Why shooting at awkward angles is a skill you have to build

[theHunt2.0]

Most of us spend all our time shooting on a flat range, standing upright, aiming straight ahead. Real situations are not like that and shooting uphill, downhill, around cover or from your non dominant side takes practice. If you have never trained those angles, you do not really have that skill yet.

 

[call me Kraven]

Skills you learn on a flat range don't always translate when you're dealing with weird angles. Learning to shoot around barricades or from some awkward position is a whole different ballgame that a lot of people just don't practice. You really should put some time into it.

 

[Bowanna]

Missed a nice 10 point this last season for exactly this reason. Gonna be an expensive summer with all the offhand, left hand and difficult angled shooting i'll be doing.

 

[Supa_bobby]

First time I tried shooting around cover felt like learning to shoot all over again. Muscle memory didn’t show up.

 

[Alan]

That’s very true, a lot of people shoot well on a square range, then struggle the moment footing, angles or awkward positions get involved.

 

[Bane]

Most of us spend all our time shooting on a flat range, standing upright, aiming straight ahead. Real situations are not like that and shooting uphill, downhill, around cover or from your non dominant side takes practice. If you have never trained those angles, you do not really have that skill yet.

Yeah, flat range habits can give a false sense of readiness. Working awkward positions exposes all the little gaps in stance, balance and sight picture control that don’t show up otherwise.

 

[Alan]

Yeah, flat range habits can give a false sense of readiness. Working awkward positions exposes all the little gaps in stance, balance and sight picture control that don’t show up otherwise.

Flat range work builds fundamentals but awkward positions are where you find out what actually breaks down under stress.