f = Facebook links (currently, or semi-currently, maintained sites only)
Chamber Reamers (and gauges)
4D Reamer Rentals f
Dave Manson f
JGS Precision f
Pacific Tool and Gauge/PTG (Dave Kiff)
Triebel (Germany) - they sell internationally f
Fasteners and Material Suppliers
Fasteners - Fastenal, Fastener Warehouse, McMaster-Carr
Metals - BuyMetal (PA), Cut2SizeMetals (IN), Earle M. Jorgensen Co/EMJ (US-wide),
Fry Steel (CA), MetalsDepot (KY), Midwest Steel & Aluminum (MN), OnlineMetals (multi)
Plastics - Professional Plastics, U.S. Plastic
Rubber - Zoro
Other Miscellaneous
21st Century Innovation (barrel vises - thru 1 5/8, thru 2”) f
AAA Arms & Ammo (cleaning gear for .50 BMG rifles, including Delrin bore guides for most commercially-available, bolt action, .50 BMG-class receivers)
AimSHOT (boresights for .338 LM/NM and .50 BMG)
Ammo-one1.com (single cartridges for collectors)
Ballistic-X (group size calculator app running on Apple or Android cell phones)
Bob Sled (Bob Hahin’s single-shot loading block for .338 LM CIP/AICS-mag rifles; Brownells link, nothing on mfg’s site)
Bore Tech (cleaning rods thru .50 cal and associated gear) f
Bulletseeker - see Speedtracker
Caldwell - VelociRadar (radar chrono) f
Dewey (cleaning rods thru .50 cal and associated gear)
Erik Cortina/EC barrel tuners and tuner brakes
Fix It Sticks (torque limiters and torque drivers for mounting scopes and other component-assembly needs (+/- 6% accuracy for limiters and +/- 10 % accuracy for drivers) - note that the drivers are quite large, so check that you have clearance for your application or get a bit extension) f
Garmin - Xero C1 Pro (very small radar chrono) f
Geoffrey-Kolbe (free online calculators - internal ballistics simulator, drag curves, plus)
Hawkeye/Gradient Lens Corp (borescopes) f
JBM (ballistic coefficient calculator/velocity)
JKL Precision (trigger for LabRadar)
Kinetic Security Solutions (Adaptive Tuning System/ATS - tuner between barrel & brake)
LabRadar (“ballistic velocity radar” chrono - “old” large and new very small) f
Lyman (borescope) f
MagnetoSpeed (barrel-mounted chrono) f
MTM (shooting range box) f
Oehler Research (Model 35 Proof Chronograph; System 88; System 89 BC Chrono)
OnTarget Shooting (group size calc and analysis software; Windows and Mac, Mac in a Windows virtual machine; for-fee with 15-day free trial)
Pacific Tool and Gauge (firing pin protrusion gauge)
PMA - barrel vise (up to 1.500” barrels) and screw-on (5/8-24) barrel tuner f
Poly Gun Bag (vapor corrosion inhibitor/VCI storage & shipping bags for rifles up to 60+”)
Possum Hollow (bore guides - model chart (not current), call for possible customs - website down/being repaired or replaced, in the interim either call 260-377-9715 or e-mail Eric at eric at possumhollowproducts.com
Scopecoat (fabric scope covers - lengths available allowing you to leave your sunshade in place)
Speedtracker (was Bulletseeker) (very small, rife-mounted, radar chrono, displays on Android or Apple phone) f
Sqi-AndiX (Czech Republic, AndiScan - very small, rifle-mounted, ballistic velocity Doppler radar chrono, they sell worldwide; video review, there are 2 prior reviews)
Teslong (borescopes - excellent products, well priced) f
Tipton (carbon fiber cleaning rods) f
Viper Bench Rest (barrel vise, max 1.375” barrels)
Warner Tool (barrel tuner - fits between barrel and brake) f
West Texas Ordnance (“SwitchLug” barrel retention/swapping interface) f
Wheeler Engineering (digital FAT Wrench, newer analog FAT Wrench, and the older analog FAT Wrench - torque wrenches, accuracy varies by model and in/lb value; FAT Stix (set), FAT Stix individual torque limiters, +/- 5% accuracy) f
Ranging and Target Solution Aids (green = FREE; may require registration)
Accuracy 1st Development Group - scope levels f
Alpen Optics - BLRF f
Arisaka Defense - scope leveler f
Athlon Optics - rangefinders (1760 yds, max) f
Astra Optix - rangefinders and BLRFs (2400 yards, max) f
ATN - rangefinders and BLRFs (3000 yds, max) f
Ballistic - ballistic calculator software, iOS (4000 yds max using the JBM engine) f
