bigpete wrote:Just practice
How else do you work out what makes for a good shot ?
By putting bullets down range,that's how.
Get your 22 out,and shoot cans and s**t. Or an air rifle coz its cheaper. Don't try to shoot groups as such,you'll only get disappointed.
I once read,shooting off a rest is a test of the rifle,shooting offhand is a test of the man.
Elliott G wrote:Go to a silhouette shoot if you want to learn offhand, learn stance from the best shooters there, should be left hip on left elbow, but relaxed as possible. When you're aiming look at the target, not the crosshair. If you look at the crosshair you'll instinctively try to hit the crosshair.
in2anity wrote:This guys sums it up pretty nice https://youtu.be/aAmOqNe3QAA practice doesn’t make perfect, practice makes permanent
in2anity wrote:This guys sums it up pretty nice https://youtu.be/aAmOqNe3QAA practice doesn’t make perfect, practice makes permanent
Wm.Traynor wrote:in2anity wrote:This guys sums it up pretty nice https://youtu.be/aAmOqNe3QAA practice doesn’t make perfect, practice makes permanent
Gunna give that a go too, thanks in2anity but I think it would dig the toe of the butt into your shoulder, with a kicker-rifle. Another reason why I bought a Pasr Recoil Shield
Stix wrote:Hi in2...
I wasnt poo-pooing your tips mate...
I used to shoot smallbore state & national comps so did the very style of shooting you mention, & i have a box of trophies to prove it.
My post was based on (as i stated) field shooting, as fom memory the OP was a newbee or getting back into shooting & mentioned field shooting.
I just believe a newbee should learn some basics first--like develop their own feel for the firearm & trigger, before trying to take on too much technical stuff.
And i believe the best way to do that is as i described-mostly get the shot off in rapid time & learn to hold tension on a trigger without it going off, all which doesnt allow for a full body position technique.
ALMOST EVERY time i go to a range & see a self confessed "dead set expert" tutoring a newbee, be it rifle in any position, or shotgun, the person is pummeled with too much info & end up concentrating on everything other than just shooting.
I admire the skills you probably have, & no doubt you can shoot that style way better than me now, but the fox i came within 12 yds of yesterday, & the one i came face to face with last time out wernt waiting for anyone to get their positional technique into full swing.
I dont think any of us are wrong & i rekon the OP has got some pretty useful info from all of us.
Stix wrote:And in2, just in that fundamentals point.
In the field i was a great shot as a youngin with lightning fast reflex & incredible accuracy-in either off-hand rifle or shotgun.
Once id mastered the fundamentals you are talking about in comps, i couldnt hit jack sh1t in the field for taking too long...the wrong set of fundamentals had crept into me for fast paced off hand field shooting/hunting.
I still see it now--take any range expert out on skitchy rabbits or foxes who will only give you a second or 2 at the most to get set & a shot off, & they never get to release a shot...because they are too caught up in the long slow technical process.
I believe they are different forms of shooting, & thus require some different skills, & its up to the individual to be aware of them.