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Increasing accuaracy with Steyr.

  • 10-07-2010 7:36pm
    #1
    ddef
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 426 ✭✭


    Hey fellas.
    Recently was down in the curragh with a reserve battalian and we finally got to the range and fire.
    Most of the week was taken up with (understandably) safety and rules of being on the range etc.
    What we didnt really cover was nacks on how to properly aim and how to increase your accuracy overall. I got something like 92 on it, not sure what the total was. Does anybody have an pointers or their own personal ways of increasing your overall accuracy? any advice welcome, thanks!
    D.


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  • #2
    murf313
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 442 ✭✭murf313


    my own tips would be

    1. concentrate on breathing and squeeze the trigger as you exhale.

    2. when in the prone position, try and get low enough to the ground so that your hand on the fore-grip is resting on the ground which makes it all nice and stable.

    with enough practice you will find your own prefrences, every one has their own little ways...


  • #3
    concussion
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,267 ✭✭✭concussion


    Ask your instructors to go over the four rules of marksmanship. These are essential, as are most of the chapters in the Steyr manual including zeroing, holding and aiming in various positions and aiming off.

    http://www.scribd.com/doc/6913184/Marksmanship-Principles


  • #4
    It wasn't me!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,034 ✭✭✭✭It wasn't me!


    Same as any shooting.

    Establish a solid and comfortable shooting position providing maximum support and minimal muscular tension.

    Hold the rifle firmly, but not tightly.

    Exhale onto target. You have a window of about four seconds at the bottom of this breath for maximum visual acuity and before muscles begin to suffer from loss of oxygenation.

    Take up the trigger positively but without any jerking motion and squeeze firmly until it goes off, focusing on the relationship between the sights and the target (For iron sights, focus on the foresight; for optics, the reticle).

    Keep looking through the sights at the target and watch where they come to rest without breaking your position.


  • #5
    Manic Moran
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 16,465 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manic Moran


    Keep the weapon vertical. If it's tilted, the shot will go to one side or the other.

    I'm used to 'half-out' breath.

    The trigger break should surprise you. gradually increase pressure until you hear a 'bang'.

    Follow-through, follow-through, follow-through. Continue to pull the trigger and aim for at least a half-second after the shot.

    NTM


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