This past weekend a couple of buddies and I got together and did some shooting all the way out from 100y to 1000y.
As we shot I started to notice I was fighting my body position a bit. I felt as if i couldn’t get into my NPOA so naturally. Part of the reason for this is that I've been working on breaking a self induced habit of being a bit TOO relaxed behind the gun and not holding it tight or strong enough through recoil and follow through, this is causing the gun to jump affecting accuracy.
Now what i'm having issues with is figuring out what arm position I'm most comfortable in while maximizing control over the gun.
Let me see if I can break it down for you guys so it's as clear as possible. There are three arm positions I'm trying out.
The first is having the support elbow pointing more forward, hugging the rifle if you will. Sometimes I feel as if the support arm lets me push the rifle into my shoulder almost straight back.
The second position is keeping the arms and shoulders more parallel to the target and as flat to the ground as possible. I feel as this position is a bit tough to pull the rifle into my body. I get a lot of lateral movement when I apply that force or pressure and that’s when the fidgeting starts.
The third is similar to the second arm position but instead of flattening as much as possible I'm tucking both strong and weak elbows closer to the body. This seems to let me get the tight hold and control on the rifle with minimal lateral movement or reticle drift.
Ultimately what I’m trying to do is get into a good comfortable NPA and hold on to the gun a bit tighter allowing for better recoil control.
I would like to hear from you guys and especially Frank, Jacob and Lindy about this position fighting I’m going through. I just hope that I'm expressing myself clearly enough to be understood.
I also attached today’s 100y target result. I really took my time with them and played with my body position before sending each shot. The shots I pulled I knew were bad shots, I could call them before they hit. I pushed the bad shot. I also didn’t hold on to the rifle like I should have. I know the results aren’t bad, but it took too much moving around and fidgeting to get them IMO.
What I did get out of today though, was that the shots felt much better when I held on to the rifle nice and tight, I could feel it was a good shot, imagine that!!!! LOL
Anyway, thanks for any feedback.
R.
As we shot I started to notice I was fighting my body position a bit. I felt as if i couldn’t get into my NPOA so naturally. Part of the reason for this is that I've been working on breaking a self induced habit of being a bit TOO relaxed behind the gun and not holding it tight or strong enough through recoil and follow through, this is causing the gun to jump affecting accuracy.
Now what i'm having issues with is figuring out what arm position I'm most comfortable in while maximizing control over the gun.
Let me see if I can break it down for you guys so it's as clear as possible. There are three arm positions I'm trying out.
The first is having the support elbow pointing more forward, hugging the rifle if you will. Sometimes I feel as if the support arm lets me push the rifle into my shoulder almost straight back.
The second position is keeping the arms and shoulders more parallel to the target and as flat to the ground as possible. I feel as this position is a bit tough to pull the rifle into my body. I get a lot of lateral movement when I apply that force or pressure and that’s when the fidgeting starts.
The third is similar to the second arm position but instead of flattening as much as possible I'm tucking both strong and weak elbows closer to the body. This seems to let me get the tight hold and control on the rifle with minimal lateral movement or reticle drift.
Ultimately what I’m trying to do is get into a good comfortable NPA and hold on to the gun a bit tighter allowing for better recoil control.
I would like to hear from you guys and especially Frank, Jacob and Lindy about this position fighting I’m going through. I just hope that I'm expressing myself clearly enough to be understood.
I also attached today’s 100y target result. I really took my time with them and played with my body position before sending each shot. The shots I pulled I knew were bad shots, I could call them before they hit. I pushed the bad shot. I also didn’t hold on to the rifle like I should have. I know the results aren’t bad, but it took too much moving around and fidgeting to get them IMO.
What I did get out of today though, was that the shots felt much better when I held on to the rifle nice and tight, I could feel it was a good shot, imagine that!!!! LOL
Anyway, thanks for any feedback.
R.
