Coats Brothers Firearms

Using art pencils for lead hardness & BHN testing

Who is Coats Brothers Firearms? A couple of brothers that grew up in the early 1980’s in Western Oregon. Our Father and Uncle were avid shooters, hand loaders, and bullet casters. We both have fond memories of going out shooting up in the same hills a lot of our videos are filmed shooting our .22’s […]

Our friends Matt & Corey from out of town came down to do some shooting the other weekend. We wanted to shoot at our 1000 yard spot but we were unable to reach it due to downed trees. Targets at 500 yards 10.5″ and 4.5″ plates. This was our first time shooting rifles with a […]

Loading some subsonic test loads for the Ruger American Ranch bolt gun with Hodgdon CFE BLK and Hornady 225 ELD-M bullets.

Shooting 3.875" target plate at 500 yards after zeroing groups on 10.5" plate. Getting practice in to shoot 1000 1250 1500 yards & 1 mile this Spring and Summer LRS ELR.

Sub and Sub half .MOA groups at 500 yards - Long range shooting, LRS - Shooting Savage 12 LRP .260 Rem rifle with Vortex Viper HS-T 6-24x50 scope and Savage 12 FV 6.5 Creedmoor with a SWFA SS Fixed 10 X scope. Doing a little target practice for shooting 1000 yards and 1250 yards this Summer with these rifles.

This is a 10 shot Satterlee ladder test using H4895 with Hornady 75gr ELD-M bullets in Starline brass. Coats Brothers Firearms

Satterlee 10 round ladder test with follow up results for long range loads. Both of these tests are using H4831 and yes I’ve tried H4350 and Re16 and I’m not worried about the speeds. =) Getting ready to do some long range testing with the .260 rem vs. the 6.5 creedmoor using the Hornady 140 […]

Ruger American - 300 blk subsonic playing card challenge

Melting down reject cast bullets into usable ingots.

We had a chance to get out yesterday and do some shooting and use our Bullseye camera system. Shooting loads from previous video. (Georgia Shooting Connection – 30-30 Test Loads). Using Red Dot, 2400, and IMR 3031 powders. Coats Brothers Firearms

Testing .361" cast bullet diameter in the Marlin lever gun.

New 4.5" plate swinger for long range rifle and a new 36" x 36" target for 1 mile & 2000 + yard shooting. We will be heading back out to the desert later this month to attempt beyond 2000 yards with the new target and trying out our new Bullseye Target Camera System.

How to disassemble and re-assemble model 1894 Marlin lever gun and replace the carrier.

Testing .360″ cast bullet diameter in the Marlin lever gun. Coats Brothers Firearms

This is our submission for Eagle Eye Shooting's "Long range rifle can challenge"

This is our video response to Eagle Eye Shooting's "Long range pistol can challenge". Recorded 4th of July camp trip 2018. Filmed in Central Oregon at Camp 655 outside of Fort Rock.

This was our first trip out with our new DIY bullet trap and my new CZ 455 rifle. I replaced the original stock with a Boyd’s Pro Varmint stock. We wanted to find a good bulk ammo that both .22lrs liked. Both rifles have Vortex Crossfire II scopes. DIY Steel swinger target. Coats Brothers Firearms

Having a good spotter and spotting scope when shooting long range is very important. We use a Leupold Mark 4 20-60×80 spotting scope with a TMR mil reticle. Using scopes with mil reticles on the rifles and spotting scope makes calling corrections fast and easy. Shooting at 500, 1000 yards or 1 mile, as long […]

Test loads for the 30-30 using Red Dot, 2400, and 3031. Coats Brothers Firearms

Quick and easy do it yourself camo paint job using spray paint and sponges.

Trying out new SS pins in the wet tumbler for the first time. Coats Brothers Firearms

Add-on for Frankford Arsenal Case Trimmer - Basket Catch BrassKet Tray for brass trimmings

Short video showing tools and dies used when we reload 6.5 Creedmoor.