Any trixs for a noob

[clone]

hello there i was wondering wether therer are any little trixs to use when shooting (trade secrets)

 

as i am new to all this any advice would be helpful

[1 of 5]

Go to your local club and learn to shoot there before venturing into live quarry shooting. It's quite frightening the level of marksmanship some people display who tell me they've been hunting for years. You can learn far faster in a club environment than you ever will out hunting. You'll also get advice on kit and a chance to try various guns before buying one.

http://www.airgunshed.co.uk/BFTA/clubfinder.htm

http://www.ukahft.org.uk/airgunclubs.htm

[sutty]

Welcome to the site clone,

1of 5 gives good advice, the key words are practice,practice, practice.

When you can hit a 2 pence piece at various ranges upto 30/40 yds constantly, your ready for the big outdoors!!

good luck and enjoy your shooting. :unsure:

regards Sutty.

[clone]

well i have done allot of practice while setting up the scope but i find that the recoil of the rifle (bsa lighting xl) takes the pellet of course

what is the best way to counter act the recoil

is it to hold tighter into my sholder ?

any ideas

[Devilishdave]

The position and hold should be firm enough to suport the rifle but the rifle must point naturaly at the target without any undue physical effort. so if you are realy hanging on to it you can guarantee it wont fly whare you want it to. Just relax hold it firmly but you should not be straining to hold it. Cosistency is the key always hold the gun the same way every time and regardless of whether it is a text book position or not you can adjust the sights and shoot consistently.

 

I know some target guys whe go to the extent of wearing the same jumper under the same jacket every time they shoot to aid consistency. Even going to the extent of eating the same size of meal and length of time b4 shooting all in the name of consistency but when you get to that level you realy are starting to split hairs.

 

Dave

[dunganick]

i once watched a FT practice meeting at bisley, the guys and girls are great people, really friendly, and OMG can they shoot, standing 45yard hits on a 1 inch target, that takes some doing.

 

DD is right, they all wear the same clothes no matter the weather or time of year, the guy i talked to was Graham Taylor he always wears a wax cotten jacket even if its boiling hot, he also got jenny taylor shooting who is the womens british FT champion i believe.

 

watching a top FT club practice is well worth the effort to get there, it certainly put me in my place and gave me something to look up to.

 

on another note, shooting a recoiling airgun takes practice, as dd says you must be holding onto the gun, but you must not be tense and really holding the gun into your body more than is required to keep the gun in your shoulder.

[roblade]

ok as has been said above practice is the key to a big bag :unsure:

 

below are listed the main points needed to improve your bag:

 

1. ACCURACY

2. FIELDCRAFT

3. RANGE ESTIMATION

4. ACCURACY

5. FIELDCRAFT

 

I thknk you said you had the lightening xl? if so your going to have to learn how to shoot it in variouse positions, and each different position will probably give you a slightly different pellet impact point due to the varying holds you will be using. As was mentiond above a club would be the best place to practise as well as getting a lot of hands on help and advice.

 

I find the best hold for the rifle is the sitting FT style position (if you do a search on the BFTA air rifles, it should turn up thier web page where you can download the technical skills manual, a lot of that will be uslesss to you but some of it will be very important reading for any airgunner!

 

the hold on a springer is the most important thing as the tighter you hold it the less likly you are to hold it the same way each and every time you shoot. I treat my springers as if they are feathers and i dont want to crumple them up. I just have them resting in my hands not a tight grips at all! only my thumb and trigger finger really gripping the rifle round the grip (never have known the proper name for this part of the rifle) its just a way that even if i rest the rifle on my forearm it seems to give a consistant as if i were holding it like normal.

 

Another VERY important part of vermin shooting with airguns just as important as accuracy is FIELDCRAFT!!!! If you cant get close to them, you wont be able to shoot them! You can practise this whenever your out and about in the fields with or preferably without the rifle.

 

A basic rule of thumb when it comes to working out the range is in an open space things will appear to be closer, in an area with other objects the target will appear to be further away. This is easily sorted out if your shooting from one postion as you can pace out variuose land marks or even place your own ( a twig in a field, or bit of chalk on a branch) dont use a tape measure to measure distances when your zeroing as you wont have a tape in the field, just pace out the distances and place targets every 5 paces (roughly 5 yards) that way you can pace out distances and make notes for variouse land marks within your range.

 

If your using fieldcrafty and stalking your going to have to practise (theres that word again LOL) range estimation. You can then practise range estimation where ever you are. (i.e walking down the street! just dont speak the numbers LOL or people might give you some funny looks LOL)

 

one final word on shooting your rifle, i find that occasionaly i get hit by a little bit of the shakey hand and high heart beat just as im getting a bead on the target, all i do when this happens take aim, and finger off trigger shut eyes and one or two deep breaths and relax open eyes and take the shot.

 

Ok so maybe that wasnt the final word LOL this is. If you do shoot standing you may find that the rifle has a tendacy to work its way lower the more you think about the shot, so start with the aim point above the target and lower the rifle slowly pulling the trigger when cross ahir is where you want to place the shot.

 

Ok think that covers it for now but as i said check out the BFTA web site and have a look at the technical skills manual and the other manual there, they will be a great help to you

 

all the best

 

ROB :yp:

 

(ps hows the airgun centre getting on with your lightening?)

Edited August 10, 2005 by ernyha

[Devilishdave]

One thing I see beginers going wrong with more often than not and that is the squeeze of the trigger. many people pull it and this movement is enough to put the round off target. make a concerted effort to breath out place sight on target then squeeze consistently and smoothly. do not hold your breath for more than 6 seconds or you will start to shake and your vision will start to go after a few cycles.

 

Dave

[clone]

ok as a noob then when i get round to shooting quarry is it better to go day shooting or lamping ?

 

and do i just start of with rabbit or them pigeons?

Edited August 10, 2005 by clone