biggest smiles.

BRRRRRRRRRRT. 💨

⚠️ Don’t try this at home.

Who else needs one of these in their life? 👇

**usTX22 Watches.of.Espionage ♠️

This is what progression looks like. 🎯

Stephen Starkey started where many of our students do—learning the fundamentals in our Intro to Long Range Shooting course, stretching his abilities to 1,000 yards and beyond, and discovering what he and his r***e were actually capable of.

Then he came back for Precision R***e 201.

Now we take those same fundamentals and make everything harder.

No comfortable prone position. No perfectly stable bipod. Instead, we teach students to build positions from barricades, tripods and whatever else the environment gives them—to recognize their wobble zone, accept it, work within it, and execute the fundamentals without trying to force the r***e perfectly still.

For Stephen’s 1,000-yard Milk Jug Challenge, that meant:

🎯 6” × 10” target
📏 1,000 yards
🧎 Kneeling
🪢 Front support on a thin, unstable rope
🔺 Tripod rear support he’d only recently learned

And he got it done. 💥

That’s what makes these moments so rewarding.

You watch someone go from being a complete beginner, to hitting 1,000 yards, stretching out to a mile, and then eventually making that same 1,000-yard shot from an improvised field position that would have seemed impossible when they started.

The fundamentals don’t change. The challenge does.

Stephen’s Setup:
🔹 Preece Precision 6.5 Creedmoor
🔹 Custom R***e Barrels Barrel
🔹 TriggerTech Diamond
🔹 MDT ACC Elite Chassis
🔹 Thunder Beast Magnus S RR Suppressor
🔹 Leupold Mark 5HD
🔹 ARC M-Brace Rings
🔹 Flatline Ops Bubble Level

And that wonderfully unstable rope is part of our new LRSU barricade built by Caden Jones. 😈

Outstanding shooting, Stephen. Watching our students progress and accomplish things they once thought were impossible is one of the best parts of what we do. 👊

2027 class registration opens Thanksgiving Day.

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