Module 5 of 6 Advanced
Shooting Safely in the Open
Apply rifle-specific safety to open-country shooting — guaranteeing a safe backstop and never sending a high-velocity round skylined or beyond what you can see.
Best after: Making the Long Shot
Lessons
2 lessons in this module · 18 across the path
- Safe Backstops and What's Beyond SAFETY: a centerfire varmint round carries far past the target — confirming a dirt backstop, knowing what lies beyond every burrow, and refusing the shot when the backstop is unknown.
- No Skyline Shots, Shooting Into Berms SAFETY: why a chuck silhouetted on a ridgeline or sitting atop a berm is an unsafe shot; angling to put earth behind the target and reading terrain so the bullet stops in the ground.