NRL hunter

[Salmon River Solutions]

Justin put a good list together for you! Dont get over the top on the gear for your first match. The nrl hunter community is pretty awesome and a lot of shooters will let you try some of their gear at the matches. For the bag Armageddon gear gamechanger pint sized sand filled. This is about the only bag you will need for any of these matches.

NRL Hunter is a great way to learn the long range shooting but more importantly it makes you very quick with your gear! Shoot skills division and show up ready to learn and have a great time!

I'm yet to shoot a match without an XLR chassis.

Hey guys, I had a few questions for yall. How many of you guys do NRL hunter? How many think it’s beneficial for real hunting? What are must have gear? Also I’m fairly new to long range shooting shot 500 yards consistently but rarely push past that, is this a good way to learn extending distances?


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NRL hunter is humbling when you shoot your first match. But it sure as hell makes you a better shooter, and quickly.

RF ballistic binos are my best upgrade as far as time. When I was running standard binos, then having to refind targets in the rangefinder to get range / dope I would constantly time out.

A tall bipod isn't required, but it sure does help. Two years ago I shot a ton off the tripod, clamped in. Then I got a triple pull and the 2025 season I only shot off the tripod maybe 5 stages in 5 matches. Otherwise I was able to tall bipod front tripod rear. I've also shot my last 2 of 3 animals tripod rear, and the other clipped into the tripod.

Ken

 

[flyfisher117]

My point was if someone has a tripod that is suitable for shooting off, a bipod with legs extending longer than a 6-9" bench type model, a decent bag, and ideally RF binos, that gear would allow them to beat over half the field if they are capable without being a top level shooter.

And that point is exactly my point. That’s a lot of gear, maybe not to the average Rokslide WKR. Were all gear sluts we all have and spend time curating our perfect load outs.
I hunt with a 27” Hatch bipod, tripod, and 2 pairs of binos. That is blasphemy with 90 percent of the hunters in my friend group and circle. (They also don’t use Rokslide)

When someone makes a post asking what gear they need because they dont shoot much past 500 I am assuming they have none of that or a very basic 6-9 bipod and rear bag and a pair of binos.

 

[Kurts86]

That’s my point. They have $2200 LRF Binos, $1800 tripods, $500 in bags, $1000 in a bipod, $300 in gadgets and gizmos.

Yes people carry that hunting. Probably a fraction of a percentage of total hunters and shooters carry that shit. That’s still shit that will give them every competitive advantage over a guy rolling in with a pair of binos, a LRF, and a phone app. With his Harris and maybe a squeeze bag.

Those tools also make you a more effective hunter as far as shot execution and in some cases finding game. I also don’t want to be in the large fraction of hunters, I want to be in the top part hence why I shoot competitions.

Lots of guys are running $400 Leofoto tripods and sub $1k LRF binoculars.

It’s easy to complain about the cost of entry but it’s no different than the cost of sporting goods to compete in golf, mountain bike racing etc.

 

[flyfisher117]

Those tools also make you a more effective hunter as far as shot execution and in some cases finding game. I also don’t want to be in the large fraction of hunters, I want to be in the top part hence why I shoot competitions.

Lots of guys are running $400 Leofoto tripods and sub $1k LRF binoculars.

It’s easy to complain about the cost of entry but it’s no different than the cost of sporting goods to compete in golf, mountain bike racing etc.

Again. For the people in the back. That’s not normal hunting gear to the majority of the population outside of Rokslide and the comp community. It’s also gear that will clearly give a shooter competitive advantage when compared to his equivalent peers.

at no point did I complain about what people pay. Go back to my original post I didn’t even talk about cost just the quantity of gear. No body on Rokslide wants to be the average hunter. But $20 says the FNG asking about what gear he needs is the average hunter.

“Those tools also make you a more effective hunter as far as shot execution and in some cases finding game.”
So the gear does make you more competitive…?

 

[wind gypsy]

And that point is exactly my point. That’s a lot of gear, maybe not to the average Rokslide WKR. Were all gear sluts we all have and spend time curating our perfect load outs.
I hunt with a 27” Hatch bipod, tripod, and 2 pairs of binos. That is blasphemy with 90 percent of the hunters in my friend group and circle. (They also don’t use Rokslide)

When someone makes a post asking what gear they need because they dont shoot much past 500 I am assuming they have none of that or a very basic 6-9 bipod and rear bag and a pair of binos.

That's fair and it's true that most would need to add some gear to not be at a significant disadvantage. I took "every piece of gamer gear available" to mean optimizing everything with the best.

I was looking at it more from the angle of:
-If you glass for westing hunting, you should have a tripod. Make it one that you can shoot off of, doesn't need to be RRS or full on 6# gamer model.
-Swap that basic 6-9 bipod out for something with a little more height, doesnt need to be a triple pull.
-RF binos are probably the biggest specialty gear but stuff like non-top end model sig kilo with AB lite or non ballistic models and just use a dope card on arm for less than $1k. 1 Day matches allow people to find/range targets off the clock if one wants to do that and thus RF binos aren't needed.

The above is thousands of dollars less than RRS 22i, swaro EL range, and a triple pull.

 

[Okie_Poke]

-Swap that basic 6-9 bipod out for something with a little more height, doesnt need to be a triple pull.

What would be your minimum recommendation on this front? 9-13 Harris or something like tricer/gunwerkz or ???

