Books/guides to accurate shooting?
- Thread starter sphincterxxx
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- Lethbridge
Be more specific, there are a lot of good books out there.
rnbra-shooter
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- Location
- New Brunswick
Are you looking for an entry-level introduction to general accurate shooting? Or is there a specific type of shooting that you are interested in?
A number of things are universal - mental focus and discipline, trigger control, sight picture, breathing control, etc. There may be some specific differences (e.g. the way you pull a shotgun's trigger when shooting skeet vs. a handgun's trigger when shooting IPSC vs. a handgun's trigger when shooting slowfire bullseye vs. a rifle when shooting offhand slowfire vs. a rifle when shooting prone slowfire with a sling or a rest), but learning how to do any one kind of shooting well, gives you skills that are largely useful in another kind of shooting.
What do you already know, and what do you need next? Do you already know how to competently and safely shoot, but you now want to take the first steps to shooting more accurately? Or are you a bit beyond that? Have you already done any competition or serious accuracy shooting? Are you interested/willing to do organized shooting (e.g. competitions)?
A number of things are universal - mental focus and discipline, trigger control, sight picture, breathing control, etc. There may be some specific differences (e.g. the way you pull a shotgun's trigger when shooting skeet vs. a handgun's trigger when shooting IPSC vs. a handgun's trigger when shooting slowfire bullseye vs. a rifle when shooting offhand slowfire vs. a rifle when shooting prone slowfire with a sling or a rest), but learning how to do any one kind of shooting well, gives you skills that are largely useful in another kind of shooting.
What do you already know, and what do you need next? Do you already know how to competently and safely shoot, but you now want to take the first steps to shooting more accurately? Or are you a bit beyond that? Have you already done any competition or serious accuracy shooting? Are you interested/willing to do organized shooting (e.g. competitions)?
i'm pretty much a new shooter (i have pellet/bb/paintball experience, but i don't really consider that actual "shooting" experience), and am looking to improve my consistency, accuracy etc using the various breathing methods, stances, grip positions, trigger control etc. Willing to try out all the various methodologies in order to improve my shooting as a whole.
Have a P22, and bought lots of .22 ammo for practice. Bought a G17, have a P30L on the way, but have kept the 9mm shooting down so far due to cost. Have not done any competitions but would be willing to do some once i feel ready. Have an SKS for cheap plinking, but looking to get a Savage to practice my breathing and overall technique. Haven't really used optics, but am interested in the challenge of open sights. So basically, I'm interested in both rifle and pistol shooting (haven't really decided if i like one more than the other yet), and am i'm looking to dabble in everything. I don't expect one book to do it all, a few would be fine too.
Reason i even asked this question is because I wanted to order the ABCs of reloading (buy and read the book first, decide on if i will buy the press after), and needed some more books to get the free shipping
- Location
- S.E, Saskatchewan
aquire, focus, squeeze , practice practice practice... there are allot of great reloading and ballistics books out there...
practice practice practice... there are allot of great reloading and ballistics books out there... There is a ton of information on pilkguns.com - both hgun and rifle . Take from it what you see fit as the site focuses on competition and training. The basic stances are even in the CFSC manual (and I mean BASIC). Vary them to fit you. However you hold ,whether off the bench or in position try to make your trigger release so it does not upset your hold. And as has been said practice! 22LR is your least expensive practice and because of the minimal recoil you can learn much about technique and with successive shooting sessions you'll learn the most. Hi-power rifle and hgun, because of the heavier recoil, masks many of the mistakes and habits that create your performance. You want to either not develop or erase the mistakes and try to repeat the habits which provide good performance. Good shooting!
