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Posted: 1/1/2010 4:51:27 PM EDT
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I do not have all that much experience with shooting rifles due to the fact that I am a civilian with no military experience, but i think it is necessary for myself to be prepared for anything that comes my way. I am much better with handguns, and ive found rifles to have a harder learning curve as far as getting the fundamentals of sight alignment down. I got into guns after I turned 21 when I bought my first handgun and then my hobby has grown(very expensively, i might add) I have not attended any classes, thought I would love to one of these days. I have not been formally instructed in any way, so shooting rifles has been a little hard for me, but I have really been trying to get better at it.
First was a Tactical Solutions .22 upper with A2 rear sights at 50 yards on a bench with Federal bulk ammo 
Second is my M4-gery with Daniel Defense A1.5 sights at 50 yards on a bench withy Privi M193 ammo  .
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Looks good. Practice a little more at controlling your breathing, point of aim, smooth trigger pull, etc. to try to tighten up the groups a little. Your guns can do a bit better than that at 50 with irons. After that, the next step is extending the range a bit, and working at standing, kneeling and prone shooting. Leave the bench behind since you won't have one in the field. You are off to a good start, you just need to get more rounds down range and practice, practice, practice. With practice, you should be able to produce similar groups standing, prone, and kneeling at 50 yards.
Edit to add that you should do the practice with a .22 - much cheaper and just as effective for training purposes. |
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I got some advice for yah...... get off the bench, any practical shooting you'll be doing will either be on your feet or from a knee (some may argue prone, but I've replaced bench shooting with prone supported/unsupported shooting). It looks like you're doing alright with everything, you'll have to get the feel for your trigger, and if it feels gritty or crappy I'd look into getting a trigger job (i.e. Bill Springfield if you've got a standard LPK in there). Once you get attuned to your rifle you'll learn the trigger and where it breaks and how far to move for the reset. |
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Building off the above, I remember an old trick we used to train new Soldiers. It's called a "dime drill." Have someone place a dime on the end of your barrel, anywhere exposed forward of the front sight. Now dry fire. If the dime stays balanced, you're doing well. Focus on your breathing, learning the trigger, how much it creeps, etc. Once you master that, shake it up - wind sprints to prone, kneeling, different positions, etc. It gets you a lot of trigger time without a lot of $$$ and gets you in tune with your rifle.
Try it; if nothing else you're only out some time. |
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Quoted: Building off the above, I remember an old trick we used to train new Soldiers. It's called a "dime drill." Have someone place a dime on the end of your barrel, anywhere exposed forward of the front sight. Now dry fire. If the dime stays balanced, you're doing well. Focus on your breathing, learning the trigger, how much it creeps, etc. Once you master that, shake it up - wind sprints to prone, kneeling, different positions, etc. It gets you a lot of trigger time without a lot of $$$ and gets you in tune with your rifle. Try it; if nothing else you're only out some time. just don't do it with a rimfire |
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Building off the above, I remember an old trick we used to train new Soldiers. It's called a "dime drill." Have someone place a dime on the end of your barrel, anywhere exposed forward of the front sight. Now dry fire. If the dime stays balanced, you're doing well. Focus on your breathing, learning the trigger, how much it creeps, etc. Once you master that, shake it up - wind sprints to prone, kneeling, different positions, etc. It gets you a lot of trigger time without a lot of $$$ and gets you in tune with your rifle. Try it; if nothing else you're only out some time. just don't do it with a rimfire unless it's a 10/22 
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Building off the above, I remember an old trick we used to train new Soldiers. It's called a "dime drill." Have someone place a dime on the end of your barrel, anywhere exposed forward of the front sight. Now dry fire. If the dime stays balanced, you're doing well. Focus on your breathing, learning the trigger, how much it creeps, etc. Once you master that, shake it up - wind sprints to prone, kneeling, different positions, etc. It gets you a lot of trigger time without a lot of $$$ and gets you in tune with your rifle. Try it; if nothing else you're only out some time. just don't do it with a rimfire unless it's a 10/22 That one is news to me...I was told a long time ago never to dry fire a rimfire because you can break/damage the firing pin. That said I always keep a box of spent 22 cases around for dryfire practice. |
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Ruger specifically states that you CAN dry-fire the 10/22. One way of making sure is to stick a piece of paper (or masking tape) over the chamber and let the bolt close on it, then dry fire. If the firing pin protrusion is right, it won't leave a mark on the paper.
The "dime drill" also works great with most handguns, too. |
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