An old friend of mine, who was once the New York State Rifle Champion back
before I was born, gave me some advice when I first started shooting. He said
always to have a "dead" left hand - never grip the forearm with the left hand,
it's only there as a vertical support. Keep the left hand as far back as one can,
and the elbow vertically underneath the forearm.
I shoot my air rifle that way, and if I do my part, it's VERY accurate. I also shoot
regular rifles that way - "dead" hand and elbow DIRECTLY underneath the forearm,
regardless of the position. It works!
With the right hand, I pull the rifle into the shoulder hard, and then relax it a bit.
(For air rifle - quite a bit!) It took me a long time to master that with the air rifle, and
in truth I almost sold the thing more than once. On a good day, I can now hold
5-shot dime sized groups with my RWS 48 at 35 yards from a sitting position.
![Cool 8)](./images/smilies/icon_cool.gif)
(WE won't talk about the bad days, now will we?
![Rolling Eyes :roll:](./images/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif)
) In my opinion, getting
good with a "springer" will greatly improve one's conventional rifle work. The reverse
is not always true.
Interestin' video.
-Stretch