Long Range Rifle training in Colorado Springs
Jeff VanCleave and Evan Cox
Jeff VanCleave
Retired Police Officer SWAT/Sniper
- Had a 22 year Law Enforcement career in Maryland (right between Washington DC and Baltimore)
- 11 years on SWAT. Completed 2 SWAT schools
- 7 years as a Police Sniper. Completed 4 Sniper schools and competed in 4 National Sniper competitions
- US Secret Service trained firearms instructor
- Wrote and taught the training programs for the Police Department
- NRA certified Handgun and Rifle Instructor
- Thousands of additional hours of firearms, tactical, and sniper training
- Spent 4 years at a Colorado Springs indoor firearms range teaching handgun and rifle training, defense and tactical courses
- Has successfully done long range shooting having shot/hit at 1.56 miles
Evan
- Retired Senior Criminal Investigator/SWAT/Task Force Officer
- 15 Years Deputy Sheriff (Texas)
- 4 years on Swat
- One Sniper School
- Army Military Police
- Air Force Security Forces (CATM)
- Air Force / Sheriff's Office trained Firearms Instructor
- Thousands of additional hours of firearms training (not as many thousands as Jeff...)
- Zero sniper competitions (Show Off)
- Gunsmith
John D. Taylor, Ph.D. (Consultant)
- Designer of the .408 CheyTac®cartridge and co-designer firing platform.
- Designed .408 CheyTac®armor-piercing (AP) cartridge. Patented.
- Military Small Arms, Ammunition & Support Designs – 1997 to Present.
- NextGen™ Tactical Co-Founder & Co-Owner, 2017 to 2018.
- CheyTac® USA. Founder & Co-Owner, 2004 to 2017.
Patents in Military Small Arms, Ammunition & Support Equipment:
- Taylor, J. D. 2007. Advanced Armor-Piercing Projectile Construction and Method.
- Hite, B. and J. D. Taylor. 2011. Line of Sight Wind Speed Detection.
- Hite, B. and J. D. Taylor. 2009. Night Vision Technology: Broad Band Imaging.
- Taylor, J. D. and D. Omanoff. 2018. Small Arms Projectiles.
- Omanoff, D. and J. D. Taylor. 2017. Small Arms Projectile. European Patent Office.
- Taylor, J. D. and D. Omanoff. 2019. Positioning Mechanism for Sighting System of Guns. European Patent Office.
Publications in
- Small Arms and Ammunition Journals: 46.
- Service on Editorial Boards – 14 years (Precision Shooting Publishing Inc.):
i. Precision Shooting magazine.
ii. Tactical Shooting magazine.
iii. The Accurate Rifle magazine.