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This is a product of Max Ordinate Academy, focusing on precision rifle training, methods, hard lessons learned, and tactical precision rifle competition preparation with after-action reviews, military and law enforcement employment, TTP & SOP's. Your hosts, Tyler Hughes and Jeph Savaglio gives you a professional and instructive perspective when it comes to professional / amateur thought processes with a lot of passionate, no-holds-barred content. This pod has no problems discussing a wide range of topics whether it be a failed stage, training methods, lessons learned, or calling each other out for mistakes made, or insane social media posts that need debunked or called out. Join and subscribe to get the best information on training tips, new products, and approaches. About the show hosts: Tyler Hughes is a male precision rifle shooter who served 10 years in the US Marines. In 2013, Tyler left the Marines as a Scout Sniper and started Max Ordinate Academy seeking to provide the highest level of precision rifle training in the nation to both civilian shooter and Law Enforcement snipers. Tyler also serves as the lead Urban Sniper Course instructor for the USMC. He competes primarily on a national level in Precision Rifle Series, National Rifle League, and Competition Dynamics matches consistently placing Top 5 or better. Tyler has pulled in multiple 1st place wins and continues to chase perfection. 

  1. Episode 1

    No Sleep. No Comfort. No Excuses. Preparing for the Sniper Adventure Challenge

    Send us Fan Mail The Sniper Adventure Challenge is not just a match—it’s a multi-day test of shooting skill, land navigation, decision-making, and mental endurance under extreme fatigue. Daniel reached out looking for advice and preparation insight for his first Sniper Adventure Challenge. Instead of keeping it to private messages, the conversation was brought to the Precision Rifle Podcast—and Dave was invited to join as well. Between the three of us, decades have been spent competing in, supporting, and running 36- and 48-hour endurance competitions where sleep is optional and mistakes compound fast. This episode breaks down what actually matters if you want to be competitive: How to prepare for land navigation under stressShooting performance when sleep-deprived and smokedMental traps that crush teams earlyCommon mistakes first-time competitors makeWhat separates teams that survive from teams that placeNo hype. No shortcuts. No comfort. If competing in the most demanding precision rifle competition in the nation is on the radar, this episode provides real-world insight from people who’ve lived it. 🎧 Available now on YouTube and all major podcast platforms. Support the show Become a VIP Subscriber at http://www.patreon.com/maxordinate1 for video content, instructional videos, presentations, classes, charts, cheat sheets, and more!

  2. Episode 1

    Team USA Won Worlds. The Rest of the World Is Coming. | 2026 IPRF World Championship