Thanks!

 

[Okie_Poke]

Hey guys, I had a few questions for yall. How many of you guys do NRL hunter? How many think it’s beneficial for real hunting? What are must have gear? Also I’m fairly new to long range shooting shot 500 yards consistently but rarely push past that, is this a good way to learn extending distances?

I shot my first match last year. It was humbling. It's a game, but I do think the pressure of the clock helps mimmick the pressure and "tunnel vision" one gets when the adrenaline dump hits while hunting. It's not the same, but it's the closest replication of that stress I can think of.

In terms of long range shooting, I'm much in your situation. Most all of my shooting is 500 meters and closer. My gun club has a 1,000 yard high power range, but it's kinda hard to shoot on outside of F-Class competitions. I would say most NRL Hunter targets at the match I shot were within that 500-600 yard range, though there were some long-ball targets. They tend to be big enough, though, so I wouldn't let lack of experience on long range targets dissuade you.

Shooting is the easy part, honestly. Finding targets, work flow, and building positions are way harder than the actual shooting. At least that was my experience. Smaller targets and more wind might change that calculus, so may be match dependent.

I will reiterate the observation from several others that a rangefinding binocular with onboard ballistics would be a pretty useful piece of kit to splurge on. I used regular binoculars and a handheld monocular with AB Lite, and it definitely added steps and time to my work flow to have to find the target again with the monocular. I was thankful for the onboard ballistics, though, and would not want to shoot it using a rangefinder without as you'd be adding another step to your process (checking armband for dope). It's not that you can't, but it's not ideal. I'm going to try again this year without rangefinding binoculars (because I'm spending that money on a thermal), but if you can swing it, RF binoculars would help.

 

[wind gypsy]

What would be your minimum recommendation on this front? 9-13 Harris or something like tricer/gunwerkz or ???

I've shot all my NRL matches at one venue so experience is limited and I dont have an ideal bipod myself. Most of the targets there are generously sized and shooting mostly off tripod/bag on props has been stable enough on most stages. The Tricer/triple pull type height would be best but even the gunwerks would be an upgrade from what I have. I've only used a Atlas CAL tall that only goes to 13" and I would have benefitted from more height on occasion. High bipod/tripod rear seems the way for most matches but I have almost never done it.

 

[Kurts86]

Again. For the people in the back. That’s not normal hunting gear to the majority of the population outside of Rokslide and the comp community. It’s also gear that will clearly give a shooter competitive advantage when compared to his equivalent peers.

at no point did I complain about what people pay. Go back to my original post I didn’t even talk about cost just the quantity of gear. No body on Rokslide wants to be the average hunter. But $20 says the FNG asking about what gear he needs is the average hunter.

“Those tools also make you a more effective hunter as far as shot execution and in some cases finding game.”
So the gear does make you more competitive…?

Have you shot an NRL hunter match?

Gear doesn’t give you an advantage, it just stops you from being at a disadvantage if you have to skills to match.

Not timing out on NRL hunter is the biggest problem hence why rangefinding binoculars annd gear management are so key. A lot of this is offset with the skills division because they show you the targets before the clock starts. The number of stages I’ve seen people looking for the 4th of 4 targets without firing a shot is high. A team in our squad the 2nd shooter didn’t fire a shot until the 4 stage of the day because they were timing out on targets with the first shooter.

The skills division is what every first time shooter should do in NRL and it lowers the gear requirement because it makes the time limit less catastrophic. It’s also quite a bit cheaper on the entry fee because you don’t get score and the prize table.

 

[Papster3418]

And that point is exactly my point. That’s a lot of gear, maybe not to the average Rokslide WKR. Were all gear sluts we all have and spend time curating our perfect load outs.
I hunt with a 27” Hatch bipod, tripod, and 2 pairs of binos. That is blasphemy with 90 percent of the hunters in my friend group and circle. (They also don’t use Rokslide)

When someone makes a post asking what gear they need because they dont shoot much past 500 I am assuming they have none of that or a very basic 6-9 bipod and rear bag and a pair of binos.

I have a Xlr chassis on a tikka 6.5 prc barreled action,Burris RT-25 optic, a Vortex Razor Finder, vortex Viper Binos, and a cheap Caldwell bipod.


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[flyfisher117]

Have you shot an NRL hunter match?

Gear doesn’t give you an advantage, it just stops you from being at a disadvantage if you have to skills to match.

Not timing out on NRL hunter is the biggest problem hence why rangefinding binoculars annd gear management are so key.

Yes I have.

Thank you for confirming that range finding binos are an advantage.

 

[flyfisher117]

I have a Xlr chassis on a tikka 6.5 prc barreled action,Burris RT-25 optic, a Vortex Razor Finder, vortex Viper Binos, and a cheap Caldwell bipod.


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Honestly Op go find some NRLH 1 day matches and start learning. Use all of that equipment. Your biggest challenge starting out is time and finding the targets. As you start to figure that out and start shooting more you will slowly learn what you need or want to change.

If you have $100 I would add an Armageddon Gear Schmedium game changer support bag to your list. Or a Molinator. You can even find them used in the classifieds. I carry my molinator hunting and really enjoy it.

If you have a pair of shooting sticks or even a cheap camera tripod take it and utilize it for glassing or support.

Watch other shooters if you can and see how they approach the stages.