5 hot groups, 
.20 caliber. 45 yards. Bucket and sticks. Only 12x scope. All touch the edge of a quarter. Timing my heartbeat is very difficult. Any secrets?
Stretched the distance on my HW97 today. 45 yard groups.
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Some good shooting,good advice,follow through is very important .Like swinging a bat,a consistent flow is needed.
Timing heartbeat.....no way for me,it is a matter of sight picture,breath and follow trough.
Wish my 97 was .20,it is .22 and that is ok....
Timing heartbeat.....no way for me,it is a matter of sight picture,breath and follow trough.
Wish my 97 was .20,it is .22 and that is ok....
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Very good shooting at that distance. I am also using the H&N pellets and get very very good results!
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Very nice shooting ! I wouldn't worry about your heartbeat. I think your 97's accuracy is about good as it's going to get. Quarter size groups at 45 yards !! Soak that in for a minute !
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Have to learn to relax, when I was competing, I use to get into my FT position and set there for at least a 15 minute interval. Learn to breath slowly with deeper in an out breathing. Watch you diet, no/ low surgar before shooting. Practice slow deep breathing, after a while I was able to get my resting heart rate down to just over 50/52 beats per minute. This allowed time to shoot between heartbeats. Now that was 25/30 years back..... Things change...high blood pressure, heart attack, triple bypass surgery, yep its all different now!!! Much higher heart rate, medicine that controls a regular heart beat at a high rate, gained weight etc. Can no longer shoot between beats but I do try. Had to learn my wobble pattern all over after health issues.. It takes time and lots of concentration to figure it all out!!
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Inhale a little extra.
Exhale half way.
Count heartbeats, one and two and three and
The shot should be breaking. If it isn't you have to start the process again.
Exhale half way.
Count heartbeats, one and two and three and
The shot should be breaking. If it isn't you have to start the process again.
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Yes I need to practice breathing control. i usually only shoot out to about 25 and at 25 it doesn’t make that much difference. You really notice it when you start stretching out past 40 yards.
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Really good groups!. I have a Beeman .20 cal HW97 long barrel with a 4-12 Mantis scope in a BKL 1-piece droop mount. With JSB standards it averages 645 fps. Using a bag to steady the rifle I'm holding over 2 dots and 1 dot with the H&N FTT. In my 97 neither really pulling ahead for accuracy, but I need to do more testing.
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Those are some great groups!!! Revel in your accomplishment!!
For me I find follow through to be as important as the rest. I keep my trigger depressed FAR LONGER than it feels necessary. I exhale most way, pause, settle, time heartbeat, shoot, wait, wait, wait.
Additionally I make sure to use the distal pad of my second phalanx and not the crease. Not too close to the tip. I also tend to "snug" some of my springers in. No too tight, not too loose.
But, your groups are fantastic right there!!!!!
As they say, "the peregrination is as important as the destination"
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5 hot groups,
.20 caliber. 45 yards. Bucket and sticks. Only 12x scope. All touch the edge of a quarter. Timing my heartbeat is very difficult. Any secrets?
Shawn at least with me when I’m getting a touch of bounce due to my heartbeat I’ve got to much of my body/face pressure on the stock especially if I’m shooting prone. Might try just slightly taking the amount of contact you have with the stock and lighten it up a touch.
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