LE Sniper Skills Clinic - Nail Spring, OR

Jul 23, 2025 8:00 AM
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Jul 25, 2025 5:00 PM
Nail Spring Ranch

About this class

At Modern Day Sniper, we reject the traditional division of "basic" and "advanced" courses when it comes to the professional application of marksmanship with a scoped rifle. We believe that the essential distinction is not between basic and advanced skills, but between the levels of efficiency with which shooters apply these skills. Regardless of their experience level, students graduating from a basic Law Enforcement Sniper class are expected to navigate and problem-solve dynamic situations, regardless of their level of complexity. Being new, or green won’t matter - what will matter is your dedication to submitting the fundamentals to your subconscious, therefore widening your cognitive bandwidth to process more information, and make critical decisions under high levels of stress.

Class Prerequisites: This class is specifically designed for professional snipers and is NOT open to the general public. Attendees must provide a copy of their law enforcement credentials or US Department of Defense ID card, along with a graduation certificate from an accredited sniper school.

Eligibility extends to any active duty or reserve Law Enforcement Officer, or Department of Defense member, currently serving in the role of a sniper or designated marksman. Even without a basic sniper certification, you can attend if you're serving in that role at the time of enrollment.

What’s covered?

  • Modern Marksmanship Mechanics
  • Refinement of fundamentals to train them into the subconscious
  • Tripod Selection and Shooting Techniques
  • Surgical Shooting Skills
  • Alternate Shooting Positions and Wobble Zone Management
  • Detailed External and Terminal Ballistics Discussions (Including Barrier Penetration)
  • Detailed Wind Reading Discussions and Processes (Venue Dependent)
  • Moving Targets (if range supports)

If there is any question regarding prerequisites, please contact us at info@moderndaysniper.com and we will address specific questions.

In the high-stakes world of professional sniping, there's no room for hesitation or doubt. Modern Day Sniper understands the critical demands placed on law enforcement and military snipers, and that's why we've engineered the LE Sniper Skills Clinic—a transformative, three-day intensive designed to elevate your capabilities, expand your cognitive bandwidth, and instill subconscious competency in high-pressure situations.

This isn't just another course; it's a meticulously crafted experience that throws out the outdated "basic" versus "advanced" dichotomy, focusing instead on the efficiency with which you apply essential skills. We're not interested in simply teaching you what to do; we're dedicated to ingraining how to perform at your peak, automatically, even when the stakes are at their highest.

What Sets the LE Sniper Skills Clinic Apart?

  • Efficiency-Focused Training: We've tossed the traditional training model in favor of a streamlined, efficiency-based approach that prioritizes rapid skill acquisition and seamless application in real-world scenarios.
  • Subconscious Competency: Our curriculum is engineered to help you submit the fundamentals of marksmanship to your subconscious mind. By automating these core skills, you'll free up valuable mental resources to focus on critical decision-making under intense pressure. This is the path to achieving the coveted "flow state" of mind, where performance becomes effortless and intuitive.
  • Expert Instruction: Learn from a cadre of industry-leading professionals who bring a wealth of real-world experience and cutting-edge techniques directly to the range. Benefit from personalized coaching and mentorship from instructors who have walked the walk and understand the unique challenges you face.

A Deep Dive into the Curriculum:Over three intensive days, you'll immerse yourself in a comprehensive curriculum designed to address every facet of precision shooting, from the fundamentals to advanced techniques:

  • Modern Marksmanship Mechanics: Master the core principles that underpin precision shooting, including stance, grip, sight alignment, and trigger control. Develop a rock-solid foundation that will support your performance in any situation.
  • Wind Reading and Ballistics: Gain an in-depth understanding of external ballistics and master our proprietary wind reading processes. Learn to accurately assess environmental conditions and make precise corrections, ensuring your rounds hit their mark, every time.
  • Positional Shooting: Refine your skills in a variety of shooting positions, including prone, kneeling, standing, and supported. Learn to manage your wobble zone, enhance your stability, and maintain unwavering accuracy, regardless of the terrain.
  • Equipment Optimization: Understand how to select and utilize tripods, support bags, and other essential gear to maximize your effectiveness in the field. Learn how to customize your equipment setup to meet your specific needs and optimize your performance.
  • Advanced Skills: Master obstacle clearance techniques and gain a comprehensive understanding of terminal projectile performance, ensuring you're prepared for any challenge.
  • Surgical Shooting Skills: Develop the skills necessary for precise shot placement under pressure.
  • Advanced MDS LE Skills Evaluation: Put your skills to the test with an evaluation designed to assess your proficiency in a variety of challenging shooting scenarios.

