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I had occasion to work with a few really good fullbore guys in the Australian team a while back and I noticed a lot of them with badly adjusted rifles. The best indication I can give is one guy, who shot quite well but did not follow through at all. I convinced him there was more out there for him and showed him exactly why his rifle did not fit him correctly, particularly at long ranges. (Vital to a Palma Team surely?) He was a really high standard at 300 thru to 600 but, after that, was subject to a stack of scores like 47, 48s and 70 ex 75s.
I asked him to set his rifle up for 1000m and got him to get into position aiming at his target. He indicated he was ‘smack on’ (to quote him). I then covered his rear sight with a blank card in front of it, asking him to breathe a couple of times, then come onto his aim. Once he was there I removed the card, and the first thing he did was to lift his head about 5mm in order to see through the rear sight. He was astounded!
I made some adjustments to his cheek piece and history has it that from then on he dropped one point at the long ranges, including a 75.14 at 900m.
So what was happening to his follow-through process? The answer is simple - he was losing control over the back of the rifle under recoil because he had varying pressures on his cheek-piece. I can tell you, this is a common fault with fullbore shooters, even with high level guys who should know better. The loss of rifle control during follow-through is one of the reasons that many of them cannot follow a shot through correctly, even if they do belt the ‘bejesus’ out of it! Like I said, there is more out there for many of them, even if they are satisfied with scores like 50.4 and so on. There is nothing wrong with a 50.4 that 50.10 wouldn’t fix!
I have also seen fullbore guys with a follow-through sequence contained with the eyes firmly shut while they ride the recoil. Many of them cannot predict where a shot should be either on the target, within the bull and so on, whilst the champion fullbore shooters often nominate where the shot is within the V-ring.
For those that cannot nominate where the shot should be on the target, it is nearly always contained within the follow-through process but is a huge headache for the wind-coach alongside of them! Quite often I have seen a shot out at waterline 3 o’clock that resulted in the coach altering - only to lose the following shot at 9 o’clock. Two points lost and a confused wind coach, not to mention a now lacking in confidence shooter. The mind boggles...
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So, if you find you have a high standard at the short ranges and diminishing standards at the longs you can bet it is because of rifle-fit generally. Like I said above, attention to detail!
The same process for fullbore applies from the smallbore examples above, with the difference being in the thump of recoil. You can ride this, as your position absorbs but rifle fit is crucial if you have your goals set on a Bisley win.
Have you ever wondered why 90% of the matches are won by 10% of the shooters?
Brooksie.
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