Accuracy How To Ge There...
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Couple tips I do to help me with accuracy on paper.
1. A lot of ammo. Practice, practice, practice.
2. Know everything about your trigger. The pre-travel, the pressure it takes to break, know when it breaks, take it out for dinner and a movie....whatever it takes for you to learn your trigger.
3. If bringing rifle from air conditioned home to warm weather outside, let gun stabilize to new temperature for at least 30 minutes.
4. Keep your heartbeat soft and steady. Basically don't run 100 yards like a little school girl to your target stand, run back to your gun, and start letting pellets fly!
5. Solid shooting table.
6. Kind of related to heartbeat...don't grip the snot out of your rifle. Keep soft even cheek weld, shoulder, and grip pressure on your gun. Heartbeat can really be distracting when trying to hold your cross hairs on the target.
7. Last ,but not least, know everything about your rifle. You should never have to think when you want to manipulate your rifle. You need to build that muscle memory.
Anyways these are some things I have applied to building my skill as a shooter.
CJ
1. A lot of ammo. Practice, practice, practice.
2. Know everything about your trigger. The pre-travel, the pressure it takes to break, know when it breaks, take it out for dinner and a movie....whatever it takes for you to learn your trigger.
3. If bringing rifle from air conditioned home to warm weather outside, let gun stabilize to new temperature for at least 30 minutes.
4. Keep your heartbeat soft and steady. Basically don't run 100 yards like a little school girl to your target stand, run back to your gun, and start letting pellets fly!
5. Solid shooting table.
6. Kind of related to heartbeat...don't grip the snot out of your rifle. Keep soft even cheek weld, shoulder, and grip pressure on your gun. Heartbeat can really be distracting when trying to hold your cross hairs on the target.
7. Last ,but not least, know everything about your rifle. You should never have to think when you want to manipulate your rifle. You need to build that muscle memory.
Anyways these are some things I have applied to building my skill as a shooter.
CJ
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Thanks for the tips. I am using the old front and rear bag set up--allowing the rear bag to determine elevation --focusing on the trigger pull. (Pyramyd has Airgun Academy for newer shooters) Still reading and learning. That is all the fun of it. Competing against myself. Need to build myself a stable and permanent bench.
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Found a new bright long range target (I am using these at 65). The new Coke 8 OZ Aluminum bottles (they are shaped like a regular bottle). The Aluminum is thicker than cans so you can shoot them multiple times--and they bright red contrasts with the backdrop. They fly like all hell when hit--and are better filled with water.
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Found a new bright long range target (I am using these at 65). The new Coke 8 OZ Aluminum bottles (they are shaped like a regular bottle). The Aluminum is thicker than cans so you can shoot them multiple times--and they bright red contrasts with the backdrop. They fly like all hell when hit--and are better filled with water.
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Good post
all except for short barrel guns, ( bullpups)
Pick you up a cricket or a Vulcan,,,
I really loved your squirrel shooting,
Keep them coming,
Mike
all except for short barrel guns, ( bullpups)
Pick you up a cricket or a Vulcan,,,
I really loved your squirrel shooting,
Keep them coming,
Mike
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Most bulpups have somewhat long barrels, the 25 cal Cricket has a 23.5 inch barrel. The action is just located back so that the overall length of the gun is shorter than a traditional gun. He really didn't say the short barrels were not as accurate, he said the longer barrels can maintain accuracy with a higher pellet velocity.
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I stand corrected then, Just shooting my Marauder 25 and then picking up my cricket its like well shooting a bullpup.
Never really measured the barrels , Just shooting by feel,
Mike
Never really measured the barrels , Just shooting by feel,
Mike
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Cj, I used a wire coat hanger to suspend a few cans off the ground like swinger targets. Cheap and effective. Fun to shoot at too.
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