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What do you think is WRONG with my bench shooting?? Group?
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<blockquote data-quote="GonzoK34" data-source="post: 1767854" data-attributes="member: 8915"><p><em><strong>My profile: </strong></em></p><p>73 years old, 5 years USMC, 3 Tours Vietnam, Boot Camp M14 Rifle Expert 480 score - a perfect score is 500. Marine Infantry and Recon. My Dad and Uncles served in WWII, Korea. They experienced the lost of friends and survived. I learned from them. Those lessons carried me through combat. I spent 4 years in Law Enforcement and decided that construction was a better fit.</p><p><em><strong>My take:</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>Snipers Militar</strong>y-</em> SM Area Shooters </p><p>In combat the goal is to make center mass hits. What's even better you have on call air support, Artillery, Mortars and all kinds of cool **** at your disposal.</p><p><strong><em>Law Enforcement Snipers-</em></strong> LES Precision Shooters</p><p>Close Distance is their friend- Under 100yds Better- 50 and less. They have ZERO Margin of Error. Screw up and everyone above you wants a piece of your 6. Law Suits and possible jail time.</p><p><strong><em>Hunters of Game</em> </strong>We should practice like the LES</p><p>Bad hits mean long tracking sessions and potentially lost game. Even worse you can break a leg, suffer a heart attack, who knows what. I have had to track wounded deer and elk friends have shot. Luck has been on our side in 85% of those situations. But the recovery and pack out has ALWAYS been Brutal.</p><p><strong>WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOUR BENCH SHOOTING</strong></p><p>Where do any of us start? Looking at your targets it could be numerous issues.</p><p>Before we look at whats wrong with your shooting we need to consider how your rifle and scope are setup. Whether your shooting factory or reloaded ammo. There have been several questions to those concerns presented here.</p><p><strong><em></em></strong></p><p><strong><em>My Advice</em></strong></p><p>At the range place a 6 inch target at 100 yards. </p><p>Get into a sitting position and get your rifle ready in a solid position. Crank the scope power all the way up to it's highest power. Focus on your CROSSHAIR the reticle, NOT the target it should be a BLUR. Now place the center tip of your shooting finger on the TOE of the Trigger (The tip or bottom of the trigger). Take several deep breaths this fills your lungs and gets mass amounts of oxygen to your brain. Follow up with a couple of deep breaths and on the 3rd inhalation let 50% out you've just reach a monetary pause. Now squeeze the trigger straight back. Maintain your position and follow through maintaining focus on the target. Dry Fire at least 5-10 times.</p><p>If you completed this correctly your reticle SHOULD have stayed on target and your POA/POI. If NOT you need to realize this is the primary issue you need to correct before you go any further.</p><p>SEMPER FIDELIS</p><p>Bob Gonzales </p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GonzoK34, post: 1767854, member: 8915"] [I][B]My profile: [/B][/I] 73 years old, 5 years USMC, 3 Tours Vietnam, Boot Camp M14 Rifle Expert 480 score - a perfect score is 500. Marine Infantry and Recon. My Dad and Uncles served in WWII, Korea. They experienced the lost of friends and survived. I learned from them. Those lessons carried me through combat. I spent 4 years in Law Enforcement and decided that construction was a better fit. [I][B]My take: Snipers Militar[/B]y-[/I] SM Area Shooters In combat the goal is to make center mass hits. What's even better you have on call air support, Artillery, Mortars and all kinds of cool **** at your disposal. [B][I]Law Enforcement Snipers-[/I][/B] LES Precision Shooters Close Distance is their friend- Under 100yds Better- 50 and less. They have ZERO Margin of Error. Screw up and everyone above you wants a piece of your 6. Law Suits and possible jail time. [B][I]Hunters of Game[/I] [/B]We should practice like the LES Bad hits mean long tracking sessions and potentially lost game. Even worse you can break a leg, suffer a heart attack, who knows what. I have had to track wounded deer and elk friends have shot. Luck has been on our side in 85% of those situations. But the recovery and pack out has ALWAYS been Brutal. [B]WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOUR BENCH SHOOTING[/B] Where do any of us start? Looking at your targets it could be numerous issues. Before we look at whats wrong with your shooting we need to consider how your rifle and scope are setup. Whether your shooting factory or reloaded ammo. There have been several questions to those concerns presented here. [B][I] My Advice[/I][/B] At the range place a 6 inch target at 100 yards. Get into a sitting position and get your rifle ready in a solid position. Crank the scope power all the way up to it's highest power. Focus on your CROSSHAIR the reticle, NOT the target it should be a BLUR. Now place the center tip of your shooting finger on the TOE of the Trigger (The tip or bottom of the trigger). Take several deep breaths this fills your lungs and gets mass amounts of oxygen to your brain. Follow up with a couple of deep breaths and on the 3rd inhalation let 50% out you've just reach a monetary pause. Now squeeze the trigger straight back. Maintain your position and follow through maintaining focus on the target. Dry Fire at least 5-10 times. If you completed this correctly your reticle SHOULD have stayed on target and your POA/POI. If NOT you need to realize this is the primary issue you need to correct before you go any further. SEMPER FIDELIS Bob Gonzales [B] [/B] [/QUOTE]
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