As a lifelong shooter, I spent countless hours at the range without structure or purpose and expecting results to materialize out of thin air. This usually resulted in frustration, unnecessary wastefulness of expensive ammo, and fewer impacts on target than I would have liked. I eventually started the process of researching an understanding towards performance-based shooting, but as many others do I found it to be somewhat overwhelming with techniques, suggestions, and interpretations coming from every corner of the internet.

After finding multigun competition at my local range, I built off the lessons learned there to enter into PRS and USPSA as well, eventually entering into work that would take me all over the country observing and learning directly from some of the best shooters in the world in multiple diciplines. I’d then apply these lessons to my own shooting, tweak as required to fit my particular style or situation, and simplify as much as possible. As my performance improved so did my confidence in my ability to teach these methods in a way that was palatable and approachable without the intimidation that can somehow find it’s way into the firearms space.

Eventually I was approached with the opportunity to teach long range precision shooting classes, and not long after was given the honor to represent several manufacturers as part of their shooting teams. A single long range shooting class has expanded to include performance-based carbine and pistol classes, giving students the tools they need to not only take a leap into competitive shooting, but meet their personal goals as well. I’m proud of the fact that I continue to teach from a perspective of an ongoing pursuit of performance, regularly competing in PRS, USPSA, and Multigun to prove to my students that what I teach works.

-Ryan Burns