Thread: Hi team I am a complete noob, but eager to learn

Originally Posted by Paic

Hi team,

I am pretty new to shooting and hunting. Got a Howa mini .223 to start with and I would like to get into target shooting until I am good enough for hunting.
Managed to get to the range once to zero in the scope and now I am locked away in Havelock north for now.

So if you have any recommendations for posts, blogs, websites and books to read, please post it here.

I woul like to get a better understanding of ballistics and then practice a lot.

Cheers,
Paul

Hi paul, welcome.

One thing you could do if you've saved the 223 cases from your zeroing trip, is use them to dry fire your rifle (best not to dry fire if you haven't got anything in the chamber, it's hard on the firing pin).

Put an empty case in your howa, and practice sighting and squeezing the trigger. It'll help you learning the breaking weight .(that means the point at which it releases the internals to fire the rifle.)