Get thee to an Appleseed shoot.
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Shooting from positions is exactly what you would do in the field. Appleseed will show you how to use your sling when you don't have a rest to shoot from. Appleseed is a great start, shoot as many as like, and just remember you will always have to practice. Snapping in is very helpful, the more the better. Dry fire is the key ingredient.I've looked into the Appleseed deal and it looks like something I would like to do sometime. Seems like, though, they mostly teach you how to shoot from specific positions. That's good and I've already done some reading on that.... could always learn more.
But after I attend the Appleseed, do I assume I've got it all figured out and there's no need to practice? Or do I keep working on it and trying to improve?
I read an article one time that suggested putting playing cards on a board at 50 yards and taking 10 shots at a card from various positions and see how many holes you can put in a playing card. The article suggested taking single shots each time the rifle is shouldered and taking less than 5 seconds to fire after the buttstock hits your shoulder.
I think trigger time is a key ingredient. But what exactly do you do? I used to spend some time at home firing snap caps at targets in the living room to practice breathing control and get familiar with the trigger. I think that helps some.
What else?
Appleseed will show you how to use your sling when you don't have a rest to shoot from.
Perhaps some, but certainly not every Appleseed.
Seems like every time I take a shot in the field I have one leg fallen asleep, a heavy coat on, fog on my scope lens and my torso twisted at 60 degrees because those stinking coyotes never come from the direction I expected they would.
It's part of the required Appleseed course of instruction.
If hasty, hasty-hasty and loop sling usage were not covered, it was an error. Apologies.
Needless to say the execution of Appleseed does not match the rhetoric but my experience must be outside the mean.