Thread: Wobbly William

A wee trick taught to me was, when you are aiming and get the wobbles, turn the wobbles into a circle then at the bottom of the wee circle of aim come up onto centre of the target gently and shoot.

Visualise a dot or aim point where you want to hit and consentrate on that as you sight up. To have a smaller aim point should be more accurate than just aiming at a shoulder area for instance.

Originally Posted by Mooseman

Visualise a dot or aim point where you want to hit and consentrate on that as you sight up. To have a smaller aim point should be more accurate than just aiming at a shoulder area for instance.

Saw a YouTube video of a guy competition air rifle shooting, he said to get the best groups, fire a shot at a blank piece of paper. On subsequent shots, aim for the hole the first shot made. He was right, it works. Aim small, miss small or something like that! With rabbits, I usually aim for the eye.

Thanks for everyones advice, tonight I went and hid in the bull paddock ( no bulls currently in it) , I exercised some breathing practices and I was pretty successful.
In about 2hrs I managed to smoke 5 rabbits. Pretty damn pleased as it was effecting my confidence a bit , the wobbles .All the shots were 30+ meters.

Originally Posted by Jusepy

Thanks for everyones advice, tonight I went and hid in the bull paddock ( no bulls currently in it) , I exercised some breathing practices and I was pretty successful.
In about 2hrs I managed to smoke 5 rabbits. Pretty damn pleased as it was effecting my confidence a bit , the wobbles .All the shots were 30+ meters.

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If you're experiencing the wobblies, then know that we've all had to put up with them as well.

No-one is exempt, unless they're the terminator.

Nice shooting.at least you can get out and shoot.

Originally Posted by Mooseman

Nice shooting.at least you can get out and shoot.

Yes , I am super lucky. I apricate most people are unable to shoot at moment.

An update ,
I found some spinning targets in the shed the other day when I was going to get a trusty can of Do Bro to quench my thirst .
So I plinked away at it for a couple of hours standing.
Then again the next night I did the same.
Tonight I went out and smoked a rabbit at 30m and was a whole lot more steadier , when shooting from the standing position.

so it looks like the old saying is true , practice does make perfect ( well not perfect ) . I still missed a couple of standing shots so I need to continue the practice.
anyways cheers lads

The way I was taught, was to always breathe gently out before pulling the trigger.

I copied my sticks from that video a few years ago. They work well. I've covered mine in cheap cloth tape and put a piece of bicycle inner tube over the sections where the bolts pass through. It makes them nicer to hold on cold nights and quieter.