Thread: Technique Tips - Newbie

Maybe a silly question but is there generally a class or group in small bore clubs where you can use say a beat up JW15 with a scope for practice instead of jumping right into it with a target rifle?

Originally Posted by Chilli_Dog

Maybe a silly question but is there generally a class or group in small bore clubs where you can use say a beat up JW15 with a scope for practice instead of jumping right into it with a target rifle?

Yup in Auckland any ways - out West in Swanson Waitakere Sporting Rifle has 2 Mondays a month open for those licensed to come along and have some trigger time on the mound either working through their own "work on's" or there's plenty around to offer suggestions and shooting tips to those there. Safe also as new shooters unknown to the club will be asked to be checked for safety and we'll brief as to the Do's and don't on the range. RO's also in attendance keeping an eye on things...

Thursday Nights are Club nights where actual 50 shot details are shot in a mandated fashion also controlled and called by the RO. If interested PM me...

Good advice on here already.

At one stage, after shooting unsuppressed .270s and 22-250s my whole life I started missing for no apparent reason. After getting absolutely sick of it after a few months I set up a target in a paddock with my 270 loaded and very slowly and deliberately fired off a few shots. Similar to the above I found that I was mentally stopping myself from pulling the trigger smoothly and actually closing my eyes when I pulled the trigger sometimes.

Fixes included, very slow methodical shooting, making sure I kept the crosshair exactly on the bull and dry firing and keeping the crosshair on target after the rifle went click. Once I got this right just fired off a packet of bullets stopping myself if I started to tense up. Sometimes it just requires you to really focus on keeping those shots perfect and correcting yourself if you start to tense up.

A method some use is to have a mate load their rifle behind them so you don't actually know if they have put a live round up the spout or not. They watch you shoot and soon notice if you pull or jerk the rifle when you fire.

A limbsaver will definitely help. Plugs and ear muffs will help too.

Then its just time and bullets down range.

You will probably find that it will disappear if you go and blast some rabbits as you wont be thinking about the explosion but rather focussing on putting your bullet in the bunny.

Originally Posted by Carpe Diem

Yup in Auckland any ways - out West in Swanson Waitakere Sporting Rifle has 2 Mondays a month open for those licensed to come along and have some trigger time on the mound either working through their own "work on's" or there's plenty around to offer suggestions and shooting tips to those there. Safe also as new shooters unknown to the club will be asked to be checked for safety and we'll brief as to the Do's and don't on the range. RO's also in attendance keeping an eye on things...

Thursday Nights are Club nights where actual 50 shot details are shot in a mandated fashion also controlled and called by the RO. If interested PM me...

Im in Chch so Ill have to look into it down here

Originally Posted by Chilli_Dog

Im in Chch so Ill have to look into it down here

Nzda range and the handloaders at McLean's island

Slip on limbsaver might be the go if you are long in the arm. Look a bit goofy but do the trick. Im at the Auckland nzda range this weekend if you fancy a bit more practice

Originally Posted by Chilli_Dog

Maybe a silly question but is there generally a class or group in small bore clubs where you can use say a beat up JW15 with a scope for practice instead of jumping right into it with a target rifle?

I shoot both 22's at Masterton Miniature Rifle Club.
Both have scopes, 1 has a bipod (the 'real' target rifle).
Still get scored, but don't bother with competitions, don't need the stress.
If I did want to get serious, club has loan BSA Martini actioned target rifles for use, until I sourced a 'proper' Anschutz.
The 22 scoped & bipod kitted unit was formerly an Anschutz 1415 Model 54.
Shoots way better than I can at present.
Could return that proper Smallbore configuration if that's the way I decided to go.