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One Year Later: The 1st Anniversary of www.elr-resources.com
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<blockquote data-quote="ELR Researcher" data-source="post: 646836" data-attributes="member: 19541"><p><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 10px">I came on this forum on May 1, 201 1 to announce the launch of "a non-commercial, extreme long range (ELR) information site", </span></span><a href="http://www.elr-resources.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff">www.elr-resources.com</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 10px">. "It provides links to products, services, and information for ELR shooters and anybody interested, as I am, in this area…"</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Below is a brief recap of what it was on day one vs what it is today, 7500+ home page hits later.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Sections: Then: 13; now: 15 (added "Training" and "News")</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Companies with model-name rifles and/or explicit builds in ELR cartridges i.e., ones listed on the Cartridges page): Then: 50 (estm); now: 107</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Rifle component subsections: Then: 8; now: 9 (added "DBMs and Mags")</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Companies with ELR-capable/focuses rifle components: Then: 60 (estm); now: 158 including:</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Action/receivers: 22 [plus three comparative matrixes based on bolt face – 338 LM, 408 CT, and 50 BMG – 50 actions in all]</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Barrels: 18</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 10px">DBMs and Mags: 13</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Misc: 6</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Muzzle Brakes: 21</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'">Scope Bases</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> and</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"> Rings: 15</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Scopes: 19 [no cheap, junk-class brands]</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Stocks and Bipods: 36</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Triggers: 8</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Companies with ELR-capable/focused ammunition components (not ammo): Then: 40 (estm); now: 61 including 21 brass and 24 bullets/projectiles [plus four comparative projectile matrixes based on caliber- 338, 375, 408-458, and 510]</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Companies with reloading equipment items for ELR cartridges: Then: 50 (estm); now: 75 </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Companies providing miscellaneous products generally focused on ELR type rifles/shooting: Then: 20 (estm); now: 32</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Gunsmiths building ELR-capable rifles (some overlap to Rifles, included if they offer general gunsmithing services beyond rifle builds): Then: 18-20 (estm); now: 38</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Ranges (out to at least 1000 yard): Then: 18-20 (estm); now: 38 [including info on whether 50 BMG rifles are allowed]</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Retailer/e-tailers (general, broad-line companies with multiple products applicable to ELR shooting): Then: 20-25 (estm); now: 37</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Training: Then: 0; now: 33</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Cartridges (with definite long range focus and at least the muzzle energy of a 338 LM, max factory load): Then: 20-25 (estm); now: 36 [plus 15 chamber reamer drawings from Pacific Tool and Gage]</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Other info sites (associations and clubs, info sites and forums, legal, and pubs, articles and photos): Then: 30 (estm); now: 42</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 10px">News: Then: 0; now: weekly site update info and new products info (e.g., SHOT Show recaps) since early June 2011.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Site functionality added – site-wide navigation links at the top of every page, site-wide search, color coded tags for major cartridge/caliber info in rifles, actions, DBMs and mags, and brass.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 10px">So… one year later and a LOT more info.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 10px">I update the site at least once a week and do site-wide link checks about once every six months – one will be done shortly. During the year I have received only 1-2 e-mails about bad links.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 10px">I've tried very hard to make this a solid resource for the ELR shooting community. Hope you've visited, checked it out at length, and found it worth bookmarking.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 10px">I continue to be open for leads on companies, products, services, and info resopurces I've missed. I received probably 10-12 inputs during the year. </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 10px">PLEASE do let me know what you think of the site and pass the word if you feel it is worthwhile.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Best regards and God Bless!</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ELR Researcher, post: 646836, member: 19541"] [FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=2]I came on this forum on May 1, 201 1 to announce the launch of “a non-commercial, extreme long range (ELR) information site”, [/SIZE][/FONT][URL="http://www.elr-resources.com/"][FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]www.elr-resources.com[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/URL][FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=2]. “It provides links to products, services, and information for ELR shooters and anybody interested, as I am, in this area…”[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=2]Below is a brief recap of what it was on day one vs what it is today, 7500+ home page hits later.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=2]Sections: Then: 13; now: 15 (added “Training” and “News”)[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=2]Companies with model-name rifles and/or explicit builds in ELR cartridges i.e., ones listed on the Cartridges page): Then: 50 (estm); now: 107[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=2]Rifle component subsections: Then: 8; now: 9 (added “DBMs and Mags”)[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=2]Companies with ELR-capable/focuses rifle components: Then: 60 (estm); now: 158 including:[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=2]Action/receivers: 22 [plus three comparative matrixes based on bolt face – 338 LM, 408 CT, and 50 BMG – 50 actions in all][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=2]Barrels: 18[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=2]DBMs and Mags: 13[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=2]Misc: 6[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=2]Muzzle Brakes: 21[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=2][FONT=Trebuchet MS]Scope Bases[/FONT][FONT=Arial] and[/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet MS] Rings: 15[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=2]Scopes: 19 [no cheap, junk-class brands][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=2]Stocks and Bipods: 36[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=2]Triggers: 8[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=2]Companies with ELR-capable/focused ammunition components (not ammo): Then: 40 (estm); now: 61 including 21 brass and 24 bullets/projectiles [plus four comparative projectile matrixes based on caliber- 338, 375, 408-458, and 510][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=2]Companies with reloading equipment items for ELR cartridges: Then: 50 (estm); now: 75 [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=2]Companies providing miscellaneous products generally focused on ELR type rifles/shooting: Then: 20 (estm); now: 32[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=2]Gunsmiths building ELR-capable rifles (some overlap to Rifles, included if they offer general gunsmithing services beyond rifle builds): Then: 18-20 (estm); now: 38[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=2]Ranges (out to at least 1000 yard): Then: 18-20 (estm); now: 38 [including info on whether 50 BMG rifles are allowed][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=2]Retailer/e-tailers (general, broad-line companies with multiple products applicable to ELR shooting): Then: 20-25 (estm); now: 37[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=2]Training: Then: 0; now: 33[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=2]Cartridges (with definite long range focus and at least the muzzle energy of a 338 LM, max factory load): Then: 20-25 (estm); now: 36 [plus 15 chamber reamer drawings from Pacific Tool and Gage][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=2]Other info sites (associations and clubs, info sites and forums, legal, and pubs, articles and photos): Then: 30 (estm); now: 42[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=2]News: Then: 0; now: weekly site update info and new products info (e.g., SHOT Show recaps) since early June 2011.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=2]Site functionality added – site-wide navigation links at the top of every page, site-wide search, color coded tags for major cartridge/caliber info in rifles, actions, DBMs and mags, and brass.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=2]So… one year later and a LOT more info.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=2]I update the site at least once a week and do site-wide link checks about once every six months – one will be done shortly. During the year I have received only 1-2 e-mails about bad links.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=2]I’ve tried very hard to make this a solid resource for the ELR shooting community. Hope you’ve visited, checked it out at length, and found it worth bookmarking.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=2]I continue to be open for leads on companies, products, services, and info resopurces I’ve missed. I received probably 10-12 inputs during the year. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=2]PLEASE do let me know what you think of the site and pass the word if you feel it is worthwhile.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=2]Best regards and God Bless![/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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