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Ranger sniper discusses getting on the rifle

One of the best sayings I heard as a Ranger was, “the experts don’t have a bunch of secret knowledge, they’ve just mastered the basics”. Mastering your standard shooting positions, trigger control and sight alignment are the vast majority of what is needed to shoot precisely. Every now and then, former Ranger sniper team-leader Ryan Cleckner (and the National Shooting Sports Foundation) release a video covering one of the fundamental elements of shooting in great detail.

This lesson we’re covering walks us through getting set in the prone position. At its most simple, this is just laying down and snuggling up to the rifle, right? Cleckner has some tips regarding making your prone position the most comfortable, stable and consistent shooting platform possible.

For more information on Ryan Cleckner, try Cleckner.co, MaydaySafety.com or the Long Range Shooting Handbook.

–Rex Nanorum

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Acceptable Accuracy: Long-range rifle shooting with Ryan Cleckner

If an expert with a ton of precision long range rifle shooting experience (let’s say a former 3rd BN, 75th Ranger Regiment sniper), could give you one little tip that had the possibility to quickly improve your accuracy at long range, would you be interested? I’m not talking about a magic word, but rather a resetting of your mental focus point to get you hits within the defined level of acceptable accuracy.

Good thing we have just such an expert around in Ryan Cleckner. Ryan is not only a former Ranger sniper team leader, but also a best-selling author and shooting instructor. His 2016 book, Long Range Shooting Handbook: A Beginner’s Guide To Precision Rifle Shooting is still #1 in Amazon’s Firearms Weapons and Warfare History category. He also has a number of instructional videos on YouTube, published with the National Shooting Sports Foundation.

In this most recent video, Ryan covers his one small recommended adjustment shooters should be making to their expectations of acceptable accuracy. Check out the video, give this tip a try next time you’re banging steel at 500+ yards. Let me know how it works for you!

Rex Nanorum

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“There’s Only One You!” | A children’s gun safety book

Like many lucky-enough-to-be raised in the best parts of American gun culture, my dad made sure my brother and I were well versed in every aspect of firearm safety. Lawyer, “Top Shot” instructor, author and former 1st Ranger BN. sniper Ryan Cleckner has released a kids book aimed at giving parents another avenue to further press the importance of gun safety.

“There’s Only One You!” is short and sweet, with 17 pages of story. Brightly colored illustrations walk the readers through five scenarios with two children (Alice and Jack) where accidents happen and stuff broke. In each situation, the parents paid little heed to the spilled flour or broken lamp but instead reiterate their love for their child.

In the sixth narrative, the normally safety-conscious and gun-owning Grandpa slips up and leaves his ‘ol rifle leaning up against the house. Jack finds it and goes in to play, but Grandpa intervenes in time to deliver the lesson. “Guns are not toys – they must be handled with care” he says. He continues on about how objects can be fixed, but how there will “never, ever be another YOU!”

I have three boys, currently aged 4, 6 and 7. They’re growing up in a house with a former Airborne Ranger for a father who tests and reviews gun products, suffice it to say, they’re exposed to hunting and recreational shooting often. Safety is covered regularly, as it should and must be. This book was a great way for me to gauge where they’re at, as I didn’t make a big deal about it being “from work”. I just put the book out where they’d find it and let them take it away. “O”, our oldest, found it first and read it 3 times the first night. He read it a few more times the next day before I asked him what it was all about. “Well, it’s about parents who never get angry when stuff breaks or spills” he said. I pressed to see if he retained anything else and after a moments thought “yeah, a kid finds a gun and he was about to PLAY with it!“. His tone of disbelief at Jack’s aberrant behavior told me all I needed to know.

All told, I like Cleckner’s book and what it looks to achieve. There’s never too much reinforcement when it comes to guns and kids, so an additional approach to complement parental instruction is very much welcome. The story’s angle is great, the illustrations are clean and clear, and the message isn’t muddled by oversimplification nor over-complication. Kids books aren’t our usual review product here, but this is one book I’m happy to have on the shelf at home. “There’s Only One You!” runs $9.95 on Amazon. Check it out!

