TargetTalk

Hello everyone, As stated, im a returning shooter that would like to get back into it. Shot in college and not a lick since but starting to get the bug again. I have no equipment as I used the team's stuff. I want to shoot smallbore, but not extremely competitive; just local club events and stuff. N...

i think some if it is with my NPA. with prone its easy to get my NPA correct but with offhand i feel like im always twisting my body a little bit to get to the targets. one thing i notice is how close my support hand is to my body, its almost touching my trigger hand. I feel maybe extending my suppo...

i was wondering if i could get some help with offhand airfile. I know it will be hard to help me without pictures but anything should help. I usually cant my gun inward, but im consistently swaying forward and backwards. Im consistently shooting 7's but every once in a while i get a flier that misse...

thats the problem. i feel like i call most of my shots as 9 or 10 but they are not.

i just cant seem to get a clear sight picture. i feel like my eye is too far away from the rear sight. How far should i be from the rear sight.

should i shorten the rear stock to get closer to the stock.

i feel like im losing a few points in my 3p 50ft score due to my sights being slightly off. just wondering what the correct procedure is for sighting in my rifle.

should i adjust after each shot or shot like a three shot group then adjust.

ok thanks, i was shooting today and noticed what you said about the sling. it was coming from the inside of my left arm. im quessing this was pulling the gun towards me causing it to lean away from me. next time i shoot ill try rotating the sling so its more direct to the handstop. thanks everyone f...

anybody have any drills that i could do to get better. i only practice twice a week.

i have shooting issf prone 50 ft. my equipment is decent, not great but good enough that i should be doing better. i havent been shooting long so i think i just need more practice. my jacket does fit. im not using very good ammo so many ill try some wolf target or just buy a some eley. i do seem to ...

hello, i am consistently shooting in the high 80's and low 90's for smallbore prone shooting. This isnt terrible but i would like to improve my scores.

are there any small tips that you might have to improve my scores or do i just need more practice.

i always taught to have a little tension in you grip. so it locks your wrist.

thats what i thougt, thats what others in the club were doing.

changing my npa. would i move my whole body to a new position. i have heard people just moving there feet and adjusting their npa that way.

just having some trouble aiming when i switch targets from left to right. when i move from a middle target to a left target the rifle always seems to want to go back to the middle one. i seem to be using my muscles a little bit to hold the rifle in place. do you consistently adjust your body or what.

ok just got the terminology wrong, the jacket does have a strap to keep the sling up. ill try the looser sling and see what happens. might have to move my handstop or lengthen my stock to make up for the added length of loosening the sling.

thanks all who replied.

i have a sling keeper on my sling. i push it as far up as i possible can. quess thats not good. ill try the three finger rule.

thanks eric for the reply, my coaches told me it should be tight and high. i like a low sling position.

quess it was cutting off my circulation.

i have a pretty good shooting jacket and a new shooting glove so thats not the problem. i believe my hand placement on the hand stop was more in the webbing and this could be the problem. i also tighten my sling tight around biceps. i know it should be tight but how tight is to tight and too loose i...

i have recently started shooting prone and am getting some pain that believe to be unnatural because i know there will always be a little. first of all i have pain in my left hand(rifle holding hand).it starts to fall asleep. second i get pain in my left arm in the bicep area. it starts to hurt and ...