    Send us Fan Mail eam USA won the 2026 IPRF Centerfire World Championship, and Americans won all seven individual divisions. But the title isn't the whole story. Tyler Hughes, Chief Instructor at Max Ordinate and a former Marine Scout Sniper, breaks down the results from the world's top precision rifle match and what they mean for your own shooting. THE MATCH The 2026 IPRF Centerfire World Championship was shot September 24 to 27, 2026 at Gravestone Precision Shooting in Lipan, Texas. 278 shooters, 20 stages of 10 rounds each (200 possible impacts), a 105-second par time, and targets out to about 925 yards. Each division shot two days with a rest day in between. NATIONS TITLE (best four Open scores per country) 1. United States: 743 of 800 impacts (92.875%) 2. Australia: 718 (89.75%) 3. United Kingdom: 708 (88.5%) 4. Norway: 698 (87.25%) 5. South Africa: 688 (86%) That's three straight centerfire Worlds nations titles for Team USA: 2022, 2024 and 2026. DIVISION WINNERS AND PODIUMS (scores out of 200) Open: 1. Austin Buschman (USA) 191, 2. Joe Pask (UK) 189, 3. Luke McKennie (Australia) 185 Limited: 1. Chad Heckler (USA) 171, 2. JC Robertson (South Africa) 169, 3. Kyle McCormack (USA) 165 Factory: 1. Keith Rudasill (USA) 192, 2. Matthew Caruso (USA) 183, 3. Daniel Bertocchini (USA) 175 Ladies: 1. Kate Estes (USA) 175, 2. Solveig Engvoll (Norway) 166, 3. Lauryl Akenhead (USA) 163 Junior: 1. Dylan Bailey (USA) 182, 2. Luke Anderson (Canada) 180, 3. Reagan Stahmer (USA) 178 Senior: 1. Lee Pettross (USA) 179, 2. Dale Rhoads (USA) 174, 3. Jason Aulwes (USA) 164 Mil/LEO: 1. Kahl Harmon (USA) 191, 2. Sam Trevino (USA) 184, 3. Logan McGinnis (USA) 179 THE TITLE ISN'T THE WHOLE STORY - The top score of the entire match didn't come from Open. Keith Rudasill shot 192 in Factory. - Kahl Harmon won Mil/LEO with 191, the same score as Open champion Austin Buschman. Harmon was tied with Hunter Zwiers at 93 at halftime, then shot 98 of 100 in the second half. - Two of the top three scores in the combined standings came from shooters outside Open. - Buschman cleaned 14 of 20 stages, the most in the field. PrecisionRifleBlog credits him with the 2022 and 2024 Worlds titles as well. - Luke McKennie (Australia) and Jeff Guerry (USA) both shot 185. McKennie took Open bronze on the tie-breaker stages. - At halftime, Joe Pask (UK) was tied for the Open lead with Buschman and Morgun King. PrecisionRifleBlog's prediction model had ranked Pask 14th in Open before the match. He finished second. - Americans took 16 of the 21 individual medals. The other five went to the UK, Australia, South Africa, Norway and Canada. SOURCES Official results: ImpactScoring, match 8871 (impactscoring.net/match/results?id=8871) PrecisionRifleBlog halftime analysis and predictions (precisionrifleblog.com) USPRA, 2026 World Championship match details (usprecisionrifle.org) TRAIN WITH MAX ORDINATE Max Ordinate trains civilian, law enforcement and military precision riflemen at our facility in Lucerne Valley, California. Remaining 2026 courses: Precision Rifle 1, Precision Rifle 2, LE Basic Sniper and LE Advanced Sniper. The 2027 training schedule releases Sunday, October 4. Find it at maxordinate.com. Website: https://www.maxordinate.com Instagram: @maxordinate (https://www.instagram.com/maxordinate) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maxordinate Have a question for the show? Send it in through Instagram or Facebook, or leave it in the YouTube comments. Support the show Become a VIP Subscriber at http://www.patreon.com/maxordinate1 for video content, instructional videos, presentations, classes, charts, cheat sheets, and more!

    Team USA Won Worlds. The Rest of the World Is Coming. | 2026 IPRF World Championship