-Rex Nanorum

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Keeping Your Kids Safe: Firearm Safety is No Accident

Attorney and former Ranger sniper Ryan Cleckner has released a new children’s safety book. His goal: write a book that children would actually want read to them and wasn’t blatantly a “safety book” but instead snuck in the firearm safety message at the end.

Even if you don’t have guns in your home, you never know where your child will be when they encounter a firearm. Have you done enough to educate your child on how to respond?

Too many children are injured or killed by accidents with a firearm – many of these accidents can be avoided with proper education for children (and adults).

This book introduces the lesson of “Stop, get away, and tell an adult” to your child in a way that they’ll want to hear. Instead of reading like an obvious gun safety book, this book introduces various accidents that can happen in a child’s life and reassures your child that accidents can happen, things can be replaced, and they are still loved.

However, when a firearm is introduced at the end of the book, a stark contrast is made: an accident with a firearm can be very serious and result in an injury that can’t be fixed with “glue or paste.”

After the story, there’s a note to parents about firearm safety. Yes, children must learn how to react but real firearm safety starts with adults.

The four basic rules of firearm safety are included for parents – these were left out of the children’s section of the book so that the firearm safety message is simple enough for them to remember. When you think they’re ready, you can teach the four firearm safety rules to your children on your own.

FROM THE BACK COVER:
Alice and Jack are busy kids! Like any busy kid, they make mistakes. Fortunately, their parents are understanding and quick to forgive. But when Jack goes to visit his Gramps, who owns a gun, Jack and Alice both learn that you cannot make mistakes around guns. There’s only one you!
Firearm Safety is No Accident is for parents who want to educate their children about the importance of firearm safety, whether the lesson relates to their own home, or going to a friend’s house. Ensure your children stay safe by knowing the proper response upon seeing a gun, so accidents don’t happen!
This illustrated, engaging book not only teaches children, but also illustrates how your child can inform their friends about firearm safety. What better way to keep kids safe than have them help one another?

If you are a responsible gun owner, this book may not be for you, but this might be a good book to give as a gift to someone else – even if they’re not pro-gun, their kids may encounter firearms somewhere outside their home.

Here’s the link to the book on Amazon: Firearm Safety is no Accident

You can check it out for free on the Kindle App.

About Ryan Cleckner, author of Firearm Safety is no Accident:

Ryan Cleckner is an attorney specializing in firearms law, a best-selling author, a firearms industry executive, a university professor, and he’s a genuine gun-guy.

Ryan has represented hundreds of FFLs across the country – including the biggest manufacturers and distributors and the smallest gun-shops. He served as a sniper team leader with the U.S. Army 1st Ranger Battalion (1/75) on multiple combat deployments. As a Vice President with Remington Outdoor Company, he had over twenty FFL’s in his name. He is the best-selling author of the Long Range Shooting Handbook. He writes firearm related articles for major firearm publications and blogs and hosts two gun podcasts. His website RocketFFL provides all the information you need to get a federal firearms license.

Photo courtesy of Ryan Cleckner

Want to get your Federal Firearms License? RocketFFL.com

So, you want to start a gun business but you don’t know where to begin. Your first step to being engaged in the business of firearms, whether selling, making, importing or exporting, is to get yourself an Federal Firearms License (FFL). Working with Rocket FFL, you could have everything you need to get your FFL in as little as 3 hours for $49.95.

I wanted to get an FFL for years. Being in the Army and moving around does not make that easy. When I finally got some stability and a business, it was time. The process is simple, I just watched a YouTube video where a guy with a beard says you just go to the ATF website and fill out the forms. The problems don’t come from the ATF. It gets complicated because of all the other steps.

It is completely possible to go on the ATF site and get the form to become an FFL. What you won’t learn from the ATF or internet forums, how to form a Limited Liability Corporation or get a business license. One example of bad advice I got was to start a company as a sole proprietor to make transfers easier if I had to dissolve the company. It turns out this has unintended consequences and RocketFFL explains things so you can make good decisions for your situation.

If you are a business guy and you understand the difference between an LLC and a sole proprietorship and you know how to incorporate and get an EIN and business licenses, you may not need help. If you don’t know where to start, RocketFFL.com makes sure that you have all the information you need. What kind of company you form and how you form it will have big implications down the road. You must do your homework.

