What are the biggest things that improved you shooting

Ben10

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What do you feel are the biggest things that improved your shooting? 

This is could be anything from a gadget to help your accuracy, a mentor, a video you watched, a piece of advice you were given, a better gun etc... 

I will kick off with:

• Reading about and trying to implement proper breathing technique 

• Trying to shoot between the gusts of wind

• Realising that after installing a bubble level I gave myself a new problem... I started fighting the tilt on the bipod and torquing pressure on the gun to get the bubble level in the middle which resulted in inconsistent hold and my groups went very erratic. 

I tried using a bipod without the tilt function and levelling the gun by packing a notepad under 1 leg instead and the majority of "flyers" we're gone straight away. 

Obviously this won't work in the hunting field as I won't have a stack of notepads to pack under the bipod legs to level it out so I will have to find a better solution soon but I'm glad I have found of why I was getting these "flyers" even though I was convinced the crosshairs were absolutely on target. 
 
For me it was the scope cam. I learned a ton from simply watching my hits and esp. misses.
One example: like you, I discovered that if a rifle is "tensed" in a particular direction before a shot is fired, no matter how well I breathe or follow through - as soon as the shot is fired, the strike of the hammer and the recoil make the rifle "break free" in the direction of that tension - and I get a 'flyer' (clearly visible on slow mo by watching where crosshairs move after the shot is fired. When there is no tension - crosshairs remain at the target.)
 
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For me it was competition, being among people who walk the walk, not just talk about it. Seeing what the winners use and their techniques. Shooters are the most sharing group I have ever been around, and they instilled in me the desire to share and promote our sport. Just reading caused me to purchase things that weren't necessary or plain underwhelming for the task. watching the best, saved me money and helped me grow faster, my advice is shoot what you have, identify the deficiencies, ( you or your equipment ) and fix that, of course practice, practice, practice. One of the best things about air guns is the ability to dryfire and practice almost anywhere . I have attended classes and schools that took me to another level, but I don't know where you could do that locally here.
 
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I know for me it is reading the wind and my scope camera. If I had to consider just one item it would be a wind probe. They are also known by other names. If the probe is bouncing around up and down or from one side to the other, you are guaranted to miss your shot. However, if the wind probe is farily steady and you know the hold off you will make the shot almost every time. I have heard many people describe the wind probe as telling you when not to shoot. After using this for a while, the knowledge you learned about reading the probe with the wind transfers to field work as well. By watching the replay of the camera, this also shows where I was aiming while I was watching the wind probe. I shoot with both eyes open and set the probe up on the left side. I can see my point of aim as well as the probe. If I really blow a shot, I'll play the video back at that time and see what the heck happened. I have a sheet of paper that I can mark the location of the probe at the time of the shot and review it later with the video. I know this all sounds like a lot of work, but it really works well after you get use to it.

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http://airgunnation.dev/topic/the-wind-is-not-your-friend/
 
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