Pulse control

The sling I have now is a basic M14/M1, 1.25" wide, 46" long, cotton web, military "style" sling. Now I need to learn to use it properly. I appreciate all the input.

I also appreciate the CMP link. I'll be checking that out further.

Thanks again,
Andrew
 
Art Eatman claims:
Olympic shooters learn to shoot between heartbeats. You have almost a fulll second to finalize the sight picture and send the "Do it!" command to your trigger finger. Gotta remember that there is an 0.2-second time lag between thought and action.
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Please, Art, don't be foolish. Nobody at the top of the competitive shooting sports for rifle or pistol does that. Such "now" mental commands are only used in shotgun sports where the shot charge pattern's big enough to cover it. Such behavior makes a rifle and pistol's aiming point jump out of the holding area and the shot's in the 9 ring for sure.

From the prone position, the best shooters hold an area on the target about 3/4 MOA and try to get shots off inside a 1/2 MOA area. They apply pressure to the trigger gently increasing it but will hole its tension if the aiming area gets bigger. Their sights make sort of a double figure 8 pattern on the target that looks much like an EKG display on those machines at the hospital. They apply a constant squeeze to the trigger and might be able to slow it down a bit as the sights go off center. But they never use a mental "now" thought as that'll surely jerk the aiming point outside of its normal area. Note that aiming point goes through two figure 8 cycles in a second (first one's larger, second one's smaller) with a pulse rate of 60. Go figure how far it moves in 1/5th of a second.

Then they've got to hold still while the bullet goes down the barrel until it exits; then they can flinch, barf or do whatever they want.
 
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+1 for Bart B.

I could not agree more. Furthermore, you should not anticipate the shot going out.
 
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