4 Reasons Your Precision Shooting Isn’t So Precise
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KillerFord1977
SAINT
An article on precision shooting mishaps and the photo is all women.
Talk about bad choice of pics or stereotyping
I understand its fromNRA Women, but optics .. pure optics ...
Good tidbits of info though ...
KillerFord1977
SAINT
Agree 100%
Just pointing out optics. Not a shot at you,as you did not write the article, just in general
Thanks Talyn, good article....even with the bratty girls!
Mountain Man
Elite
Those are some good pointers.
For a long time my long range marksmanship was pretty bad and I struggled trying to improve. Then I watched one of John Lovel's video on youtube. He was doing some training with Ryan Cleckner. A former military sniper. So I bought his book and I learned a lot. I took to the range and I have been able to hit dead center on my targets at 800 yards(longest range I could find). However I still need more practice and training.
I would also like to point out. Not all scopes are created equal. Scopes are like EDC holsters. Don't get a cheap one. Get a good solid quality scope that can handle higher pressure cartridges. Putting a Cabela's 5-10x scope on a .338 mag won't hold up to the task. It'll probably wind up breaking from the massive amount of vibration and force.
I put a cheap red dot and magnifier on my Stag-10 once. Both broke on the same day. Just couldn't handle the power of a 172grn 308.
Also learn the differences between Second Focal Point and First Focal Point scopes. Adjusting parallax and target focus is another skill required for long range.
For a long time my long range marksmanship was pretty bad and I struggled trying to improve. Then I watched one of John Lovel's video on youtube. He was doing some training with Ryan Cleckner. A former military sniper. So I bought his book and I learned a lot. I took to the range and I have been able to hit dead center on my targets at 800 yards(longest range I could find). However I still need more practice and training.
I would also like to point out. Not all scopes are created equal. Scopes are like EDC holsters. Don't get a cheap one. Get a good solid quality scope that can handle higher pressure cartridges. Putting a Cabela's 5-10x scope on a .338 mag won't hold up to the task. It'll probably wind up breaking from the massive amount of vibration and force.
I put a cheap red dot and magnifier on my Stag-10 once. Both broke on the same day. Just couldn't handle the power of a 172grn 308.
Also learn the differences between Second Focal Point and First Focal Point scopes. Adjusting parallax and target focus is another skill required for long range.