Justin grew up in a small valley in the mountains of Northern Utah. He started shooting a BB gun at a young age, and then graduated to a 22lr that he used to hunt varmints of all varieties.
After high school, he started shooting and reloading for a 22-250. Reloading and shooting tiny groups quickly became an obsession and increased his effective killing distance on varmints out of reach of the 22lr. Soon he joined the 500 yard club by killing 2 prairie dogs and a jack rabbit with consecutive shots on the same mound.
The 22-250 eventually burned up and was sent off the gunsmith to be chambered in 6.5 Creedmoor. The better ballistics of the 6.5 allowed him to stretch out his shooting to 1k+ yards. His engineering background drives a love of the technical aspects of shooting, which led him into product reviews. In the past 10 years, he’s reviewed everything from cleaning supplies to complete rifle builds with everything in between.
In the past few years, he’s racked up some incredible long range hunting accomplishments including an elk at 965 yards and a mule deer at 780. However, his true love is varmint hunting, and he’s really proud of some remarkable kills on varmints with confirmed kills on a coyote at 820 yards, a prairie dog at 1404 yards, and a rock chuck at 1590 yards.
Besides shooting, Justin also enjoys spending time on his mountain bike, fishing in the mountain streams around his home, and spending time with his wife and two young daughters.