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How can I increase my off hand semi-buckhorn shooting skill ?
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So I've put 25 rounds downrange with my 336 in 30-30, yet I still can't keep 75% of my shots on a paper plate at 50 yards shooting off hand.
It's the first time I've used semi buckhorn sights, is this part of learning or am I just a bad shot ?
Buckhorn sights make a repeatable sight picture much more difficult for people used to scopes. Ensuring that the front sight is in the exact same relationship to the rear sight and the target eachshot is not easy.
You can persevere and you will get there. But getting a Williams FP aperture sight with target knobs or a Marbles tang sight will make things a lot easier.
Frustrating, I know. Something about what you're doing is wrong. @Trey Veston hit it; get bagged on the bench, slow down, achieve a perfect sight picture, and you'll find out what's up.It's the first time I've used semi buckhorn sights, is this part of learning or am I just a bad shot ?
Why are you wasting ammo shooting offhand groups at 50 yards?
Get the damn rifle on a bench and see what it is capable of in ideal conditions, then you can start shooting offhand to see what YOU are capable of.
Shooting open sights, offhand, with a new rifle is nothing more than making sure it functions. It is a useless exercise for determining accuracy.
So I've put 25 rounds downrange with my 336 in 30-30, yet I still can't keep 75% of my shots on a paper plate at 50 yards shooting off hand.
It's the first time I've used semi buckhorn sights, is this part of learning or am I just a bad shot ?
So I've put 25 rounds downrange with my 336 in 30-30, yet I still can't keep 75% of my shots on a paper plate at 50 yards shooting off hand.
It's the first time I've used semi buckhorn sights, is this part of learning or am I just a bad shot ?
We are all bad shots. Why else do we keep practicing?
So I've put 25 rounds downrange with my 336 in 30-30, yet I still can't keep 75% of my shots on a paper plate at 50 yards shooting off hand.
It's the first time I've used semi buckhorn sights, is this part of learning or am I just a bad shot ?