10-14-2012, 07:19 PM
Hi Second Strike,
Where are you located? The best thing you can do is get hooked up with some really good High Power shooters to help you figure out how to improve. I'm the President of the Florida Sport Shooting Association and one of the High Power Directors for the state of Florida, so I can probably help you get in touch with some of the gang near you.
What discipline are you interested in shooting? Are you just interested in shooting from a bench, or considering F-Class, or joining the knuckle dragging across the course shooting which is what I do?
I have tons of books, they are good, but shooting with people who know what they are doing is what helped me focus on the important things and let the unimportant thing go. That is key because there is so much disinformation that you can chase the wrong things, things that will never help, when you could have been spending that same precious time on things that do count.
Once you have a rifle and ammunition that is up to the task then the fundamentals are where you spend your time. Sight alignment, trigger control, and follow through are the basic elements but then there are several subtle things that are nearly important. For instance, it doesn't matter if you are shooting from position, prone from a bipod, or from a bench, the rifle must track in a straight line, from the center of the target, through your shoulder, without any forces working from the side to move it out of alinment until the bullet has left the barrel. Lots of things happen between the time you mind thinks fire and the bullet leaves the muzzle. Lots of things that make that bullet wander from the intended path.
Bob
Where are you located? The best thing you can do is get hooked up with some really good High Power shooters to help you figure out how to improve. I'm the President of the Florida Sport Shooting Association and one of the High Power Directors for the state of Florida, so I can probably help you get in touch with some of the gang near you.
What discipline are you interested in shooting? Are you just interested in shooting from a bench, or considering F-Class, or joining the knuckle dragging across the course shooting which is what I do?
I have tons of books, they are good, but shooting with people who know what they are doing is what helped me focus on the important things and let the unimportant thing go. That is key because there is so much disinformation that you can chase the wrong things, things that will never help, when you could have been spending that same precious time on things that do count.
Once you have a rifle and ammunition that is up to the task then the fundamentals are where you spend your time. Sight alignment, trigger control, and follow through are the basic elements but then there are several subtle things that are nearly important. For instance, it doesn't matter if you are shooting from position, prone from a bipod, or from a bench, the rifle must track in a straight line, from the center of the target, through your shoulder, without any forces working from the side to move it out of alinment until the bullet has left the barrel. Lots of things happen between the time you mind thinks fire and the bullet leaves the muzzle. Lots of things that make that bullet wander from the intended path.
Bob