Shooting an egg at 300 yards with a .22

[BushMasterBoy]

Recipe for a chicken omelet, get the egg out of the chicken, stuff the chicken back into the egg,

[Aloha_Shooter]

Oh, does anyone know of a class offered to this style of shooting? Id love to start learning the proper technique & form.

Seem to remember mention of someone who knows/is a biathlon shooting coach here too. Anyone know who that is/was?

It's a bit of a haul for you but there are regular sessions at the Olympic Training Center facility (or there were ... I don't know how the pandemic has affected things there). I always had conflicts but have been meaning to try to get back into it for years. My eyes are starting to go as is everything else so no way I'll do as well as I did in high school but I just need to go shooting.

If you want, I could go over some of the basics from when I shot on the team in high school. You notice in her stance, she kind of leans back from the hip -- that lets you use your hip (or beer belly) as a base to rest your elbow so your forearm is offering structural support instead of using muscle to keep the rifle up. I was taught to use my open flat palm as a rest (some guys made a fist instead and rested the rifle balance point on their fist). No fingers on the stock as gripping it can induce micro-motions.

[ChickNorris]

Went to my first Silo shoot today @ AGC. Very nice people who were welcoming, easy going, eager to help me learn & several even let me try on a few different rifles. I had fun. Managed to hit a few targets on each of the four relays too (yes there were giggles) Funny how them bitty chicks were the most trouble being the closest & I scored the fewest points on those. I think having a rifle that's more ergonomicly correct for me would go a long way but in the interim & until I have more context & can practice, I'll make do. Still sorting my form obviously & tried something a little different on each relay to see if there was something more comfortable & stable...but for my first time I'm not unhappy with my experience or score. Think I preferred the heavier rifle over the lightest but idk. Thank you Wolfshoon for the invitation, introduction & use of your gear today!

Looking forward to trying another match later this month.


*few of you here might get this reference but this could be an opportunity/reason for me to finally own a 'pistachio' - Ha!

[Irving]

[Aloha_Shooter]

Think I preferred the heavier rifle over the lightest but idk.

The heavier rifle tends to be more stable and the weight doesn't matter much if you're taking a stance where you're using your bone structure for support instead of trying to muscle it. When I was shooting in high school, the top shooters invariably gravitated to the heaviesr rifles.