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<blockquote data-quote="Korhil78" data-source="post: 804972" data-attributes="member: 34818"><p>LOTS of people develop those issues. What you have now are "Bad" shooting habits and you are going to have to break them by developing "Good" shooting habits. No one can tell you how to stop doing it wrong. You have to start doing it right and it will take time and a lot of practice and dry firing.</p><p> </p><p>1. Dry Fire A LOT...dont just grab your rifle and start drying firing it over and over. Practice getting into the right position, getting comfortable, get on target, practice your breathing (while doing all of the above) and slowly squeeze the trigger. You have to go slow because you are trying to replace bad habits with good habits. It takes a while to get rid of a bad habit.</p><p> </p><p>2. When you are out at the range, have your buddy do the same thing that he was doing before. Give you the rifle without you knowing if there is a round chambered or not. In doing this, you have to treat it like you are going to shoot it at the desired target whether it is loaded or not. Do everythign like you did when you were practicing in #1. When you are ready to fire, take a breath and let it out, when you come to the natural respiratory pause (the place between breaths) start squeezing the trigger very slowly. If you need to take another breath, then leave the finger pressure on the trigger where it is and take a breath and let it out again and then start squeezing slowly again until the gun goes off. You can and will need to do this over and over again.</p><p> </p><p>With the eye watering thing, you are straining too much. Relax your face when you are looking through the scope. My bet is that you are closing your non dominant eye and flexing all the muscles in your face while doing so. This will cause fatigue in your face and eyes. You can practice relaxing the muscles in your face by just closing both eyes while relaxing all the muscles in your face and then just open your dominant eye while leaving the rest of your face relaxed.</p><p> </p><p>It will take some time and a lot of dry firing (more dry firing than actual shooting). The main thing is to not get frustrated with yourself. Its all mental. When you are down there pulling that trigger, just tell yourself that it doesnt matter if it is loaded or not. After time and practice, it will all become muscle memory for you and you wont even hardly think about it while you are doing it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Korhil78, post: 804972, member: 34818"] LOTS of people develop those issues. What you have now are "Bad" shooting habits and you are going to have to break them by developing "Good" shooting habits. No one can tell you how to stop doing it wrong. You have to start doing it right and it will take time and a lot of practice and dry firing. 1. Dry Fire A LOT...dont just grab your rifle and start drying firing it over and over. Practice getting into the right position, getting comfortable, get on target, practice your breathing (while doing all of the above) and slowly squeeze the trigger. You have to go slow because you are trying to replace bad habits with good habits. It takes a while to get rid of a bad habit. 2. When you are out at the range, have your buddy do the same thing that he was doing before. Give you the rifle without you knowing if there is a round chambered or not. In doing this, you have to treat it like you are going to shoot it at the desired target whether it is loaded or not. Do everythign like you did when you were practicing in #1. When you are ready to fire, take a breath and let it out, when you come to the natural respiratory pause (the place between breaths) start squeezing the trigger very slowly. If you need to take another breath, then leave the finger pressure on the trigger where it is and take a breath and let it out again and then start squeezing slowly again until the gun goes off. You can and will need to do this over and over again. With the eye watering thing, you are straining too much. Relax your face when you are looking through the scope. My bet is that you are closing your non dominant eye and flexing all the muscles in your face while doing so. This will cause fatigue in your face and eyes. You can practice relaxing the muscles in your face by just closing both eyes while relaxing all the muscles in your face and then just open your dominant eye while leaving the rest of your face relaxed. It will take some time and a lot of dry firing (more dry firing than actual shooting). The main thing is to not get frustrated with yourself. Its all mental. When you are down there pulling that trigger, just tell yourself that it doesnt matter if it is loaded or not. After time and practice, it will all become muscle memory for you and you wont even hardly think about it while you are doing it. [/QUOTE]
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