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NRA High Power Silhouette
 There is thunder on the hill at the Ridgway Rifle Club in Pennsylvania, where over 140 of the best off-hand rifle shooters have gathered for the NRA High Power Silhouette Nationals.
The shooters test their skill in what may be the most difficult shooting discipline out there. The targets are steel cutouts, standing on railroad track. Five targets to a relay of fire. The target ranges are staggering — with the Rams set at 500 meters.
 The competitors alternate shooting and spotting for each other. The spotter keeps track of the time, 2 ½ minutes per five shot relay. The Spotters watch for and confirm the placement of hits. They read the wind by watching the mirage and give the shooter corrections to compensate. But it’s when the hits aren’t there that the spotter really has work to do, helping the shooter make the adjustments to get on target.
 The majority of the rifles on the firing line are chambered in .260 Remington. Then comes 7mm-08 and 7mm-BR, which was originally a Bench Rest round. And there is a fair representation of 30 caliber shooters using the .308 chambering. The rule is send enough bullet weight, fast enough, to take the rams down at 500 meters, because it only scores if it falls in three days of competition.
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The Hardware behind the Shooting USA Scope Cam:
 The Carl Zeiss Diascope 85T fitted with the Vario eyepiece, which allows for variable magnification from 20 to 60 power.
The objective is 85 millimeters and the objective lens is created from glass with high fluorine ion content that yields natural color rendition and superb details at all magnifications.
The Zeiss Diascope 85-T is $1,500, the Vario eyepiece option is $400.
Zeiss Diascope Website
 Castfire Eyepiece Camera - This is the camera that captures what the scope is seeing, from Castfire Solutions. Their customers are primarily Military and Law Enforcement units. The Castfire Cameras have exceptional resolution, in spite of the small size, in black and white or color.
In a training environment, the instructor can record video of what the shooter is doing with his riflescope. In combat, the Castfire Camera can provide real-time intelligence reporting to remote locations when it’s hooked into a satellite link.
This is mil-spec quality with a price to match: $3,500 for the camera and power supply.
Castfire Website
Our US Shooting Team is Winning More Titles as they train for Beijing Olympics in 2008
 Haley Dunn has won her third National Title in International Skeet.
Beki Snyder has set a new National record in the air pistol event, scoring 390 points out of a possible 400 and breaking her own record she set in 2000.
Three time Olympian, Bret Ericson, has won his sixth National trap shooting championship.
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Pro Tips:
Todd Jarrett continues his series of practical and tactical shooting lessons sponsored by Blackhawk. This week Todd’s teaching the right technique for going prone.
Lesson Two - Going Prone
This Week’s Impossible Shot:
Bob Munden’s Impossible Shot is a long shot.
Bob Munden’s Website
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