sixteenacrewood
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All great advise here!
After teaching the basics and a lot of fun shooting from the bench, you may want to try something a bit different.
My dad had quit hunting by the time I was wanting to get into it, I was a late one, last of the bunch. He was a WWII vet.
After I had the basics of shooting down, he had me do a few drills at the range and in the woods behind our house over a summer.
One was to get me to go out back where we shot and I only got one bullet, one shot at the target, standing, no rest, 30-30, 4x scope at 50 yards. Then it was over for the afternoon.
We did this several times a week, sometimes only once a week and often without warning. He would say "get your gun, lets take a shot."
After a few weeks the target was moved further out, eventualy to 100 yards, soetimes I didn't know the exact range.
When we went to the range, he got me to do jumping jacks until my heart rate was up, pick up my rifle, load one bullet, chamber the round, and take a shot at the 100 yd target, standing with no rest. He got me to move slow but steady, but to fire the second I had aquiered the target. Once the rifle was shoulderd he wanted me to fire within 2 seconds. Sometimes he had me load and fire up to 5 rounds at a time. He said we were after "minute of deer" accuracy. It was a Marlin 336, 30-30.
This was great fun and a great time together. After the "drills" at the range we settled in to shooting off the bench, but never with a sand bag rest.
This taught me to shoot while excited and out of breath and the "one shot drill" taught me to shoot "cold" after hours in the stand.
Shooting standing, without a rest taught me to let the sights decend on the target as I exhaled, and gently control my trigger pull.
More important, it was just good firearm training and a Great time together
He always kept it fun, no pressure or critisizm, we laughed a lot.
After teaching the basics and a lot of fun shooting from the bench, you may want to try something a bit different.
My dad had quit hunting by the time I was wanting to get into it, I was a late one, last of the bunch. He was a WWII vet.
After I had the basics of shooting down, he had me do a few drills at the range and in the woods behind our house over a summer.
One was to get me to go out back where we shot and I only got one bullet, one shot at the target, standing, no rest, 30-30, 4x scope at 50 yards. Then it was over for the afternoon.
We did this several times a week, sometimes only once a week and often without warning. He would say "get your gun, lets take a shot."
After a few weeks the target was moved further out, eventualy to 100 yards, soetimes I didn't know the exact range.
When we went to the range, he got me to do jumping jacks until my heart rate was up, pick up my rifle, load one bullet, chamber the round, and take a shot at the 100 yd target, standing with no rest. He got me to move slow but steady, but to fire the second I had aquiered the target. Once the rifle was shoulderd he wanted me to fire within 2 seconds. Sometimes he had me load and fire up to 5 rounds at a time. He said we were after "minute of deer" accuracy. It was a Marlin 336, 30-30.
This was great fun and a great time together. After the "drills" at the range we settled in to shooting off the bench, but never with a sand bag rest.
This taught me to shoot while excited and out of breath and the "one shot drill" taught me to shoot "cold" after hours in the stand.
Shooting standing, without a rest taught me to let the sights decend on the target as I exhaled, and gently control my trigger pull.
More important, it was just good firearm training and a Great time together
He always kept it fun, no pressure or critisizm, we laughed a lot.