wHY DO YOU NEED STICKS GARRY THEY WOULD SURLY SCRATCH THE BONNET OF YOUR MOTOR
When prone, your body will drop as your chest deflates causing the effect you describe.Ok, perhaps my technique is fine, just need more practice than I thought I did (usually the case in life). Here's another one though, when I shoot prone, on exhaling my crosshairs rise 'onto' target from directly below - do you use the same procedure with cross sticks (not necessarily by breathing, but raising the POA from directly below - ie. follow the back of the front leg up to the heart/lung area, then stop, pull..)? or is there a more effective technique used from sticks?
Heym,
I had done first 20 years small bore prone and 3 positional UIT plus I have shot with the US marines marksmanship unit at camp Perry in Ohio on M16s up to 200 yds before I discovered real shooting (stalking) but it has stood me in good stead as I have the breathing figured out well.
Method:- inhale and the sights will rise above target if not then adjust body position unil it does - half exhale = sights drop onto target and there is then a window of maybe 20 seconds where the body is still before lack of oxygen begins the body wobbles = take the shot. Works for me.
Tip do some smallbore shooting it is cheap freely available all over the country and at 50 shots per evening it really polishes up the technique.
I will certainly use this technique as I need lots of practice I am useless using sticks at the moment but practice practice and eve more wont do me any harm
Regards
jonevo
So why not practice off hand??~Muir
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Get a piece of thin rope with a loop on one end, and slightly longer than your sticks, and a few knots tied in the other end about 4-6" apart. Put the loop end over your sticks so it settles where they cross. Stand on the other end and push the sticks away from you to tighten the rope.
Wait till you try it with the rifle, it will be even more stable! When you think about it, it is a basic construction principal.Thanks for this Monkey Spanker, based on your recommendation I've got myself some suitable rope and have tried this in the house (without the rifle) and it really does make the sticks more stable! Maybe tomorrow I will get the chance to try it with the rifle and a few targets. It will be interesting to see if it makes a real improvement for me with the rifle on the sticks, plus I do need more practise as all my shots tend to be from a high seat or prone but I think sticks are going to feature more in future. Looks like a top tip to me.
Because Muir some it seems are incapable of doing to . Not all use supports all the time. Have not done so for several years now but used to shoot the running Deer and running boar at Bisley and of course that is pure free hand shooting. Also shoot rabbits and rats off hand if the oppertunity arises.