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Thread: Possible Reasons for Marksmanship Issue

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    Quote Originally Posted by dmcmanus View Post
    cheekweld:

    Fair enough, can you explain in more detail? I noticed when I first got the Irons that I felt awkward and people were shooting way better then me. Then I saw some photos of the Magpul guys, and realized the position of my head was all sorts of f'ed up, and my cheek was in the wrong spot on the stock. I adjusted, and I improved. So with that in mind what are you thinking? I have a pinned version of the collapsable standard M4 stock on the rifle.
    cheekweld on a low recoil rifle like an AR is mostly making sure your eye is in exact same alignment to the rear sight, time after time after time.

    precision with open sights is not so much about doing it perfectly right, but doing it right consistently...
    Last edited by ra2bach; 09-10-09 at 15:53.
    never push a wrench...

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    this is why I prefer to shoot NTCH, for a consistent reference point.

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    FTS covered most, but here are some things to consider:

    Use a sling and make it tight for stability.

    Supported shooting position: Consider using a sand bag or bi-pod to check your zero, then use the prone position, with a sling.

    Natural point of aim: Get in your position and adjust so your body and weapon, is naturally and comfortably, pointing at the target. Get into position with an unloaded weapon and build your shooting position by adjusting the sling, eye relief, leg position, elbows, then aim at the target until the front sight in on target, without strain. Close eyes and have a buddy shake the weapon around. Open eyes to see it the sights moved. If it moved, readjust body position, and everything else, until the sights are dead on. Close the eyes and do it again and again, until you can hold proper sight alignment on target, without strain or minimum effort.

    Trigger control: You maybe jerking the trigger ever so slightly, but consistently, since the groups are in the same area, low and right. Try dry firing using a dime or quarter, balanced on the barrel. Continue until the coin consistently stays on the barrel when the hammer falls, without changing the sight picture. Concentrate on smooth trigger application and front sight stability, while aiming on a blank sheet of paper. You will immediately notice if the sights moved. It's a wall drill for rifles.

    Proper breathing technique: I'm use to acronym BRASS (Breath (Let half out) Relax, Aim, Slack(Take up) and Squeeze (Until the trigger breaks). There are many variations to this technique, but the key is to consistently do, what ever breathing technique you use. Many use respiratory pause, for their breathing process, the point in which you fully exhale, to pause the breathing process to take the shot. This may or may not work for you. For me, I don't have the time to concentrate on the sights and target, before I start getting eye blurriness, strain and blow the shot because I held my breath at RP too long and forced the shot, to include snatching the trigger, so I take a breath, then let half out when starting BRASS, which allows me more air and a longer time frame for correct sight alignment and breaking the shot.

    The above are some techniques I've used, to get the maximum precision out of my weapon, when competing on rifle teams in the past.

    Roger
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