Training Courses What is the best training for a noob?

[Falcon9]

I am very experienced with 100-500 yard shooting. I have been doing it for 20 years. I am looking to now start to gain the skills to build on to stretch that out much farther. Besides trigger time, what is the best class I can take to really improve my shooting skills? I would like to go 1000 yards and beyond.

 

[seanh]

Not a class but one thing that will help develop skills is a.22lr and start shooting at 100-200 or get a precision air rifle and start shooting 50-100

 

[ssg08]

Not a class but one thing that will help develop skills is a.22lr and start shooting at 100-200 or get a precision air rifle and start shooting 50-100

While I agree that rimfire is a good learning tool. For someone that has been shooting 20+ years that ain't going to be a lot of fun.

I'd suggest lots of dry firing and also learning the basics behind ballistics. How to compensate for drop, holdovers, wind estimation. All those skills are a must for long range shooting...

 

[seanh]

While I agree that rimfire is a good learning tool. For someone that has been shooting 20+ years that ain't going to be a lot of fun.

I'd suggest lots of dry firing and also learning the basics behind ballistics. How to compensate for drop, holdovers, wind estimation. All those skills are a must for long range shooting...

Not a lot of fun? Surly, you can't be serious. Maybe for those that aren't true shooters at heart but those of use that are thoroughly enjoy all kinds of shooting the 22lr or airgun are every bit as much fun, even moreso.

Dry firing is good but you have to know what to look for in the scope for it to do any good. As to learning the basics of ballistics, nothing better to do that then an airgun or .22LR. You can read all the books on it you want but nothing beats experience. Learn to drop a 900fps .177 pellet into a tight group at 100 yards and shooting 1K with a 308 will be a snap.