I got a .22LR rifle and a 6-24x optic in hope of doing something like NRL22, but I can't find anything in my area, so I looked in to smallbore silhouette and my rifle meets hunter class and it seems like a lot of fun! I've tried reading as much as possible and practicing in my home dry firing.
How to put my hand on the forend is really messing with my head, I hate palm facing up, fist, I thought I liked thumb on trigger guard and rest it on my fingers...the range RO suggested resting it in the V of my thumb and index finger and that seemed to be very comfortable to me.
I have a very hard time keeping the sight still, is it best to inhale, completely exhale and when it lowers on to the target take the shot?
I feel like I get very anxious and I take shots I shouldn't have.
So, my first time trying to shoot in a silhouette position I only got five hits out of 15 on a paper target of the exact size of the chicken at 40m. I did awful, but the good news is I can only go up from here!
Did anyone else do as bad as me when they first tried? Have any tips? Should I practice forming muscle memory for being on target? I will be attending my first competition in March.
How to put my hand on the forend is really messing with my head, I hate palm facing up, fist, I thought I liked thumb on trigger guard and rest it on my fingers...the range RO suggested resting it in the V of my thumb and index finger and that seemed to be very comfortable to me.
I have a very hard time keeping the sight still, is it best to inhale, completely exhale and when it lowers on to the target take the shot?
I feel like I get very anxious and I take shots I shouldn't have.
So, my first time trying to shoot in a silhouette position I only got five hits out of 15 on a paper target of the exact size of the chicken at 40m. I did awful, but the good news is I can only go up from here!
Did anyone else do as bad as me when they first tried? Have any tips? Should I practice forming muscle memory for being on target? I will be attending my first competition in March.