How to get better?

[MarkCO]

Dot drills (like Offgrid explained) and the Scrambler drill are the two that give me the most quality feedback/training per round fired, regardless of platform. The Scrambler Drill is from Manny Bragg, but basically, one target and two positions separated by about 8 feet. Hit or miss, move to the other position, until you get 10 hits. With AR, we do it at 100 yards with a 4 or 10 inch plate. With a bolt gun, I have been doing it at 200 to 550. The position can be anything from Prone to Standing, barricade, pretty much anything from a prior match that I sucked at the most. It helps with patience, trigger control and building the positions quickly, but correctly. Every miss is a movement penalty that, after a while, hurts.

3Gun has become, to some degree, a contest to see who can unload their guns the fastest, so a word of caution if you are looking at 3Gun on the National Stage. Along the Front Range, it has not devolved as much.

Take a class. We have top tier Precision Rifle instructors a plenty in CO!