I used RocketFFL.com and I just got my FFL. I am a big do it myself guy, but there are things I don’t do myself: Plumbing, Electricity, Law. These things require a lot of training to be used safely, training that I don’t have. I don’t flood, shock or felony. The price of RocketFFL.com was covered in the first lesson when I learned that many of the things I learned from my buddies with FFLs was wrong. Things change constantly, many of these guys wouldn’t be able to get an FFL under current ATF practices.

My friend James has had an FFL and SOT for 15 years. I asked him how he got his FFL. He just got the forms from ATF and filled them out. He learned the business the hard way. When I asked what he thought about RocketFFL, he said he would have paid twice that much to avoid the problems he encountered learning on his own.

Before you start, you need to think through exactly what you want to do with an FFL and what your business will look like. If you don’t have a business, you can’t get an FFL. RocketFFL.com walks you through the process and makes sure you understand the whole process, not just the ATF part.

Once you send your money and application to ATF, you have an interview with ATF. They will ask for a whole stack of documents including your lease and a letter from your landlord. Taking the classes from RocketFFL.com, I knew what was coming, all the documents, questions and answers.

RocketFFL.com is run and owned by former Ranger Ryan Cleckner, his credentials include being a gun lawyer, firearms industry professional, best selling author and a university professor. Rayn has had over twenty FFls and worked with hundreds of others to comply with ATF regulations. He knows where the sharks swim and helps you avoid them.

If you want to get your FFL and become an Special Occupational Taxpayer you can get both classes

There are many things you need to know before you start. At a cost of $47, you can learn enough to make informed decisions about your business and the class of FFL you need. This class proved invaluable in getting my FFL and the money and heart ache saved down the line is price less. I saved $500 from a single tip I got from the class, it will pay for itself many times over.

1 – Introduction

2 – Individual Requirements

3 – Business/Entity Requirements

4 – Application

5 – Basic Firearm Compliance

6 – Initial ATF inspection

7 – Receipt of FFL

I have taken the course and successfully applied for my FFL. The process is straight forward, but there are many decisions which must be made about the structure of your business and the type FFL you need. This course is the easiest way to get the information you require in a easy to grasp video format. Ryan makes the complex legal jargon of the ATF comprehensible. As a former federal agent, I have seen what happens when people break laws and regulation. Avoiding fines and prison for $49.95 is a great deal.

I could not be more pleased with the product or results.

If you want to get your FFL and become an Special Occupational Tax Payer you can get both classes in a bundle HERE for $59.90.

Attorney Ryan Cleckner Owner of Rocket FFL:

Ryan Cleckner is an attorney specializing in firearms law, a best-selling author, a firearms industry executive, a university professor, and he’s a genuine gun-guy.

Photo courtesy of Rocket FFL

Precision Long Range Shooting: Correcting for Rifle Cant

Correcting for Rifle Cant in Precision Long Range Shooting:

Precision long range shooting has grown in popularity over the last several years. New technology has allowed shooters to successfully engage targets at distances previously thought impossible. A level reticle is vital for success at longer ranges, so the product development team at Warne have designed a Universal Scope Level that attaches to any scope tube.

In this video, former Army Ranger sniper team leader Ryan Cleckner explains how important it is to keep your rifle straight up and down when shooting at distance. A slight cant to your rifle can cause misses when long-range shooting. Check out Ryan’s book Long Range Shooting Handbook: A Beginners Guide to Precision Rifle Shooting at http://nssf.it/clecknerbook Ryan Cleckner is a best-selling author of the Long Range Shooting Handbook and is currently a practicing firearms attorney [https://rocketffl.com/].

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The Warne USL is unique from other levels because of its ability to deploy the level from an aluminum housing for use or stow, keeping the unit safe from being snagged when not in use.

Made of 6061 aluminum, the USL is available in 1″, 30mm, 34mm and 35mm sizes and is ambidextrous while weighing only .9 oz.

MSRP is $99.99 and is available wherever Warne products are sold.

About Warne:

Warne Scope Mounts has been supplying world class Made in the USA optic mounts to the shooting industry since 1991. A leading innovator and manufacturer of scope mounting systems, WARNE is positioned to supply its branded products worldwide through distribution and dealerships, as well as servicing the industry as a major OEM supplier. WARNE – Confidence in Every Shot!