Were you are now what would you tell yourself as a beginner?

[Deleted member 10043]

I was eleven in 1971. My dad just died and my mom sent me to the local NRA club to learn precision shooting to keep me out of trouble. I would have complained about the ammo, the barrel, the sights, and the difficulty level to earn the patches was too great. I would have told the ol' timers that took me under their wing they were full shit with the constant safety rules. Basically, the way people treat each other today with the whole entitlement thing. lol.

 

[KevinU]

- build a custom from the beginning
- don't chase velocity
- dope is just a number on the elevation turret (speed doesn't matter)
- practice, practice, practice
- fundamentals, fundamentals, fundamentals
- fundamentals, fundamentals, fundamentals
- after the above are 150% correct always, stay off your belly and go to back to practice, practice, practice.
- get to as many matches as possible, mouth shut, listen, watch, learn. Ask questions when needed
- did i mention fundamentals and practice?
- lists suck
- don't always listen to the interwebs, most of these guys know nothing (there are a select few that have forgotten more than most will ever know).
- find the best shooter you can and learn from them

Good advice here! Surround yourself with good shooters if possible. I'm very fortunate to have lots of good shooters around me and can shoot a match every weekend. One guy in particular, most knowledgeable shooter around me. Ex-military trainer, LR trainer now, very accomplished shooter in many disciplines, lives/breaths long range shooting. All we talk about is fundamentals, wind reading, why we miss... Try to find someone around you like that. Ignore the shooters who are telling you have to have this or that rifle or their focus is gear.

 

[CShooter92]

This thread is both very helpful and hilarious for someone getting into the Precision rifle game like myself. While I have shot rifles for 20 years, it's nice to see what others recommend.

I'm one of those guys that has grown up with the Buy once, cry once mentality so I am actually looking to purchase a custom rifle right from the beginning after saving for awhile. Having shot bolt action for a number of years I know enough about them to make an educated guess of what I'd like.

 

[NateVA]

I'm relatively new. From limited experience, I'd tell myself to save for a bit longer and build on a custom action instead of a regular R700 action. Not because the R700 is lacking in accuracy, but just because I'm so obsessive-compulsive that I'm going to be upgrading it anyway at the end of this year.

 

[Quarter Horse]

Self......"learn and have fun."