  3. Episode 2

    Worlds From the Line: Guy DeMarco Answers the Critics

    Send us Fan Mail Team USA swept the 2026 IPRF World Championship, and the comments rolled in: no overall winner? Weak field? How does a Factory rifle post the top score of the whole match? Tyler Hughes sits down with Guy DeMarco (@hotgdrod), who was at Gravestone as the IPRF World Championship RO Coordinator, to answer the critics from the line. On this episode we break down why Worlds crowns divisions and nations instead of an overall champion, what the Texas heat and wind actually did, how Morgun King ended up 7th in Open and 11th combined, how IPRF rules differ from PRS, and what "Factory" really means in Factory division. ABOUT GUY DEMARCO (@hotgdrod) - 2022 & 2026 Southeast Regional Series Top Production Shooter - 2023, 2024 & 2025 PRS RO of the Year - 2024 & 2026 IPRF World Championship RO Coordinator Guy has been in the precision rifle community since 2018, starting in rimfire competition before moving to centerfire precision rifle. He is a Max Ordinate Academy alumnus, a competitive shooter, a podcast host, a recently retired service member and an experienced Range Officer who has stayed heavily involved in the growth and running of precision rifle competition. Follow him on Instagram: @hotgdrod TOPICS 1) No overall winner IPRF awards division titles and a national-team title, not an overall champion. The divisions shot different stages on different days, so an "overall" would rank shooters who faced different conditions. That's how Keith Rudasill's 192 in Factory, the top score of the match, and Kahl Harmon's 191 in Mil/LEO, the same score as Open champion Austin Buschman, sat outside Open. 2) The weather at Gravestone The 2026 IPRF Centerfire World Championship was shot September 24 to 27 at Gravestone Precision Shooting in Lipan, Texas. Pre-match guidance called for dry, dusty conditions, highs in the mid-to-upper 80s and wind around 8 to 10 mph. The nearest airport weather station (Mineral Wells Regional, about 20 miles from the range) recorded highs of 93 to 97 degrees, no measurable rain on any competition day, winds averaging about 7 to 8 mph, and gusts to about 18 to 20 mph on Saturday and Sunday. 3) Morgun King: 7th in Open, 11th combined Morgun King shot 183 of 200 (91.5%) in Open. He was tied for the Open lead at halftime with 95, alongside Austin Buschman and Joe Pask, then shot 88 on day two, including 4 of 10 on Stage 2. He finished 7th in Open and 11th in the combined standings, tied on score with Matthew Caruso and placed behind him on the tie-break. 4) IPRF vs PRS rules The real differences, from the RO side: IPRF divisions vs PRS categories, Limited vs Tactical, Factory vs Production, the national-team format, and 105-second stages. 5) What "Factory" really means IPRF defines Factory as a non-custom rifle from a single maker, as configured at the factory. A same-spec rebarrel, bedding and a muzzle device or tuner are allowed; added or swapped parts are not. We found no price cap in the IPRF rules, while PRS Production caps the rifle at $3,000 and the optic at $2,500. Guy gives his own take on whether Factory is really factory. THE MATCH BY THE NUMBERS - 278 shooters, 20 stages of 10 rounds (200 possible impacts), 105-second par time, targets out to about 925 yards - Nations title: United States 743 of 800, ahead of Australia (718) and the United Kingdom (708) - Americans won all seven individual divisions and 16 of the 21 individual medals - Open: Austin Buschman (USA) 191, Joe Pask (UK) 189, Luke McKennie (Australia) 185 - Factory: Keith Rudasill (USA) 192, top score of the match - Mil/LEO: Kahl Harmon (USA) 191 SOURCES Official results: ImpactScoring, match 8871 (impactscoring.net/match/results?id=8871) USPRA, 2026 World Championship match details (usprecisionrifle.org) Weather: Iowa Environmental Mesonet ASOS archive, station KMWL (Mineral Wells Regional) TRAIN WITH MAX ORDINATE Max Ordinate trains civilian, law enforcement and military precision riflemen at our facility in Lucerne Valley, California. Upcoming courses: Precision Rifle 1 (Nov 7-9) and Precision Rifle 2 (Nov 21-23), plus LE Advanced Sniper (Dec 7-11) for law enforcement. Limited seats. Book at https://www.maxordinate.com HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE SHOW? - Instagram or Facebook: @maxordinate (comment or DM) - YouTube comments - Buzzsprout fan mail ("Send us Fan Mail") - Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/maxordinate1 Website: https://www.maxordinate.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maxordinate Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maxordinate Guest: Guy DeMarco, Instagram @hotgdrod Hosted by Tyler Hughes, Max Ordinate. The Precision Rifle Podcast. Support the show Become a VIP Subscriber at http://www.patreon.com/maxordinate1 for video content, instructional videos, presentations, classes, charts, cheat sheets, and more!

