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FFL-licensed manufacturer specializing in precision ri**es, and am******on, 1000yd training, and more Thanks,
Will Daves

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11/03/2026

What a great hunt tonight. It has me really hopeful for our hunting classes later in the season as we get everything put together.

11/02/2026

Deer corn is in at Open Range Solutions.

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$12 a bag, and bulk discounts on 10 or more bags. Stock up once instead of making six trips and explaining to your wife why the truck smells like a feed store.

Deer can't read, but they know a good deal when they smell one. Message us or come by the shop to grab yours before the big boys around here figure out where the good stuff is.

Disclaimer for Facebook: This post is about corn. Yellow, harmless, delicious corn. No deer were harmed in the making of this ad, so please put down the Community Standards hammer and go back to blocking grandma's casserole recipe for "suspicious activity."

11/01/2026

REDUCE WHAT YOU CAN. MAKE WHAT REMAINS REPEATABLE.

We talked about recoil starting before the bullet leaves the barrel. That built-in movement doesn’t have to be a problem. It becomes one when we change how the r***e is supported and restrained without testing what that does.

REDUCE THE RECOIL YOU HAVE.

Mitigation is deciding how much recoil the system has to work with. R***e weight, stock fit, the recoil pad, and muzzle devices are the places I look.

A heavier r***e produces less recoil for the same load, but you’re carrying it up the hill. A well-fitted stock and a suitable pad can change how recoil is delivered, but they don’t make the momentum disappear. A brake can reduce felt recoil, and it increases blast as a tradeoff. A suppressor can reduce both recoil and sound, and it still doesn’t replace hearing protection.

Those are decisions with tradeoffs, not a checklist where more equipment automatically equals better.

MAKE THE REST REPEATABLE.

Management is deciding what to do with the movement we have. The r***e starts moving before the bullet leaves, so we want that movement to be the same for every shot and every position we use.

That’s shoulder pressure, cheek pressure, sling tension, and how the r***e is supported. It’s not a fixed universal amount. It’s what you can reproduce with your r***e, your am******on, and the position you hunt from.

Management is also checking, not assuming. A softer-shooting r***e can still move differently on a tripod or a blind rail, and installing or removing a brake can itself change the point of impact.

Don’t let the scope get the blame for something a support and recoil interaction can explain.

BOTH JOBS COME BACK TO THE SAME TEST.

Whether we change equipment or change technique, the answer still comes from shooting repeated groups from the positions you actually use, then comparing group size and group location.

The goal isn’t only a r***e that kicks less. It’s a setup that behaves in a way we can identify and repeat, in the position you’ll be in when there’s an animal involved.

That’s the benefit Open Range Solutions is after: a system you’ve verified instead of one you’re hoping still shoots where the bench said it did.

We’ll look at parallax next, because changing positions changes your eye position too, and that can move the sight picture without moving the scope at all.

FACEBOOK ROBOT DISCLAIMER: This is hunting and shooting education, not a fi***rm or am******on sales listing. “Recoil mitigation” means working with the r***e’s movement, not the relaxation exercise Facebook’s content moderators apparently need after reading the word “scope.”

11/01/2026

Aint they cute?

10/31/2026

Nathan's setup with my 338Lapua tonight. We had a couple smaller bucks come out and a pile of slick heads. But no shooters. It was looking promising for awhile though.

10/31/2026

THE R***E MOVES BEFORE THE BULLET LEAVES.

If the crosshairs were in the same place, why did the bullet hit somewhere different?

In the last post, we talked about zero shift when you move from the bench to your actual hunting position. One reason worth understanding is what the r***e does between the shot starting and the bullet leaving the barrel.

RECOIL IS ALREADY PART OF THE SHOT.

Recoil doesn’t wait until the bullet is gone. The r***e starts moving while the bullet is still traveling down the bore.

That means the bullet isn’t leaving a perfectly motionless platform. How the r***e is allowed to move during that brief interval can affect where it lands.

Think about the conditions you zeroed under. The front rest, rear bag, shoulder contact, cheek pressure, and body position all helped establish how the r***e was supported and restrained.

Now put that same r***e on a tripod or a blind rail. Change the contact points or pressure, and you can change how it moves under recoil before the bullet exits.

The sights can be right where you expect them. The scope can be securely mounted. You can make a clean trigger press and still get a different point of impact because the mechanical conditions changed.

MOVEMENT ISN’T AUTOMATICALLY INCONSISTENCY.

A r***e can recoil repeatably and shoot excellent groups. That repeatable movement is already part of the performance you established your zero around.

