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3/23/26... Beretta Trying to Take Over Ruger?? Minimalist patriot gun set... 720 yards with .22lr... and Godless Patriots

March 24, 2026·1 hr 1 min·5 clips

How did they consistently hit a target at 720 yards using only a .22 long rifle?

1. BangSteel Long Range Shooting Podcast records on March 23, 2026, covering a recent range day, industry news, and a range of off-topic conversations about firearms, ham radio, and knives. 2. Hosts are identified as Cartman, Cheese, and Forrest, a firearms instructor who operates the long-range shooting school and was an Air Force radio technician on KC-10 tankers. 3. The episode opens by detailing a range day where guest shooter James Thurl hit a 720-yard target with a .22 long rifle using Ely Match and Ely Team ammunition, requiring 48 mils of elevation hold. 4. The three-out-of-ten hit rate at 720 yards was considered strong, and Ely Match was described as producing minute-of-angle five-shot groups at 460 yards during the same session. 5. The host notes the .22 arrived at the 720-yard target at upper 600 fps, still faster than most pellet guns, and that a vital-zone hit at that distance could be lethal. 6. Beretta is reported to already own 10 percent of Ruger stock and to be pursuing more shares, with Ruger calling an emergency stockholders meeting to defend against a potential acquisition. 7. Hosts are sanguine about the prospect: both companies make quality firearms, Beretta owns Tikka and Sako through Beretta Holding, and one notes that Ruger's reputation is unlikely to decline regardless of the ownership outcome. 8. The conversation notes that Remington has been sold multiple times — described as 'everyone's had their turn' — and that the Remington 700 footprint is now so ubiquitous that most custom actions and triggers are patterned to drop directly into Remington 700 stocks. 9. GA Precision rifles come up in the context of the range day; George Gardner is said to have commented on a Facebook post about the session, and hosts describe the GAP-10 AR-10 as the only semi-automatic they have consistently seen match bolt-action precision at quarter-minute-of-angle. 10. The Wimmer brothers are cited as using MPA-chassis rifles on American Rifle Company Coup De Grace actions in 6GT at PRS events, with consecutive serial numbers chronographing within three feet per second of each other. 11. The four-gun minimalist loadout question is introduced by referencing 'Parker,' who actually downsized his collection, keeping a long-range rifle, an AR, a defensive handgun, and a rimfire. 12. One host's four choices are: a lightened fast .243 bolt gun (dropping eight pounds from his competition rifle), an AR-15, a suppressed Ruger Mark IV .22, and a Beretta M9A3 or 1911. 13. Cheese picks an AR-15, a .308 bolt gun, a Ruger 10-22 breakdown, and a Glock 17 or 19; the third host (Terry) opts for a pump 12-gauge, a 10-22, a Savage LE2B .308, and a Smith & Wesson 642 .38 snub. 14. The sentimental handgun discussion reveals that Cheese would keep his father's Smith & Wesson Model 39 9mm carried in Vietnam and that Forrest would keep his father's Smith & Wesson Model 34 kit gun .22 and a Smith & Wesson Schofield 1874 valued at more than $4,000. 15. The ham radio segment begins with Forrest buying a General Lee CV CB radio and the hosts debating ham licensing; Forrest explains that Morse code can burst through signal conditions where voice cannot, using the analogy of a text message reaching where a voice call fails. 16. The KC-10 story: Forrest recounts tuning the aircraft's $250,000 Rockwell Collins HF scrambling radio to CB Channel 19 from the pilot's seat on a midnight shift at Barksdale Air Force Base, talking to truckers on Interstate 20 using the entire aircraft as the antenna — an engineering feat credited to Domzalski. 17. His punchline to the truckers: 'If you don't believe I'm talking to you on a $250,000 radio, you're definitely not going to believe I have it hooked up to an $80 million antenna.' 18. The episode includes an extended segment recommending the Milwaukee knife part number 48-22-1521 at $12 on eBay as a durable, easily sharpened beater knife in 8CRV13 stainless steel. 19. Long-range competitive shooters, firearms collectors, ham radio enthusiasts, and listeners who enjoy meandering gun-culture conversation will find the episode entertaining. 20. Listeners seeking a focused, single-topic technical podcast will find the format unfocused, and the episode includes derogatory language and political commentary throughout.

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A loose firearms conversation that moves from a song verdict to range-day stories and brand talk.

This episode starts with a verdict on the track, then turns into a Saturday range report and a hardware tour. The .22 LR pushed to 720 yards is the detail that gives the segment some bite, and the talk around Tikka, TECA, Beretta, Ruger, and Remington keeps it anchored in real…

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