Saturday Movies: Six NRA Firearms Series Videos

NRA Media has a series of informative video about the Science of Shooting. These videos cover a wide range of topics from eye dominance, to long-range shooting ballistics. These videos have high production values with super-slow-motion segments and helpful computer graphics that illustrate the principles. Jessie Harrison is the narrator of these videos, an action pistol shooter who was the first woman to achieve USPSA Grand Master Status. Jessie is aided by talented shooters, such as Top Shot Season 4 champion Chris Cheng. The Firearm Science Video Series contains 40 videos. Here are seven NRA science videos with links to other videos. Click Here to Access All 40 NRA Firearm Science Video >> SHOOTING POINTS — Prone Standing, Sitting Kneeling Olympic Gold Medalist Jamie Gray shows the four positions used in competition shooting: Prone Standing, Sitting Kneeling. Overlay graphics help to show how the human body aligns itself in each position. This video will help both hunters and competitive position shooters. This video is a must-see for anyone who shoots silhouette! BULLETTRAJECTORY – Factors in Play and Zeroing Strategy Host Jessie Harrison, formerly Jessie Duff, and Veteran Air Force Sniper George Reinas explain the factors that affect bullet trajectory. The graphics are exaggerated and the terminology is inconsistent, but this is still a good primer on bullet trajectory. This popular video has received over 1,000,000 views on YouTube. INTERNAL ballistics — Cartridge Ignition, Bullet in Barrel What happens in the barrel of your gun as you pull the trigger back? Jessie Harrison discusses internal ballistics in this edition of Firearm Science. This includes the combustion of propellants, the pressure created, and the movement of the bullet through the bore of the gun barrel. There are some 3D animations that show how the powder charge ignites, and the bullet moves along the barrel. This video on shotguns is the most popular in the NRA Firearms Science Series. It has received over 2.2 millions YouTube views. Olympic trap shooter Corey Cogdell explains in this edition of Firearm Science how choke tubes can affect a shotgun’s shot pattern. This video is a must-see for all Shotgun Hunters. It explains the effects of choke tubes in a very clear way. This Firearm Science video features George Reinas, an Air Force veteran sniper, who explains the process of zeroing rifles at long range. George Reinas demonstrates how to adjust the scope to compensate for bullet drops at long distance. Dennis Santiago, a friend of ours, was involved in the production of this video. It was filmed in Southern California at the Burbank Rifle & Revolver Club. In this edition of Firearm Science, Jessie Duff demonstrates how eye dominance can affect your aim and teaches you how to determine which eye is dominant. You can perform very simple tests to determine your eye dominant. This editor is left-handed, but has a dominant left-eye. All competitive shooters are encouraged to check their eye dominance. You can change your head position if you are cross dominant or you can put a paper on one of your shooting glasses frames. Other NRA Firearm Science videos Firearm Science – Using Mil Dots to Estimate Distance Firearm Science – Terminal Ballistics (Rimfire vs. Centrefire) Firearm Science : Eye Protection (Pistol), Firearm Science : Shooting Moving targets Firearm Science : Trigger Control.