Becoming a better marksman?
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I;ll see if it is around an post it up for Mafesto
I use 6 375 H&H rounds per year ..3 for sighting in and the other 3 for knocking down bullwinkle and Mr Bou
the rest is hunting chickens with a single shot 22 Russian
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BS unless your talking about hitting him in the head. atleast with a 300 rum you hit him in the brisket and give a good roll. a 223 in the brisket and he won't even flinch. a huge diff in knock down pressures
When I started rifle hunting for deer, I wasn't a great shot. I never missed, but I always noticed the bullet hole wasn't where I had aimed. So I spent a day with a bag of targets in my clear-cut. I shot my hand-loads all day (my best work, they were extremely uniformed loads) and discovered just how inconsistent I was in my aim.
I worked on my breathing and heart rate to no avail. I put the rifles down for a while and started plinking around with the 22-250 and the .223
I noticed I was starting to get a little pudgy, guess my metabolism started to slow down, so I started running regularly. I am up to about 20 miles a week and feeling great. I dropped my heart rate down to 48 resting and there's a huge difference maker right there. I took the rifles back out a few days ago for the first time (I had shot a couple times between then and now, but nothing serious) and I was steady as a rock. I could slow my breathing down immensely, which made me super-steady. My heart rate was nice and slow, and I was the best shot I've ever been. I was nailing pie-plates every shot at 400 yards. I know, that's nothing special to many of you, but for me, that's huge!
My problems all stemmed from breath control. I don't recoil-flinch anymore because I suppose putting several thousand rounds out my 12 gauge every year makes me pretty immune to recoil. To eliminate this possibility, I did the dud test. I had my brother load 4 live rifle rounds in the gun, and one snap-cap. He loaded them randomly, so I didn't know when the cap was coming. If I was flinching, but we couldn't see it on live shots, we were going to see it on a snap-cap. So when the snap cap came up, sure enough, I was steady. So that was ruled out. I suggest that test to anyone who thinks they have a flinching problem but can't really prove it.
I worked on my breathing and heart rate to no avail. I put the rifles down for a while and started plinking around with the 22-250 and the .223
I noticed I was starting to get a little pudgy, guess my metabolism started to slow down, so I started running regularly. I am up to about 20 miles a week and feeling great. I dropped my heart rate down to 48 resting and there's a huge difference maker right there. I took the rifles back out a few days ago for the first time (I had shot a couple times between then and now, but nothing serious) and I was steady as a rock. I could slow my breathing down immensely, which made me super-steady. My heart rate was nice and slow, and I was the best shot I've ever been. I was nailing pie-plates every shot at 400 yards. I know, that's nothing special to many of you, but for me, that's huge!
My problems all stemmed from breath control. I don't recoil-flinch anymore because I suppose putting several thousand rounds out my 12 gauge every year makes me pretty immune to recoil. To eliminate this possibility, I did the dud test. I had my brother load 4 live rifle rounds in the gun, and one snap-cap. He loaded them randomly, so I didn't know when the cap was coming. If I was flinching, but we couldn't see it on live shots, we were going to see it on a snap-cap. So when the snap cap came up, sure enough, I was steady. So that was ruled out. I suggest that test to anyone who thinks they have a flinching problem but can't really prove it.
that's why placement is key.....dead is dead, pretty sure if I got shot with a 22 in the eye and a 45 in the chest I wouldn't be alive with 22 but I maybe alive with the 45.
ok one more cause I'm a big fan of placement(even though i suck) vs displacement of lead.
knew a guy who swore by shooting geese with a 10...untilt he day he unloaded on a goose head on into the chest at 20 yards and the bird flew away.....a 20 to the head works.
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Snap Caps are a great training aid , but they don't show trigger smash.
The tightening of the grip is probably not the best option! When you squeeze the grip you are moving the gun. you don't want to move it after your sight picture is acquired. You have to remove all variables from the equation for performance shooting. The only thing you want to move is the trigger. As stated before a good trigger is worth a lot when shooting long distances. A rough trigger means more movement of the weapon. Do you see where i"m trying to go with this? The best snipers in the world don't have garbage guns and don't abuse them.(try touching one and they'll kick your butt) Shooting is about 95% mental. You need to let the gun go off, not make it go off. If it surprises you when it goes off, that's a good thing!
Don't just practice for hours.
Perfect practice for 45 min at a time then take a break!
Snap Caps are a great training aid , but they don't show trigger smash.
The tightening of the grip is probably not the best option! When you squeeze the grip you are moving the gun. you don't want to move it after your sight picture is acquired. You have to remove all variables from the equation for performance shooting. The only thing you want to move is the trigger. As stated before a good trigger is worth a lot when shooting long distances. A rough trigger means more movement of the weapon. Do you see where i"m trying to go with this? The best snipers in the world don't have garbage guns and don't abuse them.(try touching one and they'll kick your butt) Shooting is about 95% mental. You need to let the gun go off, not make it go off. If it surprises you when it goes off, that's a good thing!
Don't just practice for hours.
Perfect practice for 45 min at a time then take a break!
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