Features that effect marksmanship

Serious question: do any of the above mentioned shooting disciplines (Olympic, shotgun, etc) require weak side shooting?

I’ll usually refrain from customizing things like lateral movement of cheek piece. The most comfortable for me is to move it a bit to the right. But it makes getting behind the rifle on weak side ridiculously uncomfortable. So I tend to leave things like that neutral.
 
Serious question: do any of the above mentioned shooting disciplines (Olympic, shotgun, etc) require weak side shooting?

I’ll usually refrain from customizing things like lateral movement of cheek piece. The most comfortable for me is to move it a bit to the right. But it makes getting behind the rifle on weak side ridiculously uncomfortable. So I tend to leave things like that neutral.
No on the weak/support side, however with the adjustable comb systems for a stock you can move the comb both for cast on or off but they are not tooless, could be with similar features the current chassis systems use for these features. Necessity is the mother of invention a simple cam over lever out the back of the comb for the lock instead of the set screw would accomplish that.
 
"What are different equipment features that help improve marksmanship?" Nothing can accelerate improvement more than from hands on classes from someone that can teach marksmanship like low light or Jacob! I am sure that there are other fine teachers out there but these are the ones that I have experienced. The fundamentals never changes but unfortunately we have too many blind trying to teach the blind. Learn good habits from the beginning and you will save a lot of grief down the line.
 
One area of this I am "evolving" on is trigger weight, as it clearly has a positive effect by design when setting them lighter.

It sort of took going from extremes. In the past few years, I have played with trigger weight a bit more than previously. Even as low as 2 oz in one case. I was always of the mindset, and it was a USMC carry over thing, a Tactical or Field Rifle should be around 3LBS as a safety measure. Until recently even with my AI Rifles I never touched the triggers. How they came out of the box was fine for me.

I think around my first Calvin Elite I really started to play with this more because that trigger came out of the package super light. Right around an 8oz average if I remember correctly.

When you see 100s of shooter tapping these light triggers and not following through, it was easier to say, "go heavy and follow-through" vs saying "Learn where your balance point is by going lower. Because it is a safety thing, NDs and all, I used to avoid it, better safe than sorry was the thinking.

Since everyone moved to 4oz to 12oz triggers, the question became, where is the balance, and I think that is different for everyone.

My personal balance seems to be around 10oz to 12oz on a single-stage break. I can do lighter correctly but it takes more thought. I want No Mind and a good break which include follow through.

The trigger Tap is the standard for most people, the rifles will let you do it with very little downside beyond the increase in NDs we saw for a while across the board. That is where the education comes in, which again, go back to my other posts today, I think that education is lacking from more than one corner of the precision shooting world.

A properly adjusted trigger can be a feature that affects accuracy, finding that balance is the key.

Yes an AI, especially the legacy chassis fits smaller hands really well. Brings the grip closer, like Terry Cross does too.
THIS. I am at a 14oz and found that trigger is usually the fundamental that can cause the most issues. You can have the best prone position and still slap the trigger and miss. Now add that less stable position and you are slinging rounds. I even have to remind myself to follow through when the heart is up in the heat of the stage. The follow through importance can never be understated.