Who Should Attend? This exclusive clinic is strictly limited to active Law Enforcement Officers and Department of Defense members currently serving as snipers or designated marksmen. If you're committed to excellence and driven to push your skills to the limit, this is the training you need.

Prerequisites: To ensure the highest level of professionalism and maintain the integrity of the training, all attendees must meet the following prerequisites:

  • Copy of law enforcement credentials or U.S. Department of Defense ID card.
  • Graduation certificate from an accredited sniper school (e.g., US Army Sniper School, SFSC, Marine Scout Sniper, MARSOC Advanced Sniper Course, or National Guard Marksmanship Training Center - Sniper School).
  • Alternatively, a letter from your agency or chain of command (chief scout or higher) confirming your current role as a sniper or designated marksman.

Range/Venue Details

Located 45 minutes away from Klamath Falls, the Nail Spring Ranch in Bonanza, Oregon is a shooting destination that is truly on another level.

Check it out here: Nail Spring Ranch 

Settled into the high desert of eastern Oregon on over 2,000 acres, the Nail Spring Ranch offers a wide array of shooting opportunities, from pistol and carbine ranges, to challenging long ranges with even more variety of field shooting scenarios.  

This is our first season of offering open enrollment classes at Nail Spring, and I’m super pumped! Our last experiences there in the summer of 2023 were nothing short of awesome and we’re excited to offer this awesome opportunity to our students now, and into the future.

As an immersion experience, we’ll all be staying at the ranch together, as a class. With that, there’ll be opportunities to participate in group fitness sessions, side-bar conversations and classes after-hours. This is an experience about fellowship and camaraderie to develop both your shooting skills, as well as your own headspace.

Insane Value

This is an all-inclusive immersion experience - we won’t be offering off-site lodging options. You’re either all-in on this one, or it’s just not your jam. 

What’s included in the cost of this experience can’t be matched anywhere else. Not only are you going to shoot at a world-class training facility, you’ll be staying in 4-Star accommodations in a brand-new guest lodge. You’ll be eating home-cooked meals for breakfast and dinner - all real, whole foods with huge portions. For lunch, you’re gonna be brown-baggin it, but it’s one boujie brown bag! At the end of the day, enjoy an open-bar of libations (if that’s your style) while you relax in the common area and shoot a couple games of pool. 

The ranch boasts a fully-appropriated gym, a classroom with AV equipment, and DoD approved firearm and ammunition storage. 

And, if you’ve got the means to use it - Nail Spring has a 2200’ long grass runway. 

The Ranges

The ranges that Nail Spring Ranch offers are diverse and challenging. There’s no shortage of wind to be had there, either. 

  1. 0-300 yard Pistol/Carbine/Precision With plenty of steel, you’ll be challenged with any weapon you choose and the conex port houses offer a variety of shooting problems to solve.
  2. 800 Yard Known Distance Range - With a two-story multi-bay shooting house to keep you protected from the elements, fully appropriated with power for A/V equipment. 
  3. 1600 yard Unknown Distance Range - With a two-story multi-bay shooting house to keep you protected from the elements, fully appropriated with power for A/V equipment.
  4. Field-Shooting Courses - Multiple Hike n Shoot field shooting ranges to simulate hunting scenarios.
  5. Intermediate Range Angle Fire - Climb 500’ up to the knob to shoot some angles from 300-1200 yards.

The field-shooting out at Nail Spring Ranch is fantastic - plenty of open spaces and uneven terrain make for challenging shooting positions, deceptive visual problems, and tricky winds. 

Every hit you get at Nail Spring is a hit you earned.

Come have a Modern Day Sniper Experience at the Nail Spring Ranch.

How to Get There 

Driving - If you’re driving in from wherever, you’ll receive the address to the ranch prior to the class. For general travel planning - Bonanza, OR is the closest town.

Flying Commercial - Medford, OR is the closest airport. If you’re planning on flying in we recommend flying into Medford. We’ll organize a shuttle pick-up and drop-off for you at the airport. Other airport options are Reno, NV - however it’s 4 hours away and we’ll require you to provide your own transportation to/from the ranch.

Flying Private - If you’re a pilot and an airplane owner, you can land right in front of the lodge. If you’d like to fly in, let us know and we’ll provide you with the coordinates of the strip. 

Nail Spring is an experience you’re not going to want to miss…

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Caylen Wojcik
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Landen Jones
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