    Worlds From the Line: Guy DeMarco Answers the Critics

  4. Episode 3

    Leupold Takes Sniper OR: Cory & Colby on Three Days at Max Ordinate

    Send us Fan Mail Cory and Colby from Leupold Optics drove down from Oregon to spend a week on the line at Max Ordinate's Sniper Operational Readiness course in Lucerne Valley, California. They didn't come to watch. They came to shoot it, and Tyler Hughes sat them down right after class to get an outside, honest take on the training. The core of this episode is the course itself, day by day, from two people who see a lot of shooters, products and training around the industry. DAY 1: TRIPOD EMPLOYMENT Building a stable position off a tripod, getting the rifle and the tripod working together, and what changes when the ground doesn't give you a prone position. Cory and Colby talk through what they expected going in and what the day actually asked of them. DAY 2: ALTERNATE SUPPORTED POSITIONS Barricades, improvised support and getting stable from positions that aren't on the flat range. We cover what was hardest, what clicked, and what they'd tell someone signing up. DAY 3: HIGH ANGLE MOUNTAIN OPS Shooting steep uphill and downhill angles in the terrain around Lucerne Valley, how angle changes the firing solution, and moving and shooting in real ground. We ask how the day compared with what they see elsewhere in the industry. THEIR HONEST TAKE Who the course is for, what they'd change, and whether it was worth the trip from Oregon. THE MAX ORDINATE APP Cory and Colby used the Max Ordinate App during the course. We talk about how it fit into their week and what they thought of it. LEUPOLD NEWS AND RUMORS We get into what's new from Leupold, including the MX-6HD 8-48x60 first focal plane spotting scope and the BX-6 Range HD 10x42 rangefinding binocular. We also ask about the rumors floating around the community. Anything not announced by Leupold is discussed as a question, not a confirmed product. TRAIN WITH MAX ORDINATE Max Ordinate trains civilian, law enforcement and military precision riflemen at our facility in Lucerne Valley, California. Upcoming courses: - Precision Rifle 1 (PR1): Nov 7-9. Day 1 $550, Day 2 $500, Day 3 $400. Take one, two or all three days. - Sniper Operational Readiness: Dec 15-17. $150 per day or $375 for all three days. - LE Advanced Sniper (law enforcement): Dec 7-11. Limited seats. Book at https://www.maxordinate.com HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE SHOW? - Instagram or Facebook: @maxordinate (comment or DM) - YouTube comments - Buzzsprout fan mail ("Send us Fan Mail") - Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/maxordinate1 Website: https://www.maxordinate.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maxordinate Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maxordinate Leupold Optics: https://www.leupold.com Guests: Cory and Colby, Leupold Optics. Hosted by Tyler Hughes, Max Ordinate. The Precision Rifle Podcast. Support the show Become a VIP Subscriber at http://www.patreon.com/maxordinate1 for video content, instructional videos, presentations, classes, charts, cheat sheets, and more!

    Leupold Takes Sniper OR: Cory & Colby on Three Days at Max Ordinate
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This is a product of Max Ordinate Academy, focusing on precision rifle training, methods, hard lessons learned, and tactical precision rifle competition preparation with after-action reviews, military and law enforcement employment, TTP & SOP's. Your hosts, Tyler Hughes and Jeph Savaglio gives you a professional and instructive perspective when it comes to professional / amateur thought processes with a lot of passionate, no-holds-barred content. This pod has no problems discussing a wide range of topics whether it be a failed stage, training methods, lessons learned, or calling each other out for mistakes made, or insane social media posts that need debunked or called out. Join and subscribe to get the best information on training tips, new products, and approaches. About the show hosts: Tyler Hughes is a male precision rifle shooter who served 10 years in the US Marines. In 2013, Tyler left the Marines as a Scout Sniper and started Max Ordinate Academy seeking to provide the highest level of precision rifle training in the nation to both civilian shooter and Law Enforcement snipers. Tyler also serves as the lead Urban Sniper Course instructor for the USMC. He competes primarily on a national level in Precision Rifle Series, National Rifle League, and Competition Dynamics matches consistently placing Top 5 or better. Tyler has pulled in multiple 1st place wins and continues to chase perfection. 

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