Shooting tips
Quote from customguns on 07/24/2023, 15:45Had a guy contact me yesterday that couldn’t hit paper at 100 yards. He tried a lead sled and was able to hit the bullseye. His question for me was what tips I could give him to improve his shooting skills. Besides consistency and practice, anybody have some tips?
Had a guy contact me yesterday that couldn’t hit paper at 100 yards. He tried a lead sled and was able to hit the bullseye. His question for me was what tips I could give him to improve his shooting skills. Besides consistency and practice, anybody have some tips?
Quote from Ninering62 on 07/25/2023, 02:40Quote from customguns on 07/24/2023, 15:45Had a guy contact me yesterday that couldn’t hit paper at 100 yards. He tried a lead sled and was able to hit the bullseye. His question for me was what tips I could give him to improve his shooting skills. Besides consistency and practice, anybody have some tips?
Well that clearly explains his problem. By him not being able to hit paper at only 100yds by himself, but with a ledsled he hit the bullseye tells me he just lacks experience shooting, & the only way to get that experience is to get the trigger time in. Was he shooting a CF rifle or a ML?
There are numerous contributing factors that could be goin on with him from his grip, trigger pull, cheek weld, his breathing, to having the gun canted. Your advice of consistency & practice were good advice – as long as he is capable of learning what he is doing wrong & correcting it. If not, there are plenty of decent shooting/marksmanship videos on YouTube or he can get a shooting coach to help him.
Quote from customguns on 07/24/2023, 15:45Had a guy contact me yesterday that couldn’t hit paper at 100 yards. He tried a lead sled and was able to hit the bullseye. His question for me was what tips I could give him to improve his shooting skills. Besides consistency and practice, anybody have some tips?
Well that clearly explains his problem. By him not being able to hit paper at only 100yds by himself, but with a ledsled he hit the bullseye tells me he just lacks experience shooting, & the only way to get that experience is to get the trigger time in. Was he shooting a CF rifle or a ML?
There are numerous contributing factors that could be goin on with him from his grip, trigger pull, cheek weld, his breathing, to having the gun canted. Your advice of consistency & practice were good advice – as long as he is capable of learning what he is doing wrong & correcting it. If not, there are plenty of decent shooting/marksmanship videos on YouTube or he can get a shooting coach to help him.
Quote from customguns on 07/25/2023, 07:59He’s shooting SML. I sent him a list of tips and links to shooting tutorials, but I’m still interested to hear what others have to say.
He’s shooting SML. I sent him a list of tips and links to shooting tutorials, but I’m still interested to hear what others have to say.
Quote from Ninering62 on 07/25/2023, 08:09Quote from customguns on 07/25/2023, 07:59He’s shooting SML. I sent him a list of tips and links to shooting tutorials, but I’m still interested to hear what others have to say.
Thats cool that you’ve already done that.
Glad you posted the thread, its a great topic of discussion for any shooting forum for beginners to intermediate shooters to read. I hope that more ppl will join the convo & contribute their expertise to it, if not for this guy, then for future readers in the forum.
Quote from customguns on 07/25/2023, 07:59He’s shooting SML. I sent him a list of tips and links to shooting tutorials, but I’m still interested to hear what others have to say.
Thats cool that you’ve already done that.
Glad you posted the thread, its a great topic of discussion for any shooting forum for beginners to intermediate shooters to read. I hope that more ppl will join the convo & contribute their expertise to it, if not for this guy, then for future readers in the forum.
Quote from JeffB1961 on 07/26/2023, 09:15Quote from customguns on 07/25/2023, 07:59He’s shooting SML. I sent him a list of tips and links to shooting tutorials, but I’m still interested to hear what others have to say.
can you share those tips and links here . i’m new to muzzleloading/big recoil having only shot a .50 optima a ferw dozen times . i did ….. ok …. but there’s room for improvement .
thanks , jeff
Quote from customguns on 07/25/2023, 07:59He’s shooting SML. I sent him a list of tips and links to shooting tutorials, but I’m still interested to hear what others have to say.
can you share those tips and links here . i’m new to muzzleloading/big recoil having only shot a .50 optima a ferw dozen times . i did ….. ok …. but there’s room for improvement .
thanks , jeff
Quote from customguns on 07/26/2023, 15:32Not a complete list, but the following is important.
Square shoulders to target, the same way every time.
Apply same amount of cheek pressure to the gun every time.
Rest fore end on shooting rest, not the barrel.
Use the end of your finger to squeeze the trigger, don’t pull the trigger.
Practice a lot.
I shoot quite often. Several times a week. If for some reason I don’t shoot for a few weeks, it takes a little practice to tighten my groups.
I’ve been shooting for fifty years now on a regular basis. Constant practice and doing the same thing the same way every time, with good equipment, makes tight groups. In my videos I make shooting tight groups look easy. It actually took years of shooting to be able to shoot like that, but the Scouts are definitely capable of shooting tight groups with a good shooter. Also use the grip near the trigger to pull the stock into your shoulder. Same way, same pressure every time. Watch your breathing. Don’t hold your breath. Start the trigger squeeze on your exhale.https://www.snipershide.com/precision-rifle/mechanics-of-the-firing-hand/
Not a complete list, but the following is important.
Square shoulders to target, the same way every time.
Apply same amount of cheek pressure to the gun every time.
Rest fore end on shooting rest, not the barrel.
Use the end of your finger to squeeze the trigger, don’t pull the trigger.
Practice a lot.
I shoot quite often. Several times a week. If for some reason I don’t shoot for a few weeks, it takes a little practice to tighten my groups.
I’ve been shooting for fifty years now on a regular basis. Constant practice and doing the same thing the same way every time, with good equipment, makes tight groups. In my videos I make shooting tight groups look easy. It actually took years of shooting to be able to shoot like that, but the Scouts are definitely capable of shooting tight groups with a good shooter. Also use the grip near the trigger to pull the stock into your shoulder. Same way, same pressure every time. Watch your breathing. Don’t hold your breath. Start the trigger squeeze on your exhale.
Quote from Ninering62 on 07/27/2023, 17:27Here is something that I thought would be a helpful tool to novice shooters.
I call it a Shooters Technique problem identifier wheel.
The file was apparently too big & I couldn’t get it to post. I hit Tim up for some help & he was able to get it posted for me.
Here is something that I thought would be a helpful tool to novice shooters.
I call it a Shooters Technique problem identifier wheel.
The file was apparently too big & I couldn’t get it to post. I hit Tim up for some help & he was able to get it posted for me.
Quote from JeffB1961 on 07/27/2023, 20:38i can’t see anything but a little pic icon . my curser doesn’t recognize it as anything to click on .
i can’t see anything but a little pic icon . my curser doesn’t recognize it as anything to click on .
Quote from customguns on 07/28/2023, 07:25Doesn’t show for me either.
Doesn’t show for me either.
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