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  1. Sterling Shooter

    Standing Prone?

    Yes, Google USAMU angle shooting tips with SFG Praslick.
  2. Sterling Shooter

    Standing Prone?

    I have practiced using the bench table top as I would the ground. My range did not have target berms and this made it difficult to shoot from prone on ground since tall grass precluded view of the target. I just used the bench for prone and sitting events. You do what you've got to do. The only...
  3. Sterling Shooter

    Advanced Marksmanship Position Shooting Standards

    All, For the OP to make the most out of reduced course target shooting the OP needs to record calls and shots in a data book. This permits the cause of error to literally be seen through analysis of the call/shot corollary. For example a shot called right-in-there but hitting at 3 o'clock...
  4. Sterling Shooter

    pros and cons of full length hand guard on AR

    OP, Another benefit of a rifle length rail is it allows for a longer sight radius; and thus, since this is an angular concept, a better understanding for sight alignment perfection. In addition, the longer radius, when coupled with a small aperture, makes maintaining focus on the front sight...
  5. Sterling Shooter

    pros and cons of full length hand guard on AR

    Shooting clean, a long hand guard will permit a lower prone position with sling support. This contributes to stability, less wobble, and therefore better hits. I'm not interested in what the gun looks like, only that the ergonomics complement the elements and factors of a steady position. For...
  6. Sterling Shooter

    Advanced Marksmanship Position Shooting Standards

    I've had the most "fun" shooting at the MR-31. This is the 600 yard target reduced for 100 yards. My scores on this are about what I'd expect shooing mid range prone with sling and irons in about a 4 mph prevailing full value wind. My goal is all X-ring hits, but so far my highest X-count is 17...
  7. Sterling Shooter

    Advanced Marksmanship Position Shooting Standards

    OP, I do not think about groups, I think about score, and you should too. Get a score book, and shoot at reduced course NRA HP targets in appropriate position/course of fire, recording calls and shots. Soon thereafter, you will have a basis for comparative analysis, as well as an...
  8. Sterling Shooter

    Advanced Marksmanship Long range scopes...

    OP, You will need a sight which can be adjusted to where bullet path and line of sight will intersect at 1000 yards. You will need a sight which allows you to recognize a consistent sight picture. This is the relationship between sight and target. Also, you will need a sight with relatively...
  9. Sterling Shooter

    Left-handed AR15 Reccomendations

    I am left eye dominant and shoot from the left shoulder. I have never seen a need for a "left hand" AR. The only complaint I have is the forward assist has opened up my lip on a few occasions when shooting prone sling at 1000 yards on low light days, when, to get enough contrast in sight picture...
  10. Sterling Shooter

    Best "budget" barrel for 5.56 AR?

    I like a rifle length tube with rifle length port. 750 diameter from end cap to muzzle and about one inch diameter under handguards to barrel extension. I like 1 in 7 twist too. With this profile/length/twist I have the basis for accuracy using as issued irons at LR with high b.c. bullets. I...
  11. Sterling Shooter

    Advanced Marksmanship How do you calculate wind correction without a ballistic calculator?

    Just a thought prompted by your post, I think a novice shooter who wants to learn how to do it would be wise to record no-wind, beginning, and corrected zero for wind and weather conditions in a data book. Then, after the shooting exercise, the shooter can reconcile the result with facts from...
  12. Sterling Shooter

    Advanced Marksmanship How do you calculate wind correction without a ballistic calculator?

    I am more concerned about error from inconsistent recoil resistance than from wind, since taking a reading of mirage at mid range when possible will provide a good idea of what counter is necessary for a good hit. And, although getting the wind right is important, as it has the most effect on...
  13. Sterling Shooter

    Groups smaller than bullet diameter?

    One thing for sure, a grouping is synonymous with shot misplacement, that's to say, shots going somewhere other than where aimed. If shots all went where aimed the literal definition of a zero would be realized, where point of impact and line of sight intersect and the resulting value in any...
  14. Sterling Shooter

    Advanced Marksmanship How do you calculate wind correction without a ballistic calculator?

    I will often just pluck a tuff of grass and toss it. This means of direction detection is useful in HP competition, 300 yard rapid fire from standing to prone, when conditions do not allow me to get back on the spotting scope to view mirage.
  15. Sterling Shooter

    Advanced Marksmanship How do you calculate wind correction without a ballistic calculator?

    Here's a formula: distance to target in yards divided by 100, multiplied by wind velocity valued as half or full value by wind clock, divided by constant, equals MOA of drift. Example, 600 yard target, 10 mph wind seen as having a half value, shooting .223, which uses a constant of 10, would...
  16. Sterling Shooter

    Advanced Marksmanship SHOT GROUP analysis help PLEASE!

    OP, Getting through the gobbledygook, there are two likely reasons for your horizontal stringing, wind and/or poor trigger control. Either you moved the rifle or the wind moved your bullet. In addition, there are seven other shooter errors related to an inconsistent/unstable position which...
  17. Sterling Shooter

    Help me brainstorm my path to LR shooting.

    OP. You can learn everything there is to know about good shooting with an AR, i.e. a match conditioned commercial equivalent of the M16A2 with as issued type iron sights. The concept forces learning of all things important to good shooting. The A2 is preferable to the A4, being easier to adjust...
  18. Sterling Shooter

    Advanced Marksmanship Up HIll - Down HIll: Yes, once again!

    There does seem to be a lot to learn for a shooter who wants to know everything there is to know about good shooting. Countering for wind and weather effects, as well as slope are no doubt important . Thing is you don't need to know much about the effects of slope shooting to get a good hit in...
  19. Sterling Shooter

    Advanced Marksmanship Up HIll - Down HIll: Yes, once again!

    The USAMU has a good video out on this subject, search: USAMU Praslick on angle shooting.
  20. Sterling Shooter

    Zeroing

    What reticle? If you have a BDC type you will want to zero for 100 yards. Other than a BDC consider if a battle sight zero would get the job done.
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