How to keep your crosshairs on target
 

Im going to be rabbit hunting and I find it quite hard to keep the crosshairs on such a small target steady enough to shoot. Does it just take practice or is there any way to hold steady better? Thanks

RE: How to keep your crosshairs on target
 

For me it’s all about a steady hold as long as the target isn’t too far away...

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i guess it just comes with practice and experience......

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PRACTICE IS NUMBER ONE, WRAP YOUR ARM IN THE SLING, AND THE THING THAT HELPED ME WAS TO BACK OFF ON THE SCOPE POWER. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE ZOOMED IN SUPER CLOSE TO KILL A RABBIT. WHEN YOU ARE THAT CLOSE YOU SEE THAT INCH YOU MOVED A A GREATER DISTANCE AND COMPENSATE WITH THE RIFLE TOO MUCH. A MILIMETER MOVE AT THE BARREL END WITH MAGNIFY GREATLY AT THE TARGET.

RE: How to keep your crosshairs on target
 

Take a deep breath let a little out and hold it put your crosshair on target and squeeze. It also helps to practice practice. Then practice some more. Good Luck.

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Take a rest...

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I agree with Ruger, less power always helps. And you need to find a stable position to shoot from. Off hand shooting at bunnies with a high powered scope (6X or above) would be pretty hard. 3X off from a knee or or something stable like a tree, rock or fence post would be much easier. Or laying down with a decent bipod.

Paul

RE: How to keep your crosshairs on target
 

Offhand shooting takes plenty of practice, stance and breathing is 95% of the equation. Proper stance should be; feet about sholder width, strong arm leg slightly back, knees slightly bent, this will give you a stable platform. Next, body should be aligned with your bace, rifle up in sholder, trigger arm elevated level with ground just holding the but in the sholder. Forarm tucked into the body palm level with the ground and not grasping the rifle. Last breathing, on target take a deep breath and exhale, when the crosshairs align with the target hold your breathsqueeze the trigger and follow through. This is something that needs to be always practiced, you dont learn it overnite and it doesntstay with you!unfortunatly.

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Lots of practice and a good bit of breathing discipline.

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Just brace your rifle on your hand against a tree. Even if it just a sapling. This is all assuming that bugs is sitting still, if he is running, and you are trying to shoot him through a scope, well then good luck.

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When you shoot offhand, trying to hold the crosshairs steady on your target will result in your aimpoint bouncing around. There's no way you can hold perfectly still. When you look thru your scope, take that bouncing movement and focus it into tight circles instead. With practice(no way around it), those circles get smaller. Aim small, miss small.

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Practice holding offhand. No shooting is needed, but you must develop the muscles needed to hold the rifle for a long time without developing shakes.As big tiny said, absolute steadiness is close to impossible, but you cangreatly reduce the arc that the muzzle swings through.

Put a quarter-sized rabbit picture on the wall and aim at it. And you need to learn how to use what you fnd in the woods as rests to help steady the rifle. Like a tree trunk, limb, etc.

Also, practice assuming the kneeling and sitting positions while hunting. In some situations, you will be able to shoot from one or the other of these positions, and both are much steadierthan offhand!

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Practice is the main thing. Try to use whatever you have as a rest. Kneel or lay down to make yourself more steady, use a monopod or tree, and have fun.

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Practice,also if he's running whistle at it.The rabbit will stop thinking it is a hawk and provide 1-2 sec shot opportunity

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Maybe I'm weird, but I wait to pull the trigger until the crosshairs have wandered over where I want to shoot. I try to limit movement, but I know I can't eliminate it.