Precision Unloaded Podcast: Recent Episodes
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A podcast by Taranaki Long Range Shooting covering all things related to precision rifle shooting and even a few other firearms topics.
Welcome to episode 89 of the Precision Unloaded Podcast! In this episode, Mark and Graeme dive into the excitement of the Cold Spark, round four of the 2024 Spark 22 series. The duo kicks off with a quick catch-up and a discussion about their recent adventures, including shooting old guns and setting up targets.
The main focus of the episode revolves around the Cold Spark event held in Taihapi/Waiouru. Mark and Graeme share their experiences, discussing the challenges of shooting in cold, windy conditions, and the strategies they employed to tackle the unique stages. They highlight the importance of efficient movement and decision-making in such dynamic matches.
Mark and Graeme reflect on their performances, with Mark achieving his best finish of the season at sixth place and Graeme securing third place. They discuss the lessons learned and the importance of data management and strategy in competitive shooting.
Tune in to hear more about the exciting Cold Spark event, the gear that made a difference, and the camaraderie of the shooting community. Stay tuned for updates on upcoming Spark series events and more insights from the Precision Unloaded team!
Welcome back to the Precision Unloaded podcast! In this episode, Mark and Graham reunite after a six-week hiatus to catch up on the latest events in their lives. They dive into the local RSA pig hunting competition, fondly known as "Pig Week," sharing their experiences and challenges from the event.
As they transition from hunting to shooting, Mark and Graham discuss the Steel Storm, the second round of the Spark series. They share insights about their equipment, including Mark's experience with his Vitrix and Graham's performance with his Voodoo. Despite some initial hiccups, both had an engaging day filled with precision shooting.
The episode wraps up with reflections on the match, highlighting the camaraderie, the importance of proper preparation, and the excitement of competition. Whether you're a hunting enthusiast or a precision shooter, this episode offers a blend of humor, practical tips, and engaging storytelling.
In this episode we talk to Mitch Taylor about all things NRL22 in Australia, competing in the US NRL22 Final, his sponsorship from ZeroTech Optics and a bunch more topics.
Graeme is joined by Team Bergara Pro Staff team member, Christian Westcough from the United Kingdom to talk his selection to represent Team Great Britain in the US for the IPRF World Championships in Factory Division and the exciting news that next years IPRF rimfire world champs are being held in England!
This episode highlights the start to the 2024 Spark 22 series, with the first round in Piopio, the P10 Practical supported by Kahles Sports Shooting. Get a detailed take on the process from match setup to shooting the event, a thorough exploration of the season's preparedness, and an insight into the exhilarating world of long range rimfire shooting.
Mark and Graeme talk over the recent GPRE Punisher Teams match and "Sniper" trials match.
In this episode of the Precision Unloaded podcast, we delve deep into the fascinating realm of military surplus rifles and the popular 20024 Surplus Steel match.
Welcome back to yet another exciting episode of the Precision Unloaded podcast. In this episode, your hosts Mark and Graham share their recent adventures and insights, gathered from participating in the Kahles Southern Precision Challenge in Gore, New Zealand.
Dive into the action-packed two-day match at the first round of the New Zealand PRS 2024 series. Discover the ups and downs, laugh-out-loud moments, and grand challenges tackled by them. This episode uncovers their preparations, gear, practice rounds, and unique strategies for the match.
Immerse yourself in the duo's thrilling and chaotic race against time due to a delayed flight leading to a sleepless night, last-minute adjustments, and memorable airport moments. From a high-paced car rental chase to the intriguing glances from airport security, this episode is packed with unexpected adventures.
Join us in our thrilling trip from Taranaki to Gore, where the journey seems more challenging than the actual Precision Challenge. This episode is aptly described as "simple made hard", and has something in store for everyone, be it shooters, hobbyists, or adventure enthusiasts.