The problem is when the movement changes. A repeatable change can move the group; variation from shot to shot can spread it out.

That’s why recoil belongs in the accuracy conversation, not just the conversation about how hard a r***e kicks. It is a built-in source of movement that can become a source of deviation when the way the system is restrained changes.

THE BENEFIT IS A MORE REPEATABLE SYSTEM.

When we evaluate a hunting setup at Open Range Solutions, I want to know more than what it prints from a comfortable bench position. I want to know how it behaves with the support and positions you’ll actually hunt from.

The benefit we’re after is a setup that’s less sensitive to changes in how it’s held and supported. That’s something to work toward and demonstrate through shooting, not something I’m going to promise because we bolted on a particular accessory.

Next, we’ll separate recoil mitigation from recoil management: what we can change in the equipment, and what needs to stay repeatable in the way the r***e is supported and shot.

For now, remember that the shot isn’t finished when the trigger breaks. The r***e is already moving, and that movement belongs in the system we’re trying to make consistent.

FACEBOOK ROBOT DISCLAIMER: This is hunting and shooting education, not a fi***rm or am******on sales listing. “Recoil management” means working with a r***e’s movement, not the emotional support Facebook’s algorithm needs whenever it sees one.

10/31/2026

I’m behind on these, and I’ll probably miss a few, but congratulations to CJ on a heck of a buck!

Once again, a .308 with a 175gr Sierra MatchKing. Wrecked him.

CJ’s words:

“175 grn SMKs hammered.”

“That bullet got every piece of him. Quartered to me. Entered through the right shoulder and the rest is history.”

That’s the performance I keep talking about. Not just groups on paper—real damage, reported back from the field.

You can call it a “match bullet.” CJ called it “hammered.”

Good shooting, CJ. Appreciate the pictures and the feedback!

Content disclaimer: This post documents a hunting harvest and shares a hunter’s field report for sporting and educational discussion. The photo contains a harvested deer and visible blood. No fi***rms or am******on are being offered for sale or trade, and this post does not promote violence against people or animal cruelty.

10/30/2026

Life is good.

10/29/2026

NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO LEARN ABOUT ZERO SHIFT.

You sighted it in. It shot a good group. You put it away knowing it was ready.

But did you check it from the tripod you hunt with? What about the shooting rail in your blind, shooting sticks, or a position without that nice rear bag?

There’s a difference between knowing where it hits from the bench and verifying where it hits from your hunting setup. That’s what I want to sort out before there’s a deer in the crosshairs.

WHAT DO WE MEAN BY ZERO SHIFT?

For this discussion, “zero shift” means a repeatable change in where the group lands relative to your established zero. The scope doesn’t automatically deserve the blame.

Changing how the r***e is held and supported can change where it hits, even without adjusting the sights. One reason is recoil: the r***e starts moving while the bullet is still traveling down the bore.

That movement is a built-in part of the system. Change how the r***e is restrained, and you can change how it moves before the bullet exits.

That’s a mechanical source of potential deviation, not automatically a bad trigger press. It’s one reason I want to test the actual setup instead of assuming the bench tells the whole story.

DON’T CHASE ONE SHOT WITH THE TURRETS.

Establish a bench baseline, leave the scope alone, and compare repeated groups from the positions you actually use. Keep the am******on, distance, and conditions comparable so you’re not mixing several different questions together.

Check the tripod. Check the blind rail. Check the seated or less-supported position you might realistically need.

We’re looking for two answers: how much does your shooting spread out, and does the center of that shooting move? A wider group and a repeatable zero shift are different findings.

Don’t move the turrets after one unexplained shot. Find out whether there’s a repeatable difference, then work through the cause.

VERIFY THE SETUP YOU HUNT WITH.

At Open Range Solutions, that’s the benefit we’re after: a setup you’ve verified, not just a good group you’re hoping carries over. The r***e, am******on, optic, support, and shooter all belong in that conversation.

We’ll dig deeper into recoil, ways to reduce and manage it, and parallax in the next few posts. For now, the takeaway is simple: your bench zero is the starting point, not the whole test.

Find out what changes while you’re testing. A deer in the crosshairs is not the time to learn about zero shift.

FACEBOOK ROBOT DISCLAIMER: This is hunting and shooting education, not a fi***rm or am******on sales listing. “Zero shift” is a shooting term, not our expectations for Facebook’s customer support, although the numbers are suspiciously similar.

10/29/2026

My favorite hunting buddies.

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