This photo illustrates the open position of the upper arm strap of the sling. I do not recommend that the sling is tightened around the upper arm, but rather has equal pres- sures on both the inside and outside straps. This is the reason why I have taken the arm loop off the sling. The sling illustrated is a modified (for my own use) Kurt Thune single buckle unit. (See text.)
position, and I take a great deal of care in reproducing this positioning for every single shot I fire, and more so when setting the position up for the first sighter shot. This is extremely important….. Without this attention to detail on this aspect, there is very little benefit you can achieve even if you put the whole positioning in place exactly as I have described in the previous articles in this magazine. My work is an ongoing sequence, and so often I have stated that attention detail is paramount to success. My world records (ratified) are testament to this, and the number of first sighter shots that go smack in the middle….also a good indication that everything works!
I found that the recoil of even the small bore rifle was an important study, connected with the hold movements, and let me state that a good small bore shooter has no problems holding the rifle so still that from a distance it looks motionless. I needed to find out how small my hold was exactly,
which was why I went to the Lyman scope to check up on the adjustments I made to my position and the sling work I was studying. I found that after development, I could hold a 1/8th minute lee dot reticule in the lyman scope, inside a .22 bullet hole at 50m! This means that 6mm groups are quite possible with a small bore rifle at 50m.
With that thought in mind folks, I went to the scope just to find out what happened to the rifle hold with the sling development I was working on, both in position assembly, hold movement shape and recoil pattern consistency at shot release. I will enlarge on these aspects next month, and leave you with yet another psychological gem.
Excellence in shooting is not an act, but becomes a habit!
Think about it, Brooksie.
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