Welcome to another exciting episode of the Precision Unloaded podcast, where we unravel the thrilling events that transpired during the Ahatiti Long Range Challenge 2024. We will explore in depth the various factors that characterized this year's competition, including competitor strategy, weather conditions, and the role of top-notch equipment.
Join us as hosts Mark and Graeme discuss the highlights of the Ahititi Long Range Challenge, from its setup to the challenging conditions that tested the competitors' skills. They delve into the nitty-gritty of the competitors' strategies and performances while reflecting on the significant role played by the weather on the competition day.
How is that for an AI generated blurb lol
Mark and Graeme do an after action report on the SPARC Series 22LR Season Final on how Mark climbed the series ranks and Graeme slid back down the standings!
Mark and Graeme are joined by Tony Gillihan to talk about filming hunting content for YouTube, culling Foxs and dogs plus hunting Samba, and Hog Deer in rural Victoria.
In this episode Graeme is joined by the legend that Travis Ishida, the man who co founded the NRL22, NRL Hunter.
Its great to have such an influential player in modern precision and practical rifle competition on the podcast.
Tony Gillihan joins us from Australia to all about his recent trip to NZ to shoot the GPRE Tarata Teams and Individual match's in November.
Josh joins us to talk about the PRS series in Australia and doing social media for that and the impact dynamics podcast, plus their media company Captivating Attention.
I really enjoyed this podcast and look forward to having Josh on again at some point next year.
In this episode we talk over rounds three and four of the 2023 SPARC 22LR Series.
Geoff from The GUN RACK joins us to talk over these two excellent rounds of the series.
Matt Hui joins us for a talk about the various precision rimfire series in Canada, crossing regularly into the USA to compete and his selection to represent Canada in the International Precision Rifle Federations Rimfire World Champs in Italy at the end of this month. You might know Matt from his excellent Youtube channel called Womfat.
In this episode we talk to James from Redacted Actual all the way from Australia about what is involved in making shooting bags and other accessories for precision style shooting and turning that into a business.
We also cover off the NRL22 series in Aussie and his recent trip to North Carolina in the USA to compete in the NRL22 Championship.
In this episode we finally talk about the Masterpiece Arms Winter Field Shoot and discus Marks new Desert Tech SRS comp setup.
In this episode we talk about our recent trip to Australia to compete in the Zeiss King of the Hill PRS match, coming 47th or something like that and Wilkies ''stupid misses"
Mark, Graeme Collie and Cream Puff head to the small town of Bucham in rural Victoria to compete in a round of the Australian PRS series.
Mark and Graeme are joined by Simon from Gillice Practical Rifle Events to talk over the recent Swamp Brutality 22LR match.
Mark and Graeme talk over the recent Speed v Precision 22lr match held in Taranaki. This was round two of the SPARC Series and was hosted by Gillice Practical Rifle Events.
We also cover Marks South Island trip to chase Red stags and the ever increasing numbers of feral pigs invading his farm.
Graeme is joined by Anthony Collie to talk about his recent trip to Stewart Island hunting Whitetail Deer and
Mark gets a 7mm PRC built and We talk the TLRS/Kiwi Precision Match and the Gun Racks 22 match.
A week away from shooting competitively to do a little bit of hunting. Mark is living the high life hunting Sika and Graeme is eying up Fallow Deer and trying to track down a Red Stag with old surplus rifles as per normal.
Mark and Graeme talk about their caring levels of success at the GPRE Pre Roar Hunters Match.
Mark has been putting plenty of rounds down range with the Jard J72 17WSM semiautomatic and talks over how its going in field use.
In this episode we are joined by special guest Christian Westcough all the way from England to talk over the International Precision Rifle Federation and the Great Britain Precision Rifle Association.
We talk over how they work what his roles are in the organisations, competitive shooting in the UK and what is involved in being a Senior Ambassador for Bergara International.
Mark and Graeme are once again joined by Anthony Collie and this time they talk about his 33XC ELR rifle and his recent success with the platform.
In this episode we are joined by Simon Gillice from GPRE to talk about the 22 SPARC Series final and a discussion of the overall series.
