Offhand Question?
Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 11:17 pm
I am a left handed shooter at the college level and am having problems in air rifle standing.
In Air rifle my hold up and down is very consistent but side to side I see what appears to be a distinct pulse from my chest transferred to the rifle, making my hold quick and hard to predict making nines on either side of the 10 almost constant. I have been shooting low 570's.
I have tried adjusting NPA and moving the butt plate further out on my arm, and also have tried "chicken winging" it with my left arm, "mind you, I am a lefty" in order to reduce the pressure on the rifle from my chest without much result. The other problem I have is when I reduce pressure on the buttplate the rifle wants to fall forward out of my shoulder, and I feel like I am pulling the rifle back into my shoulder. Also I am fairly tall also but I feel that my body's horizontal movement in position is under control and thus not the source of the problem I am seeing.
Sorry for the long post, any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated, especially from left handed shooters!
Hopefully I am not crazy and some other left handed shooters have noticed this also.
Styles
In Air rifle my hold up and down is very consistent but side to side I see what appears to be a distinct pulse from my chest transferred to the rifle, making my hold quick and hard to predict making nines on either side of the 10 almost constant. I have been shooting low 570's.
I have tried adjusting NPA and moving the butt plate further out on my arm, and also have tried "chicken winging" it with my left arm, "mind you, I am a lefty" in order to reduce the pressure on the rifle from my chest without much result. The other problem I have is when I reduce pressure on the buttplate the rifle wants to fall forward out of my shoulder, and I feel like I am pulling the rifle back into my shoulder. Also I am fairly tall also but I feel that my body's horizontal movement in position is under control and thus not the source of the problem I am seeing.
Sorry for the long post, any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated, especially from left handed shooters!
Hopefully I am not crazy and some other left handed shooters have noticed this also.
Styles