Welcome To The Avid Shooter
Products and Reloading Services that Get you On Target Faster
The Avid Shooter was created by competitive shooter Lou Smith. Born into benchrest, and with an aerospace engineering background, Lou has an eye for the details needed to make first round impacts on long range targets. This includes products and reloading services for folks looking for a competitive edge in all rifle shooting disciplines.
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Recent You Tube Videos
NRL22 at BLGC Stage 10 Reindeer Gate
December 2022 NRL22 Match at Ben Lomond Rifle Club. Shooter Lou Smith (The Avid Shooter) Shoots Stage 10 Reindeer Gate. This was a Ben Lomond Gun Club only Stage: 200yd KYL targets shot from a Cattle Gate, two positions, hit to move on, one hit for each target.
2022 Ben Lomond Gun Club NRL22X
Stage 7 - Gate - Animal Crossing. In this video I shoot off a cattle gate, 2 shots from each position, at a mover.
2021 NRL Gomez NRL Precision Shooters of NM
Day 1 Stage 1 - Rocks. In this video I break down my approach to shooting the stage, my wind holds, and how I change my wind holds dynamically during the stage in response to the changing conditions.
2019 NightForce ELR Steel Challenge at Q Creek Cattle and Lodge
2019 NightForce ELR Steel Challenge
Shooter Erick Anderson shoots at two life sized elk targets at 995 and 1,571 yards.
2019 NightForce ELR Steel Challenge
Shooter Shawn Andrews shoots at 4x circle targets with flashing hit indicators ranging out to 1 Mile!
(1,760 yards).
2019 NightForce ELR Steel Challenge
Shooter Tome Jacobs shoots at 3x Sasquatch targets ranging from 1134, 1252, & 1385 yards.