DRY FIRE & IMPROVE
We all have need to dry fire. Many top Prone and Position shooters regard dry-firing as legitimate and valuable practice. I offer the comment though, that rim-fire rifles may well be damaged by dry-firing on an empty chamber. The firing pin may hit on the edge of the chamber, pinning the chamber so that over […]
TO CANT OR NOT TO CANT
What is “canting?” Canting is about shooting while the rifle is not perfectly level. The rifle can be canted inward (brought in towards the shooter) or outwards (away from the shooter). The diagrams above give you a view of the sights when the rifle is level (Figure 1), canted in towards the shooter (Figure 2) […]
HOW TO TRAIN TO IMPROVE
Now everyone is going to say …. “Of course I train!… but do you…do you understand the real meaning of training. The three processes are … TRAINING … PRACTICE … COMPETITION … Let’s break that down a bit – TRAINING. Training is taking the time to work on the little elements of performance, one at a […]
THINKING DURING A MATCH
THINKING DURING A MATCH thoughts by Tricia Van Nus TO THE ATHLETE: The Range Official has said the magic word ….”start”…. you shoot your sighter groups and are happy with those – now to the match shots ….. it is only then that you notice little changes occurring in your tough “ready to go” approach. […]
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SUCCESS IS A CHALLENGE
