Coats Brothers Firearms

Using art pencils for lead hardness & BHN testing

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

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

Savage 112 .338 Lapua Magnum Target Rifles with 285gr Hornady ELD-M bullets using Retumbo powder in Lapua brass. Precision loads for 1 mile and beyond.

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

High velocity cast bullets at 500 yards, 2605 fps 5 shot sub 2 MOA consecutive group.

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.

Filmed on 7-22-2018 in Western Oregon at our 1000 yard spot ( 996 yards) with some friends from work.

On our last trip to the desert we tested our new Bullseye Camera System at 1 mile (1760 yards). We wanted something to help spot misses at distance when the spotter can't see or conditions aren't conducive to spotting misses.

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

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 […]

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.

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 […]

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

This is footage from a video we posted last Summer 2018. We added a timer to show all 4 consecutive shots and hits were made in under 1 minute and 30 seconds and were Sub MOA. This was with my Savage 112 Target .338 Lapua Magnum.

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

Doing some load development for the Ruger M77 tang safety .257 Roberts using reloder 15 with Nosler Brass and Nosler 85gr ballistic tip bullets.

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

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.

Shooting 1,000 yards with the Savage 12 LRP .260 Rem, Savage 12 FV 6.5 Creedmoor & the Savage 112 Target .338 Lapua magnum. It was a Savage kind of day. Filmed 12-29-18 one last video for 2018.

Here are the results from the ladder test using Nosler 85gr BT bullets with Re15 in Nosler brass for the .257 Roberts.

We took out the new swinger target last weekend to give it a test run at 1000 yards while we did our 1 mile shooting trip. We didn't spend a lot of time with the swinger but it seemed to hold up well.

Melting down reject cast bullets into usable ingots.

This was the second trip out with this rifle. Results were much better this time around.