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Take a few deep breaths before pulling the trigger, be patient. A concentrated, calm state of mind.

Install a bubble level on your scope. Note also that some gun stocks make accurate shooting easier than others. I find traditional long guns the easiest, and bullpups or highly sculpted stocks much harder.

Ensure your trigger is light so pulling it does not move the gun. Hold it with the front section of your finger.

... and get to know your gun, exercise your shooting skills every day ! Success !

Terms to learn about...(search the web)

Natural point of aim - aim with you skeleton

Respiratory Pause - don't hold your breath

Zen () - or don't Zen, there is "no try"

Parallax and ocular focus - learn to tune your tele scope sight.

Dave...to answer your question properly, you need to be much more specific about the type of shooting you are wanting to do. Since you have purchased a front rest, you may be interested in some type of benchrest shooting. If you are looking for tips on what you should focus on to improve the fastest, you have to detail your question far more.

Mike 

I am by no means an expert but from my other shooting disciplines I find shooting each target just once, instead of shooting for groups gives me more feedback about where the shot landed in reference to where I was aiming and what transpired during breaking the shot. It’s easier for me to tell from looking at one impact point verses a larger ragged hole.

I believe the most important thing in doing anything precisely, is consistency. Do the same thing the same way each and every time. When too many adjustments are made at the same time it is nearly impossible to diagnose any issues. Be steady, follow through, go slow in your movements, make them all deliberate. When you become consistent, then you can tease out technical issues. Perhaps practice things incrementally, finger placement and dry firing, cheek placement within your limits of range of movement, adjust your cheek rider height and angel and offset if possible, etc. Regarding your fusion, you may well have to make adjustments in your own posture to compensate for any deficiencies, what works for one may not work for everyone. Keep that in mind for yourself. I have countless things I have to manage as well but within those deficits am able to shoot well. Regarding field target and bum bags, etc., I can't do some of the positions, so those are a no go. :~( If anything, it is an adventure. :~) If you don't have anyone in person to watch your technique, you can always video yourself and review what you are doing in detail. 

Forgot to add, you can mount an inexpensive laser to your rifle, then with your shooting set up, dry fire, or at least just pull the trigger and you can see how much you move around in the firing process and self diagnose your firing cycle.

You will have to tailor your shooting distance to the level of precision you are looking for based on the power and the projectile you are shooting. 

Precision in the airgun world is generally considered to average below 1 MOA ctc. Some targets are harder than others in that respect.


A 12 fpe pellet gun will not be able to compete at 50y with a 65fpe slug gun. 12-20 fpe pellet rifles can be shot precisely in most any wind out to 25m.


High powered pellet guns can be shot precisely in most wind up to 50y. Beyond 50 you will need to significantly temper your expectations based on the wind. Wind above 7-8 mph with pellets at 50y reduces the attainable precision drastically. Slugs can attain precision at 50y in heavy wind.

What power level and projectile are you shooting? Trying to shoot good scores at 50y with 10gr pellets is going to be very frustrating.

Mike

68 Whiskey just posted this one -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDj-BF0FXME

You can find technique videos all over YouTube. Harder to find these days as they demonetize anything that resembles shooting - Try searching for "Long Range Shooting for Beginners" This is an example of what you'll find:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9VTMzCiZtE

I have a fused neck and that makes it really hard for me to get a good cheek weld on the stock. So mostly I’m shooting in the head up position no cheek weld, gun sitting on the bags. I guess I’m asking you experts for your secrets lol! Hopefully that’s not rude!

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Hey Dave,

(A disclaimer: I am not an expert but have tuned and shot a few too many PCPs. All of which I seem to have great difficulties parting with ...)

Other attention points you may already aware of are parallax and ocular positioning.

Parallax: The trick to avoid consistency-killing parallax is to move your head back and forth and up and down. Adjust the focus of your scope until the target is fixed in the crosshairs irrespective of your head movements.

Ocular alignment: experiment with the height of your scope rings. I have found that I need high scope rings with certain guns to have good ocular alignment without a contorted neck, which kills my concentration. Often risers are needed as well, and not just for bullpups -- with them shooting often becomes so much more comfortable (and "zen"). You can find scope rings and risers in various heights for a good price on Aliexpress.

Enjoy!!

I personally feel it’s better to practice a distance that gives you confidence. Once you attain confidence...make it a little harder by going longer. Pellets are going to take a massive nosedive in performance once you get past 75y in any kind of wind.


Mike 

If you can make a 3” wide block to add to the forend of your gun it will greatly ease your troubles. Buy a front bag for a square 3” block to use in your rest and then find a way to create a parallel surface on the tail that can ride in a good, solid rear bag. Some BR guys find it much more comfortable to move the scope rearward and shoot from behind the gun when using a rest and rear bag.


Mike 

Further considering your fusion, it may be a bit unorthodox, but perhaps using a much higher shooting bench/table or else very low chair/stool to sit upon would help your head/neck/body alignment and positioning to your scope to at least make it more ergonomically realistic and comfortable to shoot. Then put into place all the great technical advice and off you will go into consistent 10X territory! :~)