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    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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    Patience Is A Virtue

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    Nice shooting.at least you can get out and shoot.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jusepy View Post
    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mooseman View Post
    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Phil_H View Post
    Right @Jusepy, and you come to use all for coaching....

    I think you are just a Ninja Sniper hiding under a Sheep's Wooly Skin....
    Well done.

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    haha @Phil_H , I just had a good evening. It made up for the nights previously where I went out and came back empty handed and pissed off about the wobbles. I think sorting my breathing had a major impact thou.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jusepy View Post
    yeah Im trying not to get to the stage where I need to lean on every fence post to take a shot . Although I do sometimes do this if its a long shot.

    I used to have my elbow out like a wing and I have changed it to quite tightly tucked in. I will try not having it tucked in so tight if that makes sense. I was finding I was hold the air rifle too loosely and it was sending my grouping all over the place so I tightened it up ( my elbow) . The Artillery hold is hard to conquer.!
    IMO it's all about the front sight and the target.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mooseman View Post
    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.
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    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
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    The way I was taught, was to always breathe gently out before pulling the trigger.
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    Quote Originally Posted by stug View Post
    Make yourself a pair of quad sticks. Will make standing shots a lot steadier. I made mine from 2.5m(?) bamboo from mitre 10.

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8L2Kgmvs_PY
    I was going to suggest a shooting stick set up as well but Stug has nailed it with that YouTube suggestion. I’m going to make some of those myself.

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    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.

 

 

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