Mark and Graeme are once again joined by regular guest, Anthony Collie to talk over his trip[ to the US PRS Final.
In this episode we have team Hardy Rifle shooter, Anthony Collie back on to talk about his trip to Australia to compete in their PRS season final.
Mark and Graeme are joined by Geoff from the Gun Rack to talk about round three of the SPARC 22LR series, Speed vs Precision.
The Sikka show is back after several years of covid noises and we head North to the Steel Storm 22LR match!
Mark & Graeme are once joined by regular guest Anthony Collie to talk training and competing with 223rem and Anthonys last two trip to Australia for the Melbourne and Tasmania rounds of the Australian PRS.
The podcast is officially older than Mark!
In this "special edition" episoed we are joined by Geoff from the Gun Rack to track over the last couple years of the PUP and Geoffs upcoming 22 comp.
Mark and Graeme are joined by Geoff from The Gun Rack to talk adding weight and balancing your precision rifle.
Mark and Graeme catch up about a couple new rifles including the new to NZ Sig Cross and a little comp talk.
Mark and Graeme are joined by non other then Simon from GPRE. Simon has been organising and running field events since 2013 and continues to run some of the most popular practical events here in NZ.
Mark & Graeme talk over the recent PRS NZ event and their less then stellar results, plus they organise and run Round Two of the SPARC 22lr series!
Mark and Graeme are once again joined by Anthony from Team Hardy Rifle to talk over his recent two trips to compete in the Aussie PRS series.
In this episode we are joined by Team hardy shooter Anthony Collie to talk about the recent TLRS Winter Blast Field Shoot.
Mark and Graeme are joined by Team Howa NZ shooter Wess to discuss the recent 9 Lives 22LR match, Organised by The Gun Rack NZ.
Mark and Graeme are once again joined by Wess to talk about the recent Nine Lives 22LR match organised by The Gun Rack.
In this episode we talk to Wess from Team Howa NZ about then first competition he has match directed, the P10 Practical 22.
Part One of Two episodes.
Mark and Graeme talk over the recent Desert Duel event by GPRE.
This event is an extended long range teams match and is quite possibly the hardest match in NZ.
Mark and Graeme are back for the 40th episode of the Precision Unloaded Podcast! We are now two years old and are creeping up on 10,000 downloads.
In this episode we talk over our prep for the GPRE Desert Duel and the MDT HNT26 hunting chassis.
Mark is away sick so Graeme is joined by Anthony Collie from Team Hardy Rifle to talk about training in the match prep to a major rifle match.
Mark and Graeme catch up about a months worth of pest control, hunting and a little bit of match talk including the upcoming SPARC 22LR series.
Mark and Graeme talk over the 2022 Ahititi LRC, the biggest event TLRS hosts each year.
Plus in other news, it looks like Mark has finally got out of his results slump!
Anthony join Mark and Graeme to talk about the recent GPRE match and a little bit of hunting chat.
A break from shooting matches gives Mark and Graeme a chance to go on two seperate hunts for Fallow and Sika deer.
Two very different hunts with everything from 1850s muzzle loaders to 6.5 PRCs.
Mark & Graeme are joined by Anthony Collie for a chat about the recent GPRE Speed vs Precision 22lr match and Anthony gives us the run down about the Section 22 final in the South Island.
An Interview with Carl from Sabre Tactical.
An interesting talk about how Sabre Tactical came to be and how it got involved designing and manufacturing accessories for both the military and precision rifle world.
A catch up between Mark and Graeme to talk about the Desert Tech 50BMG, Ruger 10/22 Competition, Springfield Waypoint and Delta Javelin 4.5-30x56 scope.
More and more modern 6mm cartridges are starting to appear at field shooting matches here in NZ.
Whats the deal with the newest wizz bang low recoiling hi BC cartridges for practical precision shooting here in NZ.
