MAX ORDINATE • The Precision Rifle Podcast
This is a product of Max Ordinate Academy, focusing on precision rifle training, methods, hard lessons learned, and tactical precision rifle competition preparation with after-action reviews, military and law enforcement employment, TTP & SOP's. Your hosts, Tyler Hughes and Jeph Savaglio gives you a professional and instructive perspective when it comes to professional / amateur thought processes with a lot of passionate, no-holds-barred content. This pod has no problems discussing a wide range of topics whether it be a failed stage, training methods, lessons learned, or calling each other out for mistakes made, or insane social media posts that need debunked or called out. Join and subscribe to get the best information on training tips, new products, and approaches.
About the show hosts: Tyler Hughes is a male precision rifle shooter who served 10 years in the US Marines. In 2013, Tyler left the Marines as a Scout Sniper and started Max Ordinate Academy seeking to provide the highest level of precision rifle training in the nation to both civilian shooter and Law Enforcement snipers. Tyler also serves as the lead Urban Sniper Course instructor for the USMC. He competes primarily on a national level in Precision Rifle Series, National Rifle League, and Competition Dynamics matches consistently placing Top 5 or better. Tyler has pulled in multiple 1st place wins and continues to chase perfection.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 66 minutes
- Episodes
- 164
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Guide to Hustling - How to shoot faster without shooting faster
Its basic matrix theory. Go fast but dont go fast! Not sure is thats even a thing but it sounded good. Today! It is Jeph's birthday so the dynamic duo sit down to discuss training plans…
State of the Industry
What a WEEK! Golf. Construction. Training Marines. And of course, things in the industry that should drop your jaw but ultimately not surprised. Hornady ammunition stealing Ballstic X a…
Being a Professional & April 18 Week in Review
Our weekly "Week in review" episode with an emphasis on "What is a professional?". Tyler is solo again so in the absence of Jeph, He rolls through what is currently happening with the M…
TRAINING DIARIES: Position improvement for better aim
Another beautiful Friday to deliver this weekends Training Tips and Goals podcast. No Jeph today, but Tyler came through to deliver a great episode. The focus being aiming with your bod…
Optics & Reticles & Training Oh My!
This is just one of those episodes that get drug down the rabbit hole. Optics. Reticles. Focal Planes. Clearly more and more discussion is needed on this topic. Primary Arms reticles ca…
Week of April 10 Things that make you go hmm...
Working out the new weekly pod format, this is our "Social Media Week in Review!" The good, the bad, the ugly, from the deep pits of the interwebs. Its a dangerous job but someone has t…
Thats not how that WORKS, at all
Great episode with Tyler & Jeph touching on the Ridgeline Drill after having run it numerous times, discussing competition shooter failures, and getting into night shooting. Illuminated…
Critiquing Ourselves! Instructor Sustainment Training
Tyler comes out of left field with pics and descriptive critiques to share about the past two days of training the instructor staff went through as a sustainment event. Not only a great…
This one is all about the WOMEN... buckle up - Max Ordinate Academy
This special episode brings Vinessa (@v.on.target) and Miranda (@mirandakadam) on to the show to talk all things WOMEN in a male dominated sport, Precision Rifle Shooting. Miranda had m…
Tripod Rifle Clamps are DEAD
Two episodes in one week! and its not even a special occasion. Tyler hits Jeph with a "How skilled and prepared are you?" Power grid goes down. No power in the near future. Can you surv…
Instructional Fails - Its Everywhere
Trying out a shorter format to our show that we can produce 2-3x per week. Today, Tyler & Jeph talk Aerial Platform Shooting & Instructional / Instructor Fails. EPIC Fails. Check it out…
Pardon this Interruption for this Public Service Announcement
Just a short sweet to the point audio file to explain ourselves!
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Whats a Really Right Tripod? The answer is here!
Tyler and Jeph talk adventures of Monday with Falkor Defense in town, hiking mountains, deploying tripods, shooting from improvised positions, loosing gear, and getting naked! Ok not fu…
Interview with the NEBRASKAN
KP Robinson in the house! A student of our and now the lead instructor for 88 Tactical out of Nebraska for both civilian and LE Sniper courses. From before our class, to after, KP has a…
The murky world of Instructors and How to find the right ones. Vette The Instructor episode!
The statement "Vette the instructors" if said often by so many people with the message of make sure youre training with someone who is legitimate. The question is, how do you filter thr…
Is there an elephant in the room? A convo with Guest Andy Slade of Riflemanspath.com
This fine Tuesday, Tyler and Jeph bring on Andy Slade from Riflemanspath.com to discuss some of our critiques on videos from previous podcasts, clear the air, and see where our training…
BREAKING NEWS! 2023 Sniper Adventure Challenge is changing!
Break Break Break! Sniper Adventure Challenge is changing! Tyler discusses the new location as well as the new time of year for the challenge to be held. This poses new challenges for t…
Shooter Development: Standard Operating Procedures
An episode packed with lessons learned, shooter evaluations, what not to do situations and so much more! The crew talks Standard Operating Procedures, habits you need to level up as a r…
What about those other fundamentals
Episode 8! A fabulous tuesday episode getting released a day late but better late than never. Tyler and Jeph zero their focus on more Fundamental of Marksmanship principles. Moving away…
Tyler and Jeph talk Yote Hunting
ep7•s5 On this fine end of the week episode, Tyler picks Jeph's brain about coyote hunting, a passion of Jeph for the past 20+ years. From day to night, Jeph hunting prowess stops only …