Burris/Eliminator - LRFs, BLRFs, and scopes w/ integrated LRF (2400 yds, max) f
Bushnell - BLRF and LRFs (1800 yds, max) f
Defensive Edge (scope leveling kit) f
Desert Tech/TRASOL Trajectory Solutions App, iOS (5000 yds, max) f
Distance Measure Pro (iPhone/iPad app, uses Internet map, unlimited)
Element Optics - rangefinders (3000m, max) f
Federal Premium/Federal App - mobile ballistic calculator app for Federal ammo, Android and iOS f
Ferrell Industries - scope level
Fix It Sticks (“scope jack” for scope leveling) f
Flatline Ops - scope levels (ACCU/LEVEL f
German Precision Optics/GPO-USA - BLRFs and dedicated rangefinders (3000 yds +) f
Halo Optics - rangefinders (2000 yds, max) f
Hawke Sport Optics - BLRF (2300m, max) f
Holland’s - scope levels
Hornady - online ballistic calculators - “standard” and 4DOF plus a Kestrel 5700 version with integrated 4DOF (3828 yds, max) f
Horus Vision - rangefinder (2000 yds, max), weather meter, and ballistic app (iOS and Android) f
IEA Mil-Optics (Germany, in German) - ballistic computer f
Infrared Research & Development/IR&D (Belgium) - ballistic computers
iSnipe - ballistic calculator software for iOS (2000 yds, max)
JBM Ballistics - online trajectory calculator, trajectory (drift) calculator + (4000 yds, max)
Kahles - rangefinder (2000 yds, max) f
Kestrel Ballistics - weather meters (incl models w/ integrated Applied Ballistics software) f
Knight’s Armament/BulletFlight - iOS ballistic software (3000 m, max)
Lapua - Lapua Ballistics, 6DOF, iOS and Android app (1640 yds, max) f
LARS (Slovakia) - digital scope level - they ship to the US f
Laser Technology - rangefinders (2500 m, max) f
Leica - BLRFs and dedicated rangefinders (3000 yds, max) f
Leupold - BLRFs and dedicated rangefinders (2800 yds, max) f
Long Range Arms/LRA (Send iT electronic level) f
Long Range Shooting Simulation
Luna Optics - LRF (2400 yds, max) f
Maven - rangefinders (4500 yds, max) f
Meopta USA - BLRFs (2600 yds, max) f
Minox - BLRF (2800m, max) f
Modern Ballistics/MBall - Windows shareware ballistic calculator (+) (unlimited max)
Newcon Optik (Canada) - rangefinders, BLRFs, & spotting scopes w/ rangefinder (12 km, max)
Nikon - rangefinders and BLRF (2000 yds, max) f
NOBLEX (Germany) - rangefinders and BLRFs (2300 m, max) f
Oehler/Ballistic Explorer - ballistic calculator software for Windows PC (2500 m, max)
Patagonia Ballistics/ColdBore - Windows PC software thru Win 11, which is not at all apparent from their website (3000 m, max)
PRODAS - ballistic calculator software +++, Windows (unlimited, max - assumed)
Revic Optics (a Gunwerks company) - rangefinder and BLRF (5000 yd, max) f
Rianov - cant/slope indicator and ballistic computers (max range input/calc 2000 m)
RIEGL - rangefinders (3000m, max) f
Rudolph Optics - rangefinders (1200 m, max) f
Safran/Vectronix and Vectronix Shooting Solutions - rangefinders and BLRFs (25 km, max)
Shooter - ballistic calculator, iOS and Android (max range input/calc ukn)
ShootersCalculator.com - online trajectory calculator (unlimited, max) +
Shooters Global (Poland) - digital scope level/cant indicator; they ship worldwide f
Sierra Bullets - “Infinity” exterior ballistics software on Windows PC (max range input/calc ukn) f
SIG Electro-Optics - rangefinders and BLRF (up to 10000 yards, max) f
Sniper Tool Design Co. - angle cosine and angle degree indicators f
Steiner - BLRF, look for “LRF” in the product name (6000m+, max) f
Steiner Defense - BLRF (hunting and military models, 6000m+, max) f
Strelok (Strelokand Strelok Pro) - ballistic calculators for Android and Apple
Swarovski - BLRF and scopes with rangefinder (1500 yds, max) f
Torrey Pines Logic - VENOM rangefinder w/ wind measurement, ballistic computer, sensors (2000m); “VENOM Ballistic Solver”, Windows and Android (max range input/calc ukn)
Vortex - BLRFs and rangefinders (5000 yds, max) f
Vortex - ballistics calculator (LRBC, 2000 yds, max) f
Wilcox - rangefinders (3000m, max) f
Zeiss - BLRF (2500 m, max) f
Rifle Cases and Associated (hard cases only)
ELR Rifle Cases: Comparative Matrix (as of 3 Aug 2024) - see “Notes” for the criteria for inclusion.
