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<blockquote data-quote="MagnumManiac" data-source="post: 2298163" data-attributes="member: 10755"><p>My wife still thinks I am a crazy gun nut because I spend at least an hour every single night with my 3 comp rifles setting up and dry firing each for at least half an hour, sometimes more if it doesn't feel right.</p><p>I even dry fire my hunting rifles over my pack to make sure everything is still in order.</p><p>I have been told I am a natural, I grasped shooting .22's at running rabbits and foxes by the age of 10, started shooting when I was 7.</p><p>Sight acquisition and trigger work are the most important thing, other than rifle set-up, whether over bags or a bi-pod.</p><p>It took me a while to figure out scope shooting, I had grown up shooting with very poor iron sights, and when I started .22 3 position, the RO insisted I had a rifle with a scope on it. I borrowed another shooters rifle. The cross hair just wouldn't stay still for me and I was shooting much better with the iron sights of my single shot .22. My own shooter induced parallax was something that took me a while to grasp.</p><p>Natural ability goes a long way, but muscle memory from practise keeps you in the zone. I had shoulder surgery some time back now, no dry firing or shooting for 18 months…could not believe how poorly I shot the first time back out.</p><p></p><p>Cheers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MagnumManiac, post: 2298163, member: 10755"] My wife still thinks I am a crazy gun nut because I spend at least an hour every single night with my 3 comp rifles setting up and dry firing each for at least half an hour, sometimes more if it doesn’t feel right. I even dry fire my hunting rifles over my pack to make sure everything is still in order. I have been told I am a natural, I grasped shooting .22’s at running rabbits and foxes by the age of 10, started shooting when I was 7. Sight acquisition and trigger work are the most important thing, other than rifle set-up, whether over bags or a bi-pod. It took me a while to figure out scope shooting, I had grown up shooting with very poor iron sights, and when I started .22 3 position, the RO insisted I had a rifle with a scope on it. I borrowed another shooters rifle. The cross hair just wouldn’t stay still for me and I was shooting much better with the iron sights of my single shot .22. My own shooter induced parallax was something that took me a while to grasp. Natural ability goes a long way, but muscle memory from practise keeps you in the zone. I had shoulder surgery some time back now, no dry firing or shooting for 18 months…could not believe how poorly I shot the first time back out. Cheers. [/QUOTE]
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