target patterns

tiggrtiger101 · Post by **tiggrtiger101** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 2:44 pm

what is the best way to go around an air rifle target

wrc · Post by **wrc** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 3:23 pm

There are a couple of different opinions, but the way I like to do it is the least amount of changes to natural point of aim (NPA). Shoot your sighter(s), then shoot both record bulls in that column. top & bottom, or bottom then top, your choice. But you may as well shoot them while you're there and got your NPA all nicely arranged for that colunm. After that, change your NPA to the left column (bulls going up & down), shoot all those. Change NPA to the right and finish off that righthand column.

jhmartin · Post by **jhmartin** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 12:10 pm

I teach a "small movements" approach.

Start on top sighter .... move to bottom sighter ...

Going for record
#1 - go one more down to the #9 bull
#2 - shift left to the #8 bull
#3 thru #5 - Work your way up left column
#6 - shift right and take bull #2 at the top of the sighters
#7-#10 - shift right to last column and work your way down

The only thing I do have to do is also have them practice finals. Most of our finals we have them shoot in the target order, so practice and a reminder from the coach before they go to the line is helpful