NOTE: This file is in xls format. A FREE reader is available here. The contents were compiled from manufacturers’ websites and, if supplied, responses to my phone or e-mail inquiries.
Boyd Harness f
Bushnell (private labeled by Eylar) f
Cabela’s f
Condition 1 f
Eylar f
Explorer Cases (Italy) - US dealer here f
Foam Factory (case foam and custom foam cutting) f
Foam N’ More (case foam) f
GunFoam.com (case foam) f
Harbor Freight (private labeled by Eylar)
Kalispel (also custom) f
KOR Technik (case insert, “universal” fit using air bladder)
Lakewood Products f
Magpul (case and DAKA grid organizer) f
MyCaseBuilder (cases, case foam, and custom foam cutting) f
NANUK (Canada) f
Pelican (including Storm and Hardigg; “Design Your Own Foam” service) f
Plano f
SKB Cases f
TZ Case
Shooting Rests (not benches; not bipods - see Rifle Components for Bipods)
21st Century Innovation f
4AW (Australia) - they ship to the US
Caldwell f
Lenzi (Italy, US reseller link)
Protektor (rests and rest bags)
Ransom International f
Rodzilla f
SEB Engineering (Indonesia, US reseller list here f
Sinclair/Brownells f
TargetShooting.com
Spotting Scopes and Tripods*
Alpen Optics - scopes only f
Athlon Optics - scopes and tripods f
Burris - scopes only f
Bushnell - scopes and tripods f
Celestron - scopes only f
German Precision Optics/GPO-USA - scopes only f
Gitzo (Italy) - tripods only f
Hawke Sport Optics - scopes only, scroll down f
Kowa - scopes only, plus High Lander super binos f
Leica (Germany) - scopes only f
Leupold - scopes and tripods f
Manfrotto (Italy) - tripods only f
Maven - scopes only f
Meopta - scopes only f
Minox (Germany) - scopes only f
Newcon Optik - scopes, scopes with an LRF, and tripod
Nightforce - scope only f
Nikon (Japan) - scopes and tripods f
NOBLEX (Germany) - scopes only f
Opticron - scopes f
Questar - scopes only (under Nature and Surveillance) f
Revic Optics (a Gunwerks company) - scope and tripod f
Ricoh/Pentax (Japan) scopes only f
Riton Optics - scope only f
SIG Electro-Optics - scopes only f
Sightron - scope and tripod f
Steiner - scope only f
Swarovski (Austria) - scopes and tripods f
Tract Optics - scopes and tripods f
Vanguard (Myanmar) - scopes and tripods f
Vortex - scopes and tripods f
Zeiss (Germany) - scopes and tripods f
ZeroTech Precision Optics (Australia) - scopes only f
* only tripods sufficient to support the associated spotting scope are linked
Target Impact Viewing Systems (for distances beyond 1000 yards)
Bullseye Camera Systems (“1 Mile +”) f
Caldwell (camera system - up to 1 mile; also an inexpensive flasher) f
Hornady (up to 1000 yards, weather dependent - a 2024 product; video) f
LightReact (1 mile +)
Longshot Target Camera/TargetVision (2 miles) f
MagnetoSpeed (T1000) f
MDT (Canada, Echo Target Sensor) f
Oakwood Controls (Portable Systems)
ShotMarker (Canada, ships to the US; “over 2 miles”) f
Silver Mountain Targets (USA) (electronic targets, beyond 1000 yards with appropriate antennas) f
Targets
Action Target (steel)* f
American Target Company (paper)
IBS (1000 yard, paper - Pistoleer, National Target Company/NTC)
LV Steel Targets (steel)*
NEVCO (steel)*
Rogue Shooting Targets (steel)* f
Shooting Targets USA (steel)* f
ShootSteel (steel)* f
TA Targets (steel)* f
* Note that you do NOT need 1/2” thick or thicker AR500 steel for .50 BMG IF you place them at ELR distances, 1000 yards and beyond - 3/8” AR500 works fine