Ep#25 The TLRS Practical 22lr Field 22lr after action report ft Anthony Collie (again) and "Mag Dump Mark"
A discussion on the use of carbon fibre barrels and stocks for hunting and match applications here in NZ with special guest Anthony Collie.
Mark is back in this episode with Graeme, talking over the various rimfire cartridges that are common and not so common here in New Zealand and how and what they are being used for.
In this episode we talk to Stuart from the Beard & Gun Youtube channel about hunting in New Zealand, filming and what rifles he uses for medium range hunting.
In this bonus lockdown edition of the PUP we are joined by Hamish from NZ Milsurps to talk all things surplus rifles.
Ep#19 Mid Winter hunting and Mini Action Calibers ft Geoff from the Gun Rack.
Mark & Geoff went Hunting Reds in the snow and Graeme took a 303 after a few Fallow deer.
Some thoughts on mini action calibers such as 223, 6.5 Grendel and 7.62x39.
The Zeiss PRS Match, Tokaroa Practical 22 and our match, the TLRS Ahititi Winter Field Shoot.
So many events and so little reloading components.
Recapping our adventure south to the Boundary Creek Classic PRS style match in the South Island of NZ.
A few ideas and thoughts on shooting field shoots in the wet colder months of the New Zealand winter.
Ep#13 Interview with Michael Wilkie, one of the current top competitors in the Practical class GPRE & TLRS practical rifle events.
Ep#12 of the PUP
*Range finding binoculars, are they must have kit moving forward?
*To reload or just shoot factory ammunition for practical field shooting?
In Ep#11 we go over our plans on pushing out to 2,000 meters at the Ahititi venue and swapping practice with our match guns for rimfire to save valuable components in the lead up to more competitions.
We have done several podcasts about events we have shot before but this one is a little different as we organised the match and competed in it.
Good insight for those of you who are interested in what goes into setting up a large match.
PUP Ep#9 Putting Together your first Precision Rifle.
A few ideas on sticking to a tight budget or spending a bit more when putting together a rifle for PRS style shooting.
Suppressors or muzzle Breaks?
Stock or Chassis?
Scope or Iron Sights...o wait.
The .243win with a 1-10 twist for practical shooting?
Both Mark and I spent the weekend away competing at the GPRE Hautupu Practical Rifle shoot.
Mark shot great and me not so much, we go over it all in this episode.
A verbal review of the Delta Stryker and Valdada Recon Gen2.
Some bonus talk about being humbled by the wind at 1,000m with the 6.5cm and 260rem.
375 Ruger dangerous game?
This podcast Mark & Graeme go over ideas on putting together a multi purpose rifle for both hunting and field completion use all while trying to keep the overall weight in under 10 pounds.
Ep#5 The End of Hunter Class?
Mark and Graeme are back and talk a bit about a couple recent practical field shoots they competed in, plus the decline in entries for the Hunter class in favour of practical or open class.
Do we need to hold one or two seperate hunting specific field shoots each year and drop the class from the practical field shoots?
Have a listen to our thoughts and leave a comment.
Graeme & Mark are back from another episode of the Precision Unloaded Podcast and in this episode we cover the mysterious case of the on again of again 224 Valkyrie, Shooting a 308 out past 1,000 meters and putting together a new 6mm for competition use. Plus a half dozen other topics as we struggle to stay on topic as per normal.
We talk last months Ahititi Winter Field shoot, precision 22lr competition and ammo and a few new toys in the safe.
Precision Unloaded EP# The Mighty 308 and the Hot New 6mmARC?
In this episode Mark and Graeme talk about a few ongoing rifle projects, upcoming medium range and 22lr events and some cool new products that are set to be released here in nz in the coming weeks and months.
Episode one of the TLRS Precision Unloaded Podcast ft Geoff from The Gun Rack. We talk about our first precision rifles and how what we did wrong with our first builds and a few topics that may help getting a new shooter going.
This Podcast is produced by Taranaki Long Range Shooting NZ.