Everything you need to know about 1000
yard shooting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqgSSAh8Cqs&feature=related
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Everything you need to know about 1000
yard shooting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqgSSAh8Cqs&feature=related
Everything you need to know about 1000
yard shooting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqgSS...eature=related
My local gun store has a heavy barreled Savage 10 in .308 (used, but in great condition) for like $499 or $519, not sure. Just sayin'. Add tax to that, then put a scope on it, lookin' at about 8-900 total.
Rifle marksmanship starts with you and your body in relation to the rifle.
When you grasp the pistol grip of your AK assume a high firm grip, put the stock high in your shoulder pocket, roughly the bottom one third to one half of the buttstock should be in contact with your shoulder. Then find a comfortable cheek weld and DONT EVER CHANGE IT, consistent cheek weld from shot to shot is crucial, especially when using iron sights.
When assuming a firing stance, be it prone, sitting, kneeling, or standing, use your bones to support the weight of the rifle and not your muscles. I.E. When in the prone you should have the elbow of your support arm on the deck and the barrel of your rifle directly above that elbow. This will reduce muscle fatigue and thus minimize sight movement.
Once you have all of this it is much the same as handgun shooting.
1. Proper sight alignment:
With blade sights like and AK it is exactly like a pistol; front post in the center of and level with the blade. Peep sights like most US service rifles are different, you will have the tip of the post centered in the rear sight.
2. Proper sight picture
With proper sight alignment achieved you will place the tip of the front sight touching your target and focus on it, NOT THE TARGET. This part can be difficult for even experienced shooters because the natural human tendency is to focus on the objective or threat.
3. Breathing
There are different methods taught for breathing. The way I was taught in boot camp was to exhale completely, hold, and then start working the trigger. It works for me. Others teach the respiratory pause method. If you would rather learn that then someone should be along shortly to explain it because I can't. If you exhale 100% and hold, the rifle will be in exactly the same position for every shot.
4. Trigger control
With the pad of your finger, slowly squeeze the trigger. The shot should come as a surprise. After the trigger breaks hold it all the way through the recoil impulse.
*Edit to add- if you begin to tremble while squeezing the trigger, stop. Breathe again, and start over.
5. Follow through and recovery
Hold the trigger all the way through the recoil impulse, once you have recovered from the recoil, release the trigger. You should hear a "clunk" of the trigger resetting, that is how you know you have properly followed through your shot.
* If you fire a shot and remain looking down the sights and after the recoil notice that your rifle is now pointing somewhere other than where you were aiming you need to adjust what is called your natural point of aim. To do this move your body, not your arms, until the rifle is back on target. Once the rights are back on target close your eyes, inhale and exhale 100%, and open them. If the rifle is still on target you have achieved proper natural point of aim, if not, adjust your body and try again.
Everything you need to know about 1000
yard shooting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqgSS...eature=related
I'd go for a decent bolt-action rifle in a cartridge you can afford. For most trying for 1000, that's probably .308, .30-06', or something like that. Learn on cheap ammo, until you are maxing out the capability of the ammo/rifle combo, then go to match ammo to see how well you can do. If you are practicing at 100 or 200 yards, you don't need to be blasting away with $2/shot match ammo.
.223 can do it too, but the cartridge starts getting a little iffy past 800-900 yards, in many cases. (Certainly not impossible, as some people are taking it well past 1000yds accurately!)