Hello, and welcome to Long Range Science!

My name is Kason Church and I am firearm design engineer. I started this career in 2017 after completing a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering degree with an aerospace emphasis at Utah State University. Along with the standard engineering classes, for my aerospace emphasis I took classes focusing on composites, compressible and supersonic fluid flow, and propulsions systems. These included analysis of jet and rocket propulsion systems along with the aerodynamics and flow analysis of supersonic flight.

Along with the technical education, I have been an avid hunter, shooter, and outdoorsman my entire life. Growing up in rural central Utah allowed my to spend most of my time outdoors and gain a great appreciation for hunting, especially for mule deer. My start into firearms began with this love of hunting and wanting to get an understanding of the tools I was using. From there it went to taking apart and analyzing every gun my dad had (quite a few) to see how they work and the science behind them. After countless hours of disassembling, reassembling, and researching every type of firearm I could, I decided that I wanted to be one of the guys who designed them.

With this, I am still an avid hunter, but have started to explore the worlds of PRS and long range shooting. I want to use what I know and learn from a science and technical standpoint to make myself a better shooter. Along with understanding all the aspects of what constitutes long range accuracy. From ballistics to gear, I want to learn and understand everything that goes into making a shot, and sharing what I learn along the way.

I married my amazing wife in 2012 and we now have 4 children together. she is also from central Utah and were lucky enough to raise our kids here as well. My two oldest are girls and have taken after their mother as more barrel racers than hunters, so we have a lot of expensive hobbies. But we just had a boy so we’ll find out if he follows me into the hunting and gun world.