practice practice practice and lots of patience. joining forums such as this to get tips and tricks. talking with people at the local ranges. if you shoot a rifle or pistol enough and experiment with every ammo possible, you will find the most accurate combination and know the limits of your gun. i use the deep breath, let is out halfway and sqeeze. once i sqeeze as much accuracy as i ca out of my hunting rifle and pistol setup's on the bench, i try to only shoot off hand as offhand shots account for about 50% of my shots in the field. i've also found that with my new addiction to 17 hmr, wind is a big factor. 17hmr gets pushed around quite a bit by the wind. some people have said that on windy days that take a diffent caliber into the field. i practice shooting off the bench and offhand shots on windy days specifically to know where my shot is gonna go.