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<blockquote data-quote="Okie4570" data-source="post: 3252611" data-attributes="member: 15643"><p>-If you're not shooting with both eyes open, learn to</p><p>-Don't just aim at the target, find the smallest part of target you can see. There's real truth to the "aim small, miss small" theory..</p><p>-If you have a trigger pull greater than 4lbs, do whatever you can do to make it less.</p><p>-In the comfort of your living room, while sitting, place your elbow on the arm of the chair and dry fire several dozen times on the lowest scope power at a target across the room such as the corner of a picture frame or corner of a door frame etc. I know you're resting on the arm rest, but think baby steps. Dry firing like this helps you get into a routine of knowing your trigger pull and being on the verge of completely pulling as soon as the cross hairs cross your target. As this becomes second nature, do the same scenario while sitting but not using the arm rest. Then eventually standing. That's where the sling tricks, proper stance come into play. The sling tricks make me feel tense and in a bind, and prefer not to use one for steadiness. Being confident about pulling the right time and the more you practice the better you'll get. When at the range, start off at 10 or 20y until you feel confident and then move further away as you feel comfortable. I can almost be certain that the majority of folks here couldn't walk outside right now and stand there off hand and put 5 rounds on a pie plate at 100y. my self included, I never practice off hand shots with a rifle even though I should. The way I hunt deer and coyotes doesn't require me to. Rabbits, squirrels, armadillos at 25y-50y no problems though with the .22 or .17wsm.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Okie4570, post: 3252611, member: 15643"] -If you're not shooting with both eyes open, learn to -Don't just aim at the target, find the smallest part of target you can see. There's real truth to the "aim small, miss small" theory.. -If you have a trigger pull greater than 4lbs, do whatever you can do to make it less. -In the comfort of your living room, while sitting, place your elbow on the arm of the chair and dry fire several dozen times on the lowest scope power at a target across the room such as the corner of a picture frame or corner of a door frame etc. I know you're resting on the arm rest, but think baby steps. Dry firing like this helps you get into a routine of knowing your trigger pull and being on the verge of completely pulling as soon as the cross hairs cross your target. As this becomes second nature, do the same scenario while sitting but not using the arm rest. Then eventually standing. That's where the sling tricks, proper stance come into play. The sling tricks make me feel tense and in a bind, and prefer not to use one for steadiness. Being confident about pulling the right time and the more you practice the better you'll get. When at the range, start off at 10 or 20y until you feel confident and then move further away as you feel comfortable. I can almost be certain that the majority of folks here couldn't walk outside right now and stand there off hand and put 5 rounds on a pie plate at 100y. my self included, I never practice off hand shots with a rifle even though I should. The way I hunt deer and coyotes doesn't require me to. Rabbits, squirrels, armadillos at 25y-50y no problems though with the .22 or .17wsm. [/QUOTE]
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