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elbow placement?
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Jarikeen said:
Any offhand shooting I do is with my off elbow braced against my body, rifle resting in the palm of my off hand just in front of the trigger guard, both for sitting or standing...it's almost as rock solid as bench shooting.
MikeChapin
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I shoot with my elbow away from the body with the forearm resting on my palm. When I started competion shooting, back in the seventies, you could not brace the elbow against the body. There had to be a palm's width between the elbow and the body.
That was changed in the 80s but I had already got into the habit of having my elbow away from the body so continued that way. I have tried both methods and do just as well either way so I went back to having the elbow off the body.
That was changed in the 80s but I had already got into the habit of having my elbow away from the body so continued that way. I have tried both methods and do just as well either way so I went back to having the elbow off the body.
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Got all my marksmanship training in the Army. Old Army!!
Offhand position with toes pointing N and rifle pointing WNW. Left elbow resting against side, rifle laying on left palm with left forearm as verticle as possible. Right elbow up parallel with the ground.
On Opening day of Primitive season ths year I spotted a nice doe in a field and could not move closer or to a tree to get a rest for my 44" .54 caliber flinter. it was getting late so I decided to shoot longer than I really like to. 110 yards, paced off. Assumed the offhand position, aimed at her neck, prayed!! took three breaths, held it and touched her off..... Clean through taking out the arteries. She ran about 30 yards and fell. All the years of practice paid off. But I neer cease to be amazed when I make a shot like that.
Offhand position with toes pointing N and rifle pointing WNW. Left elbow resting against side, rifle laying on left palm with left forearm as verticle as possible. Right elbow up parallel with the ground.
On Opening day of Primitive season ths year I spotted a nice doe in a field and could not move closer or to a tree to get a rest for my 44" .54 caliber flinter. it was getting late so I decided to shoot longer than I really like to. 110 yards, paced off. Assumed the offhand position, aimed at her neck, prayed!! took three breaths, held it and touched her off..... Clean through taking out the arteries. She ran about 30 yards and fell. All the years of practice paid off. But I neer cease to be amazed when I make a shot like that.
until recently, and for muzzleloaders only, I shot with my elbow tucked into my body...about 2 or 3 years ago, I drifted back to my very old army training and began with the elbow away from the body and at the point of what I'd describe as a triangle ..shoulder, stock, hand on forestock..my results seem better, and I really don't know why...Hank
Shooting righthanded: right arm out 90º from side, left arm below gun and forming a 90º bend at elbow. If I try and put my elbow on my tummy/chest I have to shoot at targets on the ground 6 feet ahead, otherwise I would need to crunch my neck and pull my left hand into the trigger bow so that I can't control the muzzle.
Left hand controls horizontal and vertical, right hand pulls gun tight into shoulder. Major adjustments are with the back and waist muscles. Fine tune with the arms.
Left hand controls horizontal and vertical, right hand pulls gun tight into shoulder. Major adjustments are with the back and waist muscles. Fine tune with the arms.
Kinda depends on your build, but if you can rest your left elbow on your ribs and still have reasonable hand position on your fore end, you can control your elevation with your breathing (this is assuming a right hand shooting position). That being said, when I shot my last deer, I just pointed and plugged him. No idea where my elbow was.
That's why ye practice. So movement becomes reflexive. Shooting is also a martial art.
Wax on, wax off.
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Yes Mr Wiragi
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Martial art.. interesting comment for sure! :thumbsup:
Anybody tried shooting from the hip. I haven't been shooting flinters that long but in the old Army days I burned thousands and thousands of raounds perfecting my ability to hit 18 coke cans at 25 yards firing from the hip with an M-16.. And yes I could do it over and over again...
The long barrel on the flinter...hmmm...I wonder?? :grin:
Anybody tried shooting from the hip. I haven't been shooting flinters that long but in the old Army days I burned thousands and thousands of raounds perfecting my ability to hit 18 coke cans at 25 yards firing from the hip with an M-16.. And yes I could do it over and over again...
The long barrel on the flinter...hmmm...I wonder?? :grin:
Back when i lived in Pa and shot with Old Westmorland Rifles , all of hand shooting was done with out the elbow touching the body for support. Here in Ca at a few shoots i went to this year no one cared ! I am so used to shooting unsupported I still did it that way .
susie s said:
I'm trying to picture that...I'm right handed, if I hold my rifle against my right hip instead of my right shoulder, my elbow is going to be back above the butt stock isn't it...the lock will still be in front of my right hand and